But this wouldn't resolve wanting to see the calendar while in Google Calendar's web view correct? Also - any progress from Google on resolving the yearly recurring events?
Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography | www.ghkim.com On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Charlie Wood <[email protected]>wrote: > > Keep in mind none of tis applies yet, since it requires Spanning Sync > 3. But for when that is available, here's the scoop: > > You can do either of the two methods you described, but just turning > on the Birthdays feature of iCal on both machines requires less setup > and won't impact your sync times. You *could* sync the first Mac's > Birthdays calendar to Google and then back down to iCal, but that's > needlessly complex. > > Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems. > > Thanks, > Charlie > > > > On Jun 17, 1:35 am, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > One more question - so if I have 2 computers, I should turn on the > birthdays > > feature in iCal on my first computer, what should I do for my 2nd > computer, > > do the same (will this cause duplicates?) or just set up generic sync w/ > the > > google folder called 'Birthdays'? > > > > Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography |www.ghkim.com > > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Charlie Wood <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, you can enable/disable the automatic Address Book birthdays > > > calendar in iCal > Preferences > Show Birthdays Calendar. > > > > > Cheers, > > > Charlie > > > > > On Jun 16, 9:07 pm, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is that going to be a feature you can disable (birthdays > automatically > > > > replicating to iCal) as well as an option? I already have birthdates > > > > for most of my contacts so it would cause duplicates correct? > > > > > > Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography |www.ghkim.com > > > > > > On Jun 16, 2009, at 06-16-09 06:35pm, Charlie Wood wrote: > > > > > > On Google they're totally different. But if you enter a birthday for > a > > > > Google contact and then sync it to your Mac (with Spanning Sync 3, > > > > which adds support for these new fields), the contact in Address Book > > > > will include the birthday, so the special Birthdays calendar in iCal > > > > will get updated. And if you've created a Birthdays calendar in > Google > > > > and are syncing it with your Mac Birthdays calendar, it will be > > > > updated too. :-) > > > > > > We hope to have Spanning Sync 3 in beta very soon. Watch for the > > > > announcement. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charlie > > > > > > On Jun 16, 7:54 pm, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Now that you can input birth dates in contacts, does that > > > > > automatically > > > > > replicate as recurring events to the calendar or are they > completely > > > > > different databases? > > > > > > > Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography |www.ghkim.com > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > From: Hun Kim <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:52 PM > > > > > Subject: New fields for Gmail contacts and better importing too > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > Sent to you by Hun Kim via Google Reader: > > > > > > > New fields for Gmail contacts and better importing > > > > > too< > > >http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OfficialGmailBlog/~3/Cvo2ivTG8Z8/new-f.< > http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/OfficialGmailBlog/%7E3/Cvo2ivTG8Z8/n....> > > > .. > > > > > > > via Gmail Blog <http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/> by The Gmail Team > on > > > > > 6/16/09 > > > > > > > Posted by Benjamin Grol, Product Manager > > > > > > > Up until now, Gmail only supported some contact fields. Whenever > > > > > someone > > > > > imported their contacts from apps like Outlook and OS X Address > > > > > Book, we > > > > > used to put fields Gmail didn't recognize into the contact's notes > > > > > section. > > > > > Based on feedback from you, we added support for more contact > fields > > > > > (like > > > > > birthday and website) and now store each of these fields > separately, > > > > > which > > > > > makes syncing and round-tripping your data work better. We updated > the > > > > > standalone contact > > > > > manager< > > >http://googleappsposts.blogspot.com/2009/05/bringing-your-contacts-to. > .. > > > > > >with > > > > > this improvement last month and now it's available in Gmail too, > with > > > > > support for Outlook, Outlook Express, Hotmail and Yahoo in CSV > > > > > format, and > > > > > OS X Address Book in vCard format. > > > > > > > With all your contact info in Gmail, you can access it from > anywhere, > > > > > sync<http://www.google.com/sync/>your contacts to your mobile > phone or > > > > > other devices, and more easily > > > > > collaborate< > > >http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=44677 > > > > > >on > > > > > Google Docs and > > > > > invite< > > >http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37161 > > > > > >people > > > > > to Calendar events. We're working hard to make Gmail contacts even > > > > > more useful, so please keep the > > > > > feedback< > > >http://groups.google.com/group/Gmail-Help-Chats-and-Contacts-en/topic. > .. > > > > > >coming. > > > > > < > > >http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/OfficialGmailBlog?a=Cvo2ivTG8Z8:7Eaf.< > http://feeds2.feedburner.com/%7Eff/OfficialGmailBlog?a=Cvo2ivTG8Z8:7Eaf.> > > > .. > > > > > > > Things you can do from here: > > > > > > > - Subscribe to Gmail > > > > > Blog< > > >http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburne. > .. > > > > > >using > > > > > *Google Reader* > > > > > - Get started using Google > > > > > Reader<http://www.google.com/reader/?source=email>to easily keep > up > > > > > with > > > > > *all your favorite sites* > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. 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