Comments on: Google Calendar speaks CalDAV to the iPhone

By: Benwah

Benwah — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:50:22 +0000

I am having trouble with my iphone calendar updating when I make changes on google calendar from a desktop. The Iphone to google calendar is no problem. I waited more then 10 minutes. I have to manually delete events on my iphone calendar that I already deleted on my google calendar. Hope that makes sense.

By: Raghu

Raghu — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:01:18 +0000

Just found this yesterday, life is so much better now for me that I can use CalDav for secondary calendars.
http://www.atnan.com/2009/6/19/configuring-multip...

By: Nikolaus

Nikolaus — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:21:59 +0000

How do I sync my existing calenders to google calendars still using the different calendar-tags I've given on my apple / iphone (private, business,…).
The sync obviously is only working for the calender which is in the created iphone-exchange account?!

How is the sync between the contacts working? Is this a two way snyc or is the iphone i.g. "overrulling" the gmail account?

By: confused

confused — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:07:02 +0000

How do I find my Google Calendar ID??? I need the link mycalendar@group.calendar.google.com where is this, i've looked all over settings

By: meesterzeegar

meesterzeegar — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:50:34 +0000

Keen to see if anyone has got the secondary sync thing working. Anyone?

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:11:14 +0000

Hey Ian, thanks for the comment, and tip about Sync In A Blink. I'm going to take a look at this app, since I also use Google Contact groups and don't want to loose them. Also, not sure if adding a second CalDav account will work, but I'm going to give it a shot, and if it does, I'll post an update!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:09:34 +0000

Any luck yet?

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:09:09 +0000

Glad it worked for you, thanks for the comment!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:08:50 +0000

I'm glad it worked for you! I'm also looking for a way to sync my iPhone contacts with my Google contacts, over the air without using the Exchange account. I'm going to look at Sync In A Blink as recommended by ichilton in a previous comment. If it works, I may write a review for a later post.

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:08:33 +0000

I'm glad it worked for you! I'm also looking for a way to sync my iPhone contacts with my Google contacts, over the air without using the Exchange account. I'm going to look at Sync In A Blink as recommended by ichilton in a comment below. If it works, I may write a review for a later post.

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:07:06 +0000

I'll have to check that app out! Thanks!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:06:31 +0000

Try deleting the CalDAV account and setting it back up. Mine syncs pretty quickly when I add an appointment on my iPhone. Within about 5 minutes it's on my Google Calendar if I view it on the web.

By: joshgard

joshgard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:04:59 +0000

"BTW: can't you connect secondary Google calendars using the calendar-id? (can be found in the web interface), Eg using such a URL:
https://www.google.com:443/calendar/dav/CALID@gma...

This is a good tip, I haven't yet tried this. I will soon, and post an update if I can get it to work! Would be awesome if it does!

By: ichilton

ichilton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:09:31 +0000

The 'Sync In A Blink' app in the App Store.

By: ichilton

ichilton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:08:22 +0000

Hi,

I've not tried this yet, but why not add a 2nd CalDev entry to get a 2nd calendar? (I assume you will be able to modify the caldev url for the 2nd calendar google calendar).

The 'Sync In A Blink' app from the App Store is great for sync'ing your iPhone contacts with Google Contacts – I have been using Google Sync for Calendar but Sync In A Blink for Contacts because it supports groups and I have all my contacts sorted into loads of different groups.

Thanks,

Ian

By: Helge

Helge — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:50:22 +0000

Hi,

"and from my understanding CalDAV is not a push service".

Thats right, but the Darwin CalendarServer already supports XMPP PubSub for CalDAV collections. This adds the push facility to CalDAV environments. Hopefully Google is going to support that (after all they already have XMPP infrastructure

BTW: can't you connect secondary Google calendars using the calendar-id? (can be found in the web interface), Eg using such a URL:
https://www.google.com:443/calendar/dav/CALID@gma...

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:39:27 +0000

I get the sync from google to the iphone but what I have on my iphone wont or has not synced to Google been waiting more than 10 minutes

By: Evilping

Evilping — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:03 +0000

Hi thanks for this tip… Working great…!! Any solution for the google contact without using the exchange!?

By: nealf

nealf — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:48:06 +0000

Thanks. Great stuff.

By: joshgard

joshgard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:50:02 +0000

blane64, sorry you haven't been able to get this to work yet. I would suggest checking under Advanced settings to verify that the URL looks exactly like this,

“https://www.google.com:443/calendar/dav/username@gmail.com/user“

and that "Use SSL" is enabled. Let us know if you get it to work!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:49:12 +0000

blane64, sorry you haven't been able to get this to work yet. I would suggest checking under Advanced settings to verify that the URL looks exactly like this, “https://www.google.com:443/calendar/dav/username@... and that "Use SSL" is enabled. Let us know if you get it to work!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:46:56 +0000

theatom1, I know your hesitation. I too have been using MobileMe to keep everything in sync and love the fact that "it just works!"

So far, since I've enabled Google Calendar sync over CalDAV on my iPhone, I've been able to enjoy the same type of sync between my Mac, my iPhone, and Google's web interface. My iPhone is able to add, delete, and edit items off my Google calendar in real-time, over the air, and I use iCal on my Mac to do the same, since iCal can also use CalDAV calendars. This has replaced my MobileMe calendar. I've had to make one concession though: since the iPhone's CalDAV only supports your primary Google calendar at this time, I had to consolidate my four MobileMe calendars into a single Google calendar.

It's unfortunate that I cannot keep various types of appointments on different calendars, but for me the pros of having my Google calendar available OTA out-weighs the benefits of multiple calendars. Others may disagree on this point, and for them, the iPhone's CalDAV may not be a viable option yet.

Keep in mind though, that this article only describes the ability to sync your CALENDAR data to Google. This will not do anything for your contacts and other information that MobileMe syncs, such as Bookmarks between Safari and MobileSafari. I have yet to find an adequate solution to keeping my iPhone's contacts in sync with my Google contacts over-the-air without requiring me to connect my iPhone to my computer.

Good luck, and thanks for the question!

By: joshgard

joshgard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:39:09 +0000

Glad you got it to work! Thanks for the comment.

By: blane64

blane64 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:27:20 +0000

No joy here. I, too, have a corporate acct that occupies my sole Exchange slot, so I was excited. I cannot get anything to verify. I will delete and try again.

By: theatom1

theatom1 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:55:51 +0000

So, as a person who has been using Mobile Me for syncing my Calendar with Multiple calendars on my iCal app and my contacts through the Address book, would I see the same information moving back and forth between my iMac, iPhone and Google Calendar/Contacts, I was previously a Treo user and I am a little gun shy to make the move and potential mess up my information.