Hi List,
I've been attempting to research syncing my iPhone contacts and calendars using Google but I'm not totally clear that what I've found will do exactly what I want. I've purchased an Android Moto X4 phone to play with and want to get my iPhone contacts and calendars to my Google account and my Android phone. You should know that I've pretty much maintained my contacts and calendars on my Windows 7 computer using Outlook 2010. I use iTunes to sync my designated contact group and calendar to my iPhone 8 and that has worked great since inception. I've never synced my contacts or calendars to iCloud for frear of messing things up. I found some Google articles discussing getting contacts and calendars from the iPhone to Android but these read more like a one-time transfer as opposed to a sync that would keep the two devices containing the same items whenever anything changes in the future. I really don't care whether I do this using my iPhone or my computer but it would be nice if the route I choose allows me to sync both contacts and calendars. I checked out an app that had high marks for syncing contacts between the iPhone and a Google account but it required a yearly subscription although at a reasonable price. It was rated high and I'm listing it below: Contacts Sync for Google Gmail: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/contacts-sync-for-google-gmail/id454390333?m t=8 The Contacts Sync for Google app doesn't seem to handle calendars which is why I'm exploring other alternatives. When doing a Google search, I found the following summary list which seems to be right on poin: You can sync Google Calendar with the Calendar app that comes on your iPhone or iPad. 1. On your iPhone or iPad, open your Settings. 2. Tap Accounts & Passwords. 3. Tap Add account and then Google. 4. Enter your email address and then Next. 5. Enter your password. If you don't have the latest operating system and you use 2-Step Verification, enter an app password instead of your regular password. 6. Tap Next. 7. Emails, contacts, and calendar events will now sync directly with your Google Account. To sync only your calendar, turn off the other services. 8. Open the Calendar app on your iPhone to see your Google Calendar events. To sync with an existing account, tap the account and turn on Calendars. The above sounds simple but it came from an article titled "See Google Calendar events on Apple Calendar: from this website: https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/99358?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS <https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/99358?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl =en> &hl=en I'm just being extremely cautious since presently my iPhone contains all my contacts and calendar events but my Google account contains nothing and I want to ensure that I choose wisely in getting my two devices synced. And I want them to be synced so they stay together going forward. I'd appreciate any comments from those much smarter than I on the list who don't mind reviewing what I've posted above in order to guide me or better yet who have actually done what I'm trying and can speak from experience. Thanks in advance. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
