Sync iPhone with iCloud to iCal to Google Calendar - can I do this?

[Brian]

I have a new iPhone 4S which nicely syncs my mobile calendar to the
calendar I have on my MacBook running Lion. Unfortunately, my iMac is
too old and is only running Snow Leopard. I'd like them all to be in
sync. Can I use Spanning Sync in this way?

What I'm imagining is that the iPhone syncs to the MacBook with
iCloud, then Spanning Sync syncs the MacBook and the iMac, all using
Google Calendar. Then changes in any place are reflected on all the
other devices and computers.

Is this possible?

Thanks for your help!

[byron.shaheen]

Hi Brian,

You can read all about Spanning Sync and iCloud by going here:

http://blog.spanningsync.com/2011/10/icloud.html


-Byron

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[Brian Blum]

Hi Byron,

I've read that blog post before but it doesn't really give me the clear answer I need, about whether Spanning Sync will work with iCloud in the way I've described. I know I can use it to sync iCal and Google Calendar, but what happens when I add in a sync to iCloud from one machine (the one running Lion) only?

If you can provide an answer to that, then I'll know whether I can buy Spanning Sync. I don't want to set it up and then have it delete all my calendars and contacts b/c I did something wrong!

Thanks,

Brian

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[byron.shaheen]

Hi Brian,

If you're using iCloud to sync calendars and especially contacts, you
won't be able to do what you're wanting using Spanning Sync.

-Byron

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On Mar 6, 12:36 am, Brian Blum <brianb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Byron,
>
> I've read that blog post before but it doesn't really give me the clear
> answer I need, about whether Spanning Sync will work with iCloud in the way
> I've described. I know I can use it to sync iCal and Google Calendar, but
> what happens when I add in a sync to iCloud from one machine (the one
> running Lion) only?
>
> If you can provide an answer to that, then I'll know whether I can buy
> Spanning Sync. I don't want to set it up and then have it delete all my
> calendars and contacts b/c I did something wrong!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:26 PM, byron.shaheen <byron.shah...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi Brian,
>
> > You can read all about Spanning Sync and iCloud by going here:
>
> >http://blog.spanningsync.com/2011/10/icloud.html
>
> > -Byron
>
> > ---
> > Byron Shaheen

> > byron.shah...@spanningsync.com

> >http://spanningsync.com
>
> > On Mar 5, 1:01 am, Brian <brianb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have a new iPhone 4S which nicely syncs my mobile calendar to the
> > > calendar I have on my MacBook running Lion. Unfortunately, my iMac is
> > > too old and is only running Snow Leopard. I'd like them all to be in
> > > sync. Can I use Spanning Sync in this way?
>
> > > What I'm imagining is that the iPhone syncs to the MacBook with
> > > iCloud, then Spanning Sync syncs the MacBook and the iMac, all using
> > > Google Calendar. Then changes in any place are reflected on all the
> > > other devices and computers.
>
> > > Is this possible?
>
> > > Thanks for your help!
>
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> > "Spanning Sync" group.
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> > spanningsync...@googlegroups.com.
> > For more options, visit this group at
> >http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en.
>
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> Brian Blum

> brianb...@gmail.com
> U.S. 1-646-485-7266
> Israel: 054-542-8431
>
> Facebook/Skype: brianfrombaka | Twitter: brianblumwww.iAccomplishApp.com<http://www.iaccomplishapp.com> Track what you do

> and beat black the blues with new iPhone/iPad app based on CBT principles

>  www.BlumInteractiveMedia.com<http://www.bluminteractivemedia.com/> 30
> years of professional writing and multimedia content creationwww.ThisNormalLife.com<http://www.thisnormallife.com/> My personal blog

> all about "normal" life in Israel

>  Brainwaves Radio <http://www.brainwavesradio.thisnormallife.com/> on Radio
> Free Nachlaot <http://radiofreenachlaot.com/> every Monday night 7-9 PM

> Israel, Noon-2 PM New York, 9 AM-11 AM West Coast - eclectic | indie | pop

> | rock and more.www.israelity.comandwww.israel21c.orgPosts about Israeli life and hi-techwww.siddurwiki.comCollaboratively creating a new commentary to the Jewish
> prayer bookwww.indiescrete.comMy original indie music podcastwww.bloggerce.bluminteractivemedia.com<http://www.bloggerce.com/> Turn

[Evans Thompson]

I've setup a similar situation using Spanning Sync and Google rather than iCloud.  Yeah, it's an extra step, and it can take a little work getting it to work, but once it does, it's incredibly stable and responsive.

You don't have to switch to Google Calendar, Contacts, and Gmail, you can just use it as a sync source. Spanning has done an amazing job getting the Google APIs and quirks to play nicely with the Mac and iOS environments.

Google starts to explain the iOS setup routine here: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740

Going this route via Google allows me to sync 2 Macs, 1 PC (Google Apps Sync), 2 iPads, 1 iPod Touch, and an Android phone.  It's incredible.

I hope that gives you a glimmer of hope.