Spanning Sync Google Group

Google Errors 500 for over a week

2009-12-19T20:50:01Z

anyone else getting error 500s for over a week?
I'm using two mac, and google apps calendar. SS user for two years...
Thanks
Todd

All of my birthdays have disappeared from my Address book.

2009-12-19T16:50:09Z

They are still in my Google calendar, but no longer in Address book so
they *should* be easy to recover. I did just update to the latest
software and now it says I am not signed in even though it will sync
(as seen in the logs). But the birthdays did not return.

mulitple computers and calendar problem

2009-12-19T00:35:04Z

I have my gmail forwarded to my mac address and am enjoying spanning
sync to connect everything to my new Droid Eris. My husband has a
different mac address and his calendars repeatedly get this message:
The server did not recognize your user name or password for account
“x...@gmail.com.” Make sure you enter them correctly.

Duplicate alarms

2009-12-18T07:42:34Z

Hi
Out of the blue, my conflict notifier told me it wished to modify 6000+
records in my calendar. Reviewing what the changes were, I saw that it
wanted to add two alarms to each record. I said no, as I didn't much want
that. I then replaced MobileMe with the info from the computer, which seemed
to be clean. I am now cleaning up records, backing up as I go along, but am

Followup

2009-12-18T08:36:43Z

Hi,
Following my previous posting, I ran Calendar cleaner, to find that in fact,
almost 7000 of my entries had duplicate alarms. But, CC fixes that!
I tried selecting Fix All Conflicts like this one, but each time I did, it
crashed the program. I could individually click and fix each entry, but for
6715 of them, i'm not likely to do that.

calendar mix-ups

2009-12-17T03:35:32Z

quite frequently my calendars are getting mixed up and all of my
birthdays are getting put on my work calendar. when i run the
calendar cleaner program it generally wants to delete the one on the
birthday calendar and keep the one on my work calendar. when i try to
tell it to delete the one on the work calendar and keep the one on the

birthday calendar

2009-12-17T03:55:00Z

i realize this is my second message in the matter of a half hour or
so, but my birthday calendar has been essentially destroyed by
spanning sync and calendar cleaner. i don't understand. i was
thrilled with how spanning sync worked when i first got it, but it has
either duplicated all my birthdays into my work calendar for some

Invitees in iCal

2009-12-16T15:54:51Z

I'm new to SpanningSync (and gmail for that matter).

I'm using Spanning Sync to sync my iCal with Google Calendar (which
then syncs with the iPhone app Pocket Informant).

It may be a coincidence, but when I started using Spanning Sync, I
found that when I create a new iCal event and include someone in the

bi-directional sync

2009-12-15T22:48:47Z

I have 2 mac and use Entourage.
Both have address books that are not quite the same.

What would I need to do so sync them and then keep them synced as I
add new contacts?

Trying to keep Address Book synched from a different computer than iCal

2009-12-15T17:39:32Z

Hi All,

Just love the program, which works a charm with my new Palm Pre. It is
fantastic to have this Google/iCal stuff push right to my phone. I am
not sure what to do about a contacts situation that I have created
though. Specifically, I do not want the contacts from my laptop
address book, but from the Family computer. I have given it some work,

I can't sign in

2009-12-15T11:51:54Z

I use SS on my desktop running OSX 10.4.11 and on my MacbookPro
running OSX 10.5.8. I was on the road this past weekend and used my
latop to enter a few new appointments in the Google calendar, and then
synced to iCal and Entourage without a problem.

But when I got home and tried to sync the desktop, I got an error

Continual Contact Error

2009-12-14T14:27:35Z

I have continual contact errors on one contact. Every minute or so it
pops up.

How do I make my google and ical calendars writeable for cross syncing?

2009-12-14T14:17:57Z

I get messages on my calendars that they won't sync both ways. This is
WHY I bought spanning sync.

What do I need to change?

groups on google?

2009-12-10T03:59:14Z

I just tried SpSy. When syncing both ways how are groups preserved? I
just tried syncing two group in my address book with my google
account. Contacts from both groups ended up in My Contacts on Google
so I cant mail separately.. What am I doing wrong?

Spanning Sync Won't Load

2009-12-10T03:41:03Z

I try to click on spanning sync in preferences but it won't load. I
tried uninstalling it with the install, no success. I tried updating
it, no success.

Any way to manually remove it and start fresh?

spanning sync, goosync and tasks

2009-12-06T21:42:55Z

I am using spanning sync from my ical to my gcal and goosync from my
gcal to my Palm treo. It works great for the calendar. I desperately
want to get my tasks/to do working like this as well.

