Syncing your Google Calendar with your iCal on your Mac and your iPhone via the web
My friend Erin showed me a way to sync all the calanders via the web.
First thing to remember is to backup all you data first.
Good luck.
Basically, this is what you need to do to make sure your gmail calendars show up on iCal:
1. Open iCal, go to Preference, then to Account, finally to Delegation. Unmark all of your delegates.
2. Open the app TexEdit and copy and paste this account url on your TextEdit worksheet: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/USERNAME@gmail.com/user
3. Now log into your google calendar. Once you are logged in, go to "My Calendar" on the left hand side and click on "settings"
4. You then will see all the calendars on displayed. Choose one of the delegates which will take you to Calendar Details tab.
5. Scroll down to Calendar Address and fine the "Calendar ID" on the right hand side. Copy the Calendar ID.
6. Go back to TextEdit and replace part of the account URL, so it goes from https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/USERNAME@gmail.com/user to
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/Calendar ID/user (mind you that Calendar ID has a "group.calendar.google.com" suffix, so an example of the final account url may look like https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/lbuhjrlgkfoi1oqs56710vkn8zh@group.calendar.google.com/user
7. Copy the altered account URL
8. Go back to iCal, Preference, then Account.
9. Add a new account, if you are using 10.6, under Account Type, select Caldav, and Paste the altered account URL in the Server Address box. If you are using 10.5, once you click Add an account, expand theServer Options, and Paste in the altered account URL in the Account URL box.
10. Finally enter your google username and password. Click Add.
11. You're done for one of your delegate accounts. Repeat the process till all of your accounts are added in this way. You will see all your calendars showing up under the Account panel in your iCal preference. Then you're done.
To sync with your iphone to gmail, follow these steps:
1. Open the Settings application on your iphone home screen.
2. Open *Mail, Contacts, Calendars* and select *Add Account...*
3. Select Other.
4. Select *Add CalDAV Account*.
5. Enter your account information:
- In the Server field, enter google.com
- In the Username field, enter your full Google Account email address.
- In the Password field, enter your Google Account password.
- In the Description field, enter the name you'd like to appear on the account.
- Select Next at the top of your screen.
After you've completed setup, open the iPhone calendar application and syncing will automatically begin.