FWIW: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2009/09/improved-contact-sync-in-snow-leopard.html http://www.google.com/support/contactsync/
On Sep 2, 8:58 am, Ara <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > Thanks for your response. In my basic testing, I was able to get two > way syncing of multiple calendars with the out of the box Snow Leopard > solution. > > These are the advantages you wrote about:> * Fully editable calendars on the > iPhone/iPod Touch > > If I have my iPod Touch set to sync with google, then the calendar is > fully editable (even with the out of the box Snow Leopard solution > between Mac and Google)> * Calendars sync with Mobile Me -- this is crucial > if you use Mobile Me to sync the iPhone over-the-air > > Don't have Mobile Me, so I can't talk about this one.> * Supports read-only > Google calendars > > I thought this could be done with CalDav?> * Integration with existing > calendars in iCal > > I think the out of the box solution with Snow Leopard supports this, > but I'd have to double check> * Smarter alarm syncing -- e.g. you'll get two > emails from an email alarm with Apple's system; only one with ours > > I don't use e-mail alarms, so I can't comment.> * One-way syncing > > Isn't this the same as your point above, "Supports read-only Google > calendars"> * Free tech support > > Always a good thing! > > I wish Apple did release some documentation on this feature; it puts > you and the rest of us in a position where we have to guess, instead > of them just laying out how it works. > > Larry, you didn't make any comments regarding the built in contact > sync with Snow Leopard. Have you had the chance to test it, and how > is Spanning Sync's contact sync better than the Snow Leopard solution? > > I'm a happy user of Spanning Sync, and I can appreciate what a > terrible position Apple is putting some of its developers in. The > uncertainty of when features will be added (plus arbitrary iPhone app > rejections) must give Apple developers a great deal of anxiety. I'm > sorry you have to go through this. > > Thanks, > Ara > > 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...... > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
