Today Google released Google Sync for iPhone, which we're very excited
about. It provides over-the air synchronization of calendars and
contacts between your iPhone and Google. But it has a few limitations,
including the fact that it makes your iPhone stop syncing contacts and
calendars with your Mac.
So what does this mean for Spanning Sync? As it turns out, Spanning
Sync can not only simplify the initial setup of Google Sync but will
also keep your Mac in sync with Google—something Google Sync doesn't
do (see http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139634&topi...).
When you set up Google Sync on your iPhone, all existing contacts and
calendar events will be removed from your phone. So before you get
started with Google Sync you'll need to get your iPhone's calendar and
contact data onto Google. With Spanning Sync that's a snap: just use
iTunes to sync your iPhone with your Mac, then Spanning Sync to sync
your Mac with Google. That way when you set up Google Sync on your
iPhone you'll still have all of your data.
After you've configured your iPhone to use Google Sync, it will no
longer sync calendars and contacts with your Mac through iTunes. But
Spanning Sync will continue to keep your Mac calendars and contacts in
sync with Google, so for Spanning Sync users this is a non-issue.
We'll be writing a more detailed post soon detailing the benefits of
using Spanning Sync and Google Sync together. But the bottom line is
this: when you use Spanning Sync and Google Sync together, your data
will be kept in sync everywhere you need it: iPhone, Mac, and Google.
I'm trying to get my devices, mac, and google all synched up. Prior
to google sync, spanning sync was working great. I love the over the
air synching, but did not realize that my phones wouldn't be synching
with the mac anymore. I saw that SS can remedy this- but what
settings should I use? In the SS prefs if I try to synch to
addressbook it says that I need to disable synching with google. The
changes I make in my addressook don't seem to show up online. I would
appreciate guidance as to how to get everything synched up.
Thanks!
Jason
On Feb 9, 5:54 pm, cwood <charlie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Today Google released Google Sync for iPhone, which we're very excited
> about. It provides over-the air synchronization of calendars and
> contacts between your iPhone and Google. But it has a few limitations,
> including the fact that it makes your iPhone stop syncing contacts and
> calendars with your Mac.
> So what does this mean for Spanning Sync? As it turns out, Spanning
> Sync can not only simplify the initial setup of Google Sync but will
> also keep your Mac in sync with Google—something Google Sync doesn't
> do (seehttp://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139634&topi...).
> When you set up Google Sync on your iPhone, all existing contacts and
> calendar events will be removed from your phone. So before you get
> started with Google Sync you'll need to get your iPhone's calendar and
> contact data onto Google. With Spanning Sync that's a snap: just use
> iTunes to sync your iPhone with your Mac, then Spanning Sync to sync
> your Mac with Google. That way when you set up Google Sync on your
> iPhone you'll still have all of your data.
> After you've configured your iPhone to use Google Sync, it will no
> longer sync calendars and contacts with your Mac through iTunes. But
> Spanning Sync will continue to keep your Mac calendars and contacts in
> sync with Google, so for Spanning Sync users this is a non-issue.
> We'll be writing a more detailed post soon detailing the benefits of
> using Spanning Sync and Google Sync together. But the bottom line is
> this: when you use Spanning Sync and Google Sync together, your data
> will be kept in sync everywhere you need it: iPhone, Mac, and Google.
Google sync is not really for prime time yet. Use SS for mac to google
sync, then nuevasync for google to iPhone syncing. It works like a
champ with no issues.
Ron
On Feb 15, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Jason <Jda...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get my devices, mac, and google all synched up. Prior
> to google sync, spanning sync was working great. I love the over the
> air synching, but did not realize that my phones wouldn't be synching
> with the mac anymore. I saw that SS can remedy this- but what
> settings should I use? In the SS prefs if I try to synch to
> addressbook it says that I need to disable synching with google. The
> changes I make in my addressook don't seem to show up online. I would
> appreciate guidance as to how to get everything synched up.
> Thanks!
> Jason
> On Feb 9, 5:54 pm, cwood <charlie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> (Cross-posted from the Spanning Sync Blog <http://spanningsync.com/ >> google-sync>.)
>> Today Google released Google Sync for iPhone, which we're very
>> excited
>> about. It provides over-the air synchronization of calendars and
>> contacts between your iPhone and Google. But it has a few
>> limitations,
>> including the fact that it makes your iPhone stop syncing contacts
>> and
>> calendars with your Mac.
>> So what does this mean for Spanning Sync? As it turns out, Spanning
>> Sync can not only simplify the initial setup of Google Sync but will
>> also keep your Mac in sync with Google—something Google Sync does >> n't
>> do (seehttp://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139634&topi >> ...).
