Hi, We were hoping that Apple would publish some documentation on this new feature that we could point to, but it doesn't look like they're going to. From what we can tell, the iCal/Google Calendar syncing support in Snow Leopard is nearly identical to what it was in Leopard. The main difference seems to be that they've added a "Google" account type to the preferences window rather than making the user select "CalDAV" and then entering the impossible-to-guess server address (as documented at http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#ical).
It's still CalDAV-based, the CalDAV calendars are still read-only on the iPhone, they don't sync at all with MobileMe, and each calendar still occupies its own group in iCal which many people find cluttering. (To be clear, I'm talking about the "Google" item in iCal's accounts window and not Exchange support. Exchange support, which is completely new in Snow Leopard, requires an Exchange server.) So I'd say the advantages of Spanning Sync continue to be: * Fully editable calendars on the iPhone/iPod Touch * Calendars sync with Mobile Me -- this is crucial if you use Mobile Me to sync the iPhone over-the-air * Supports read-only Google calendars * Integration with existing calendars in iCal * Smarter alarm syncing -- e.g. you'll get two emails from an email alarm with Apple's system; only one with ours * One-way syncing * Free tech support You can read more about the advantages of Spanning Sync over Apple's CalDAV syncing in these two blog posts: http://blog.spanningsync.com/2008/12/how-does-google-caldav-compare-to-spanning-sync.html http://blog.spanningsync.com/2008/12/users-favor-spanning-sync-over-googles-caldav.html Thanks -- Larry Hendricks [email protected] http://spanningsync.com On Sep 1, 7:34 pm, Elie <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe they are looking into seeing the pros and cons of Snow Leopard > sync. > > On Sep 1, 10:18 pm, DYP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > the fact that noone from SpanningSync is responding to these questions > > is making me think that there's a good chance that Snow Leopard has > > indeed made Spanningsync obsolete. > > > On Sep 1, 11:51 am, mapin0518 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm wondering the same... does Spanning Sync offer any advantage over > > > the built-in Snow Leopard sync? > > > > I hope so because I have a lifetime license to Spanning Sync :) > > > > But one less clutter on my menu bar using up resources is always > > > welcome... > > > > On Aug 28, 7:08 pm, Ara <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I found that in Snow Leopard's Address Book, there is an option to > > > > synchronize with google under Preferences -> Accounts. With iCal, you > > > > can add an account under Preferences -> Accounts -> + -> Account Type > > > > "Google". Both of these seem to have good, 2 way synchronization. > > > > I'm not trying to drop a bomb on Spanning Sync, but can you tell me > > > > specifically why Spanning Sync is better than the built in Snow > > > > Leopard options? Or has the need for Spanning Sync come to an end > > > > with Snow Leopard? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
