New events synced to Google Calendar without the classification property will definitely inherit Google's default public/private setting. However it sounds like you have a slightly different issue where you want Outlook to set events to private by default. With the skipClassification flag set, Spanning Sync won't sync the private/ public classification at all so at this point you're just dealing with the behavior between gcal and Outlook. But you're right-- *forcing* the classification to private would do what you want (unless the event originated in Outlook in which case you might get a conflict).
I don't know of any other users running into this so I don't want to make any promises about supporting a forced mode. It's too bad Outlook just defaults to Public. Instead, they should just avoid syncing the classification property at all. -- Larry Hendricks [email protected] http://spanningsync.com On Jun 15, 8:15 pm, btn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > I am starting to think that an event synced up to gcal does not > inherit public/private settings as far as gcal Sync is concerned when > it syncs down to Outlook. Events created in iCal arrive in gcal as > Default, but are synced down to Outlook as not Private. > > I have tried to rule out any data corruption by using Spanning Sync's > "Start Over…" option. I also deleted the gcal it was syncing to, and > all appointments from Outlook before re-syncing. I verified that > skipClassification = 1; is set. Doing a "fresh" sync results in the > same outcome as described above. > > It seems that it would be great if Spanning Sync could explicitly > change the classification of iCal events to be Private before they are > uploaded to gcal. (Or we need a Spanning Sync for Win/OL that respects > gcal's public/private settings. :) Events that are classified as > Private in iCal (e.g. imported .ics) ultimately retain their > classification when they are synced to Outlook. > > Thanks! > > On Jun 14, 11:26 pm, Larry Hendricks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I didn't feel that enough people would benefit to justify adding UI > > for this, but there is now a "back door" that you can do using > > Terminal: > > > defaults write com.spanningsync skipClassification -bool true > > > Afterward, iCal's "classification" property just won't be sent to > > Google. Instead, any new gcal events will just inherit your default > > public/private setting (which can be changed in Settings). > > -- > > Larry Hendricks > > [email protected]http://spanningsync.com > > > On Jun 10, 6:11 pm, btn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have read in the Spanning Sync 3.1.1 ReadMe and a couple of other > > > old threads in this group that iCal does not support Private events. > > > Furthermore, Google Calendar Sync (for Outlook) appears to sync down > > > events with their original classification. As far as I have found, > > > there's no way to globally change the class of all events to be > > > Private. Outlook 2007 also doesn't seem to have a non-scripted way to > > > do this, and the events would be overwritten anyways given my sync > > > setup. > > > > I have a sort of unholy calendar sync flow. I use iCal as my master > > > calendar, and use Spanning Sync one-way up to Google Calendar. I then > > > use Google Calendar Sync one-way down to Outlook 2007, which then > > > syncs with Exchange 2003 so I can populate it with my free/busy time. > > > The issue I have is that iCal doesn't let me set events to be Private. > > > Thus, it would be awesome if Spanning Sync had an option to do so. > > > > Thanks! -- 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.
