Birthdays will be supported in Spanning Sync 3, which hasn't yet been released.
Thanks, Charlie On Jun 19, 4:32 pm, Hun Kim <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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