Google has tasks in gmail and gcal but that is where they stay. They
don't sync with ical via spanning sync or Palm via goosync. Now

Event Status Not Synced From iCal -> Google

2009-12-06T08:22:59Z

I just starting using Spanning Sync today to sync my iCal with Google
Calendar. Everything went smoothly except for one major problem. In
iCal, I have a mixture of events where the "show as" field is set to
either "Free" or "Busy". After syncing for the first time, however,
the same event does not seem to have this same information. It seems

Conflicts with calendar event notes

2009-12-04T17:34:14Z

Hi,

We just learned that Google is now stripping whitespace (newlines,
spaces, and tabs) off the end of calendar event notes. That sounds
like a fine idea, except that in some cases this change can cause a
conflict with iCal which does allow whitespace at the end of the notes
field. If you've gotten the Apple "conflict resolver" window in the

Sync schedule randomness

2009-12-04T02:01:32Z

I have SS set to sync every 30min which seems to work if I am at the
computer that runs SS, which I'm not for most of the day, if I'm at
the computer the schedule is honored, if I'm not at the computer the
schedule is not honored. I haven't exactly pined down when it stops
working but it seems to take a few hours of idle. The computer does

Contacts messed up several times.. information lost

2009-12-04T09:51:00Z

Dear Spanning Sync,
I am not very satisfied with your service. The Calendar sync seems to
be working alright, but I keep having trouble with my contacts. I have
been tidying up my address book several times, and time and again the
same errors keep on coming back. In addition, I have lost quite a bit

Deleted item google->iCal

2009-12-03T03:50:05Z

I sync'd for the first time...excellent job! This does what I'd like
for it to do. I was in Google messing with the calendar entries and
changed the calendar (I have multiple) the event is associated with
(say, changed the event from a "birthday" to a "business" calendar).
I sync'd and rather than changing the calendar in iCal, the event was

Contact image degraded quality

2009-12-01T21:12:47Z

I have attached user photos to all of my contacts in AddressBook but
once they sync to Google through SS the quality is lowered, but if I
use the native Google sync the quality is normal, is there a fix for
this?

Sync Process does not start by itself

2009-12-01T13:22:12Z

Hi,

I am using SpanningSync 3.0.3 in Mac OS 10.6.2.
The Sync process does not start autmatically. It starts as soon as I
open the prefpanel and the Menu bar item appears.
How to solve this problem? Anyone else with it?
thanks..

Spanning Sync on multiple Macs

2009-11-28T21:42:12Z

I have two Macs - a laptop and a desktop. I am syncing iCal and
Address Book between both of them using Mobile Me. Do I need to
install Spanning Sync on both machines? Should I NOT install Spanning
Sync on both machines? (will it mess things up if i do?)

My concern is for when I go traveling. I would like my Google and

problem: limit to no. of calendars I can sync

2009-11-27T16:01:50Z

Hi all: if anyone can help I'd appreciate it.

I've got the trial version of Spanning Sync to sync Google Cal to iCal
(I already have iPhone syncing with Google cal separately).

Prob seems to be that I've created multiple iCal calendars in order to
colour code them - so I can see at a glance how much of the week is

Stop emails

2009-11-24T19:07:41Z

ALL entries are doubled after syncing

2009-11-21T09:22:49Z

Hi,
muy spanning sync lost all connections to the calendar 2 days ago. I
connected it again with the result that after syncing now all entries
are double!
Any suggestion?!
Lars

iCal birthday calendar sync

2009-11-22T18:19:04Z

Hello all!

I think this is old news but I was just wondering if anyone out there
had a solution to the problem where iCal birthday calendar doesn't
sync across to the iPhone properly even using Spanning Sync. A few
birthdays do show up but I am suspicious they may be old recurring
events from my pre-Apple days. Wondering whether this is something

Entourage > iCal > Google: free/busy/tentative lost

2009-11-20T16:44:56Z

Hey there...

Love Spanning Sync and especially so that I can get my work calendar
on Google... but I'm also new to Spanning Sync and have noticed
something is lost when getting the Entourage information.

I am not sure at what point the information is lost (Entourage > iCal
is my guess) but is there any way to maintain this status?

Contacts Missing

2009-11-20T14:07:57Z

I use spanning sync to sync my contacts from my mac address book to
google so I can sync my new droid. I am missing contacts but did not
get any errors during my first sync. How can I fix this or see why
they did not sync?
Thanks
Drew

OSX 10.6.2 Contact sync

2009-11-19T18:15:54Z

Hi,

As a Spanning Sync user I'm wondering what the differences are between
SC contact sync and the newly build-in Address Book sync is? Does the
build-in one also sync group information for example?

Thanks,

Sander

Highrise Sync

2009-11-16T22:28:36Z

I'm looking for a good CRM solution for the Mac but not something
overly complicated like Salesforce.

Most of my work is people focused so it makes more sense to do people
centric task management rather than thing centric task management.

I've used Highrise in the past and it does a reasonably decent job.

Entourage - Ical - Google

2009-11-16T19:19:54Z

Ok - i downloaded the trial and have run into an issue where i am
getting multiple versions of events in the ENTOURAGE calendar. Google
calendar appears to be ok. I initially didn't have anything in my
google calendar, so I ran the "reset" version whereby it deleted
whatever was there and overwrote it with what was in my entourage

sync time in top bar icon is wrong

2009-11-16T11:24:44Z

Hello,

I don't know the technical term for the little icon in the upper right
hand area of my screen, but it's where I can access SS.

When I go up there, it often tells me the wrong time of the last
sync. To get the accurate time, I have to go to open SS prefs.

