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Spanning Sync about to go 1.0

by David Chartier (Mar 7th, 2007)

Spanning Sync, the bi-directional syncing utility for iCal and Google Calendar we've been covering, has released public beta v1.0b16 on their blog. Aside from the typical fixes and updates, the more significant announcement here is the possibility that this might be the final beta before going 1.0. ...

gSync offers Google, iCal syncing

by Dave Caolo (Feb 19th, 2007)

iCal and Google Calender synchronization is something that many people want. We've recently looked at Spanning Sync, which gets the job done (Spanning Sync is currently in beta). Today, TUAW reader Jim has pointed out gSync, another application on the scene. I played with it briefly this morning, ...

Spanning Sync public beta re-opened

by David Chartier (Feb 5th, 2007)

Fellow Mac users looking to sync iCal and Google Calendar - rejoice! For the Spanning Sync crew have re-opened their public beta to one and all. After their servers buckled under their first attempt at opening up the beta, they had to shut down temporarily. Fortunately, Spanning Sync's own vendor ...

Spanning Sync announces public beta

by David Chartier (Jan 30th, 2007)

Charlie Wood from Spanning Sync, the 'missing link' software we mentioned back in November that can keep iCal and Google Calendar n'sync, just let us know that a public beta (version 1.0b11) is now available (zip download link). Getting started with iCal + gCal syncing bliss is simple: Download ...

Full synchronization of iCal and Google Calendar coming via Spanning Sync

by David Chartier (Nov 1st, 2006)

Spanning Sync looks to be the holy grail of true, two-way calendar synchronization between Apple's iCal and Google Calendar. Yes: by 'two-way' I mean 'you can edit the same calendar in either place and the changes will synchronize.' Nasty translation I know, so maybe you should go watch their demo ...

Calgoo "first draft" takes Google Calendar offline, sorta

by David Chartier (Sep 21st, 2006)

Our friends over at Download Squad reviewed Calgoo, an offline Google Calendar client, last month. The reason we didn't pick it up is simply because it didn't run on Mac OS X at the time. Recently that changed, so here we go - but it is very apparent why they call this a first draft (as opposed to ...

Google Notifier for Mac released (formerly Gmail Notifier)

by David Chartier (Aug 19th, 2006)

The Gmail Notifier is no more - long live Google Notifier! The search giant has updated their official notifier application for Gmail to include alerts for Google Calendar events - hence the name change. I don't know if this has any effect on whether the Gmail + Growl utility still works, but this ...

Google Calendar officially supports Safari

by David Chartier (Jun 17th, 2006)

Users are reporting that Google Calendar now officially supports Safari. I can confirm, as I no longer receive the 'unsupported browser' warning on 10.4.6, and I must say gCal looks a bit nicer in Safari, though I unfortunately need to use Firefox for most of my browsing needs. It's nice to see ...

Firefox Quick Add extension for Google Calendar

by David Chartier (Apr 30th, 2006)

Elias Torres has put together a most excellent Google Calendar Quick Add extension for Firefox. If you aren't familiar with gCal's Quick Add feature, it's in the upper left of gCal (or just hit 'q' on your keyboard), and it's great: you can create a new event simply by typing it as a sentence, such ...

Using iCalShare calendars with Google Calendar

by Dave Caolo (Apr 14th, 2006)

Yesterday, Scott showed us how to use iCal to subscribe to calendars created with Google Calendar (let's just say "gCal" to keep it short). Today we go in the other direction: How to use gCal to subscribe to iCal calendars. For the sake of this post, I'm using iCalShare to find a calendar ...

HOWTO: Subscribe to a Google Calendar using iCal

by Scott McNulty (Apr 13th, 2006)

So Google has released a web calendar that supports the iCal format. Big deal, right? I use iCal, so what do I care? Well, you can use iCal to subscribe to any shared Google Calendar, and it works like a charm, though keep in mind that Google Calendar doesn't support Safari (I used Camino to make ...

Google calendar

by Scott McNulty (Apr 13th, 2006)

Today Google unwrapped its latest web product: Google Calendar. gCalendar (as I shall now refer to it) supports the iCal standard, so you should be able to import your events and what have yous from iCal without much fuss. That is, as long as you use a browser other than Safari. I'm sure Google is ...