If the Snow Leopard support for Google calendar syncing is the same as that in Tiger, then it's also not possible to use Missing Sync, or other third-party software, to sync the Google calendars with your smart phone. You can sync your "main" Google calendar, but none of the others.
- David On Sep 2, 12:13 am, Larry Hendricks <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > athttp://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=993...). > > 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-t...http://blog.spanningsync.com/2008/12/users-favor-spanning-sync-over-g... > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