>> When you set up Google Sync on your iPhone, all existing contacts and
>> calendar events will be removed from your phone. So before you get
>> started with Google Sync you'll need to get your iPhone's calendar
>> and
>> contact data onto Google. With Spanning Sync that's a snap: just use
>> iTunes to sync your iPhone with your Mac, then Spanning Sync to sync
>> your Mac with Google. That way when you set up Google Sync on your
>> iPhone you'll still have all of your data.
>> After you've configured your iPhone to use Google Sync, it will no
>> longer sync calendars and contacts with your Mac through iTunes. But
>> Spanning Sync will continue to keep your Mac calendars and contacts
>> in
>> sync with Google, so for Spanning Sync users this is a non-issue.
>> We'll be writing a more detailed post soon detailing the benefits of
>> using Spanning Sync and Google Sync together. But the bottom line is
>> this: when you use Spanning Sync and Google Sync together, your data
>> will be kept in sync everywhere you need it: iPhone, Mac, and Google.
I sure hope you don't wait to long to write the article. My life is
now jammed full of meeting and I need to be synced by the best! I will
hold my breath until you post that blog -- please don't take too
long....
Turning Blue in Seattle
On Feb 9, 3:54 pm, cwood <charlie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Today Google released Google Sync for iPhone, which we're very excited
> about. It provides over-the air synchronization of calendars and
> contacts between your iPhone and Google. But it has a few limitations,
> including the fact that it makes your iPhone stop syncing contacts and
> calendars with your Mac.
> So what does this mean for Spanning Sync? As it turns out, Spanning
> Sync can not only simplify the initial setup of Google Sync but will
> also keep your Mac in sync with Google—something Google Sync doesn't
> do (seehttp://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139634&topi...).
> When you set up Google Sync on your iPhone, all existing contacts and
> calendar events will be removed from your phone. So before you get
> started with Google Sync you'll need to get your iPhone's calendar and
> contact data onto Google. With Spanning Sync that's a snap: just use
> iTunes to sync your iPhone with your Mac, then Spanning Sync to sync
> your Mac with Google. That way when you set up Google Sync on your
> iPhone you'll still have all of your data.
> After you've configured your iPhone to use Google Sync, it will no
> longer sync calendars and contacts with your Mac through iTunes. But
> Spanning Sync will continue to keep your Mac calendars and contacts in
> sync with Google, so for Spanning Sync users this is a non-issue.
> We'll be writing a more detailed post soon detailing the benefits of
> using Spanning Sync and Google Sync together. But the bottom line is
> this: when you use Spanning Sync and Google Sync together, your data
> will be kept in sync everywhere you need it: iPhone, Mac, and Google.
There's not much to it: Spanning Sync syncs your Mac with Google,
Google Sync syncs your iPhone with Google. Together they keep
everything synced up, even over-the-air. If you need to sync more than
5 calendars, don't use Google Sync. Instead, use iTunes to sync your
Mac with your iPhone. That's about it! But yes, there is still a
detailed blog post in the works.
-c
On Mar 8, 10:03 pm, Ray <tell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I sure hope you don't wait to long to write the article. My life is
> now jammed full of meeting and I need to be synced by the best! I will
> hold my breath until you post that blog -- please don't take too
> long....
> Turning Blue in Seattle
> On Feb 9, 3:54 pm, cwood <charlie.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Today Google released Google Sync for iPhone, which we're very excited
> > about. It provides over-the air synchronization of calendars and
> > contacts between your iPhone and Google. But it has a few limitations,
> > including the fact that it makes your iPhone stop syncing contacts and
> > calendars with your Mac.
> > So what does this mean for Spanning Sync? As it turns out, Spanning
> > Sync can not only simplify the initial setup of Google Sync but will
> > also keep your Mac in sync with Google—something Google Sync doesn't
> > do (seehttp://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=139634&topi...).
> > When you set up Google Sync on your iPhone, all existing contacts and
> > calendar events will be removed from your phone. So before you get
> > started with Google Sync you'll need to get your iPhone's calendar and
> > contact data onto Google. With Spanning Sync that's a snap: just use
> > iTunes to sync your iPhone with your Mac, then Spanning Sync to sync
> > your Mac with Google. That way when you set up Google Sync on your
> > iPhone you'll still have all of your data.
> > After you've configured your iPhone to use Google Sync, it will no
> > longer sync calendars and contacts with your Mac through iTunes. But
> > Spanning Sync will continue to keep your Mac calendars and contacts in
> > sync with Google, so for Spanning Sync users this is a non-issue.
> > We'll be writing a more detailed post soon detailing the benefits of
> > using Spanning Sync and Google Sync together. But the bottom line is
> > this: when you use Spanning Sync and Google Sync together, your data
> > will be kept in sync everywhere you need it: iPhone, Mac, and Google.
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