I am just coming to this task, as my subscription expires in a month. :( Thanks for all this legwork you've done.
I have OS X 10.7.5. From my initial tests, it looks like the "delegate" workaround is no longer needed. All Google calendars are automatically recognized by iCal. Can anyone confirm this? I have purchased "Contacts Sync for Google Gmail" from the Apple App Store (on sale right now for $1.99), and while I haven't turned it on yet, as mentioned, the reviews are excellent, and I will use that for auto-background syncing. (Of course iCal has auto-background syncing built-in.) -Conrad On Monday, July 9, 2012 9:49:57 AM UTC-4, Evans Thompson wrote: > > I sent this to one group member the other day but thought others could > also benefit from it: > > This is what I'm trying right now. Here's my current setup. > > I have an iMac at home that's really being used more as a server. I don't > access Address Book or iCal on it really. In other words, it's going to be > out of sync. I don't use it to sync calendars or contacts with any iOS > devices, so that's not a problem. > > I have an iPad that I've setup to use the Google Sync services, so that > part isn't affected. You can find instructions for setting up an iOS > device here: http://www.google.com/sync/index.html > > I have a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.7.4 that's really my primary > computer. I definitely use the Address Book and want to keep that in sync. > > I'm trying the native Apple solution for Address Book 6.x (the version > that comes with Lion). You can find Apple's instructions here: > http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4625 > > That does come with its own set of...quirks, but it appears to be the > simplest alternative for now. Some of the quirks involve contact photos > disappearing or not syncing. I haven't seen any other glaring issues. > > It does use the native OS X SyncServices and Sync Resolver, so you'll > periodically see messages about conflicts and choose which version you want > to use. This has always been there, and the earlier versions of > SpanningSync as well as MobileMe were prone to it, too. > > For iCal, I'm trying the CalDAV approach. Google's article is in the > Google Sync site, which takes you here: > http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99355&topic=13949&ctx=topic > > This only syncs the primary Google calendar. If you have additional > Google Calendars you want in iCal, you have to do a few more things. > > This article from jonathans blog details those steps: > http://jonathansblog.co.uk/multiple-google-calendars-in-ical-osx-lion I've > only been using it a little while, but it seems to work, more or less. > > That solution is important if you need access to your Google calendar(s) > offline. > > If you only access your Google calendar(s) when you're option, there's an > entirely different approach that essentially makes Google Calendar a > separate OS X "App." It's called a Single Site Browser (SSB). > > The original SSB creation app was Fluid.app. You can find information > about it and download it here: http://fluidapp.com/ It relies, > essentially, on the WebKit part of Safari. I have used this, and it's > pretty much Google Calendar, but in a separate app. The Free version will > at least let you see if this option is a possibility for you. If you want a > few added bells and whistles, there's a paid version for $5. > > MacWorld has a related article: > http://www.macworld.com/article/1157778/googlecal.html > > If you want to use Chrome as the browser engine, there's more work > involved. There are two good articles documenting the process, but I > haven't tried them yet. > > From Lifehacker: > http://lifehacker.com/5611711/create-application-shortcuts-in-google-chrome-for-mac-with-a-shell-script > > From the Less Annoying Blog (linked to in the Lifehacker post): > http://www.lessannoyingcrm.com/articles/149/Create_application_shortcuts_in_Google_Chrome_on_a_Mac > > I'd definitely use a backup service like Spanning > Backup<http://spanning.com/> (same > folks as Spanning Sync). It has the added benefit of backing up ALL your > Google stuff. It's $35 a year, but there's a 14-day trial. > > There's also Backupify <https://www.backupify.com/social-media-backup>, > which also offers the ability to backup social media accounts like Twitter, > Facebook, and LinkedIn. A free plan exists for 3 services, and paid > versions start at $5/mo. > > Way before this happened, I created an Automator workflow to export all > contacts as individual vCards stored in a Dropbox folder. A few contacts > over the years have mysteriously been deleted, and the ability to restore > just one has been great. Plus, since Dropbox keeps previous versions, > there's some added safety there. In addition to exporting all as individual > vCards, it then zips the entire folder with the current date added to the > filename. > > I haven't made it public (yet), though, or posted any instructions. A > recent release, possibly 10.7.4, subtly changed an Automator action that no > longer quits Address Book without error. I'm looking at workarounds and an > automated solution. > > There isn't a similar capability for iCal in Automator (that I've found), > and I haven't investigated AppleScript enough to export calendars as iCal > files rather than an iCal Archive. The difference is that each calendar > would be an ICS file that can be manipulated and imported without changing > all calendars. The iCal Archive, when restored, essentially replaces > anything currently in iCal. It's like a nuclear option. > > I'll try to write one or more blog post over the next week or two about > all this and what I've discovered and decided on. > > Feel free to comment or ask questions. > > Evans > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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