Just thought you would like to know.

Task

2009-11-15T12:08:36Z

Now that there is task available for Google Calendar when will the
task be able to sync. I have a MAC and a Droid phone. This would be
very helpful.

Why can't I download the 15 day Spanning Sync trial?

2009-11-14T13:36:19Z

I have a up to date Macbook!!!!

Google Sports Calendars

2009-11-13T19:12:00Z

Hi,

I just subscribed to some sports calendars in google. For some weird
reason Spanning Sync doesn't list any of the sports calendars I
subscribe to so I can't sync them to my iCal, Lightning and iPhone.
The other subscriptions are ok though, including public holidays and
even 'day of the year'. Is it just my computer? I'm on my macbook,

Were the Hell is tec. Support? !!!!!

2009-11-12T01:35:31Z

I've been sending email and they all return as not recipient found

Just want to Change my googgle user acct

IS THIS TOO MUCH TO ASK?

I think scanning sync deletes my previous calendar items

2009-11-11T22:04:38Z

I needed to check my ours for my employer, because i had the feeling i
did not receive the correct amount of salary. From the time i started
to use spanning sync until now all my calendar points are gone except
from two weeks ago untill the future... how can i turn this of..
because i need to save my information!!

Exchange Calendar to Google Calendar Sync

2009-11-11T14:48:23Z

I sync my Exchange calendar (one-way, because it doesn't support two
way) to a Google Calendar. The push to my Google Calendar works
fine. However, I've noticed that when I delete (and maybe even
change) an event from my Exchange calendar through iCal, Outlook, or
Outlook Web Access, the deletion/change is not synchronized with the

Auto Sync Trial Version Not Working

2009-11-11T10:17:23Z

I've downloaded the Spanning Sync trial to see if it works well for
syncing my iPhone Pocket Informant Calendar with Google Calendar and
iCal.

I've set it to sync every hour, but unless I have my System Preference
panel open and am signed in, it is not syncing every hour.

Is this behaviour peculiar to the trial version, or is this typical?

Droid

2009-11-11T04:35:14Z

Hey Guys,

Just want to let you know what a fantastic job i think you are doing.
You're latest update to Spanning Sync is excellent and keeps my ical/
google cal & address book/ contacts in harmony and in record time. The
latest updates that allow me to choose how I want to sync each is
really something that was missing for me.

Can't get it to sync calendars

2009-11-10T03:15:34Z

Okay, new to spanning sync ical to either web gmail calendar or droid.

Spanning sync signs in to gmail fine, identifies various google
calendars - but won't sync to them. Syncs contacts fine. I did the
advance function to wipe out all google info on the first sync, tried
it twice but still no luck. No ical events or calendars info shows up

ALL MY WORK GONE

2009-11-07T18:39:11Z

Spanning Sync just deleted all my work I have done for the last hour.

I had a lot of patience with this product and in general it works
great. But now I had to do some tedious work to put together a
timeline for a conference and after copying events and then changing
them, all by a sudden things are completely screwed up.

How can I tell Spanning Sync to stop syncing with Entourage?

2009-11-03T07:36:52Z

Hi--I don't use Entourage anymore, as I'm trying to cut back on
Microsoft dependence. How do I tell Spanning Sync to stop looking in
Entourage data when it syncs? Help! I'm currently syncing only with
Google Gmail...

THANKS!

iCal syncing

2009-10-31T01:16:05Z

I am planning on purchasing the new Motorola Droid but had a couple of
questions regarding this spanning sync software. Currently within
iCal I have several labeled calendars contained within iCal (i.e.
Miscellaneous, Medical, Work, Days Off). Additionally, I have a
Macbook and iMac which utilizes MobileMe to keep everything in sync

syncing used to work fine, and now is just not syncing at all.

2009-10-30T03:25:39Z

I have my spanning sync set to run hourly. It does run hourly. It
reports no errors at all, it would seem that syncing is progressing
normally.

However, I know that any events I have added recently, just aren't
crossing to the other side so to speak. I have recent events in my
iCal that just don't show in my google calendar, and vice versa. I

How can I sync mutliple iCal calendars to one Google calendar?

2009-10-29T23:13:13Z

I only want one google calendar, holding all of the events from all of
the iCal calendars that I link to it. Is this possible? Right now, it
seems that I can only sync one iCal calendar with one Google.

thanks
LT

Syncing with calendars created by others

2009-10-28T03:00:14Z

My brother created a new calendar in Google Calendar, then made me an
"owner". In other words I have full access and can add or delete
other people (including my brother) from the list of authorized
users. Accordingly it shows up under the "My calendars" left sidebar
on the google calendar page.

Spanning Tools for Mac 1.1 available

2009-10-27T20:29:46Z

Hi,

Spanning Tools for Mac 1.1 is now available with the following
improvements:

• The "Cleaner" apps now have log windows.
• Calendar Cleaner can now flag and fix invalid recurrence rules.
• Calendar Cleaner can now flag and fix invalid alarms.
• Calendar Cleaner can now flag and merge duplicate alarms.