If you have been using Google Calendar with iOS devices for a long time, as I have, you're probably very familiar with that page, and may have even followed Google's advice to bookmark it for future reference. There's no information about these devices, no actual device names, and there's no way to remove devices from the list.Īt the bottom of the page it says: "Bookmark this page so you can easily change your settings" followed by "Trying to manage Google Apps account? Configure your domain at m.". If you do go to with a mobile browser, it will take you to which will show you a "Google Sync" page with the header "Manage devices" and a list of iPad and iPhones, showing the date the last sync for each device. Let's call that "2a".Ģb) But let's ignore the URL itself, because my bigger gripe is with the word "can" as in "Google Apps users can go to." What does it mean they "can" go there? Does it mean that it's optional? They can use that URL or they can use the previous one? (HINT: NO! IT DOESN'T!)Ģc) Although it sounds like that URL might be an optional one for Google Apps users, those URLs lead to two very different pages with two very different results.Ģd) Remember back in "Problem #1" when Google claimed that you had to visit from your device's mobile browser, but you didn't? Well, turns out that you do have to use your mobile device's browser to see the settings at, otherwise it will tell you to go to which, in turn, leads you to. First of all, it's not an actual link, in fact, it's actually wrapped in and for some reason. Problem #2: The second line is more problematic: "Google Apps users can go to ". The good news is that Google no longer has you set different calendars for different devices, which you might remember if you have used Google Calendar with iOS devices in the past. In fact, when you go to that page, at the very top it says: "Select calendars to sync to your iPhone/iPad/iCal*" and at the bottom of the page "* or any other CalDAV device." So it doesn't matter which browser you use. Problem #1: Although the first line says, "Visit the following page from your device's mobile browser: ", you don't need to visit it in your device's mobile browser. The seemingly superfluous JavaScript and peculiar formatting are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the problems. The selected calendars will be displayed on your device at the time of the next sync.
At the top of the page are the basic steps on iOS for creating a new account in iOS 7, but the crucial piece of information comes at the very bottom of the page: "By default, only your primary calendar will be synced with your device. "Sync Google Calendar with your iOS device" appears to be Google's most up-to-date instructions for setting this up, although it's hard to tell because there's no "as of" or "last updated" date anywhere on the page.
(Spoiler alert: I've already given away the ending.) Even Google can't keep the instructions straightįor as long as I can remember, Google Calendar on iPad or iPhone/iPod touch devices has had this annoying "quirk" - if you have more than one calendar, you have to go to a web page on Google's site and "enable" each calendars you want to use on each iOS device. The biggest enemy that you will have in getting this to work is previous experience with syncing Google and iOS devices, especially because Google has been fairly sloppy with its instructions, all of which led me on a not-very-fun technological wild goose chase tonight.įor more on those details, and what to watch out for, keep reading. The process of enabling CalDAV support for your calendars is something like that.) (If you use Gmail over IMAP you may have gone through the process of choosing which labels appear as IMAP folders.
#How to get google calendar on macbook mac#
Within your calendar app (on the Mac or on iOS) you can always choose which calendar(s) to show, but when dealing with Google calendar, your other calendars will only appear if they have been enabled. If you have been trying to get your Google Calendar to sync to your iOS device(s) or your Mac, but can't get all of your Google calendars to show up, I may have the answer: Unless you have a paid Google Apps account, use to select which calendars you want to sync via CalDAV.
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