Charlie, I added a birthdate to my google contact, and it replicated to my Address book content successfully (confirmed because I made a test comment in the comment field), but the birthday data is blank. Any ideas on what might be happening?
Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography | www.ghkim.com On Jun 17, 2009, at 06-17-09 12:46pm, Charlie Wood wrote: Right. -c On Jun 17, 1:35 pm, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah - so basically, on my 2nd machine, enable iCal Birthdays, but > DON'T set > up the sync in SpanningSync pref? > > Hun Kim | GH Kim Photography |www.ghkim.com > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Charlie Wood > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >> As long as one of your Macs is syncing its iCal Birthdays calendar to >> a Google calendar and the other Mac has its own iCal Birthdays >> calendar enabled, you'll see birthdays in all three places. Of course >> if you don't want to see them in Google, just don't set up a calendar >> for them. I'm not sure if that answers your question though. Maybe I >> should do a quick screencast once SS3 is in beta. > >> Thanks, >> Charlie > >> On Jun 17, 1:00 pm, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 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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