Syncing calendars on multiple Macs and Nokia N95
24/04/2008 – 03:49 pmGenerally it is quite easy to sync calendars between one Mac and a Nokia N95 (or any other model). All you need is iSync and the Nokia iSync Plugin. The setup is quite straight-forward. But as the computers store the synchronisation information, conflicts are very likely to happen. So we need another solution to keep two (or more) computers and a mobile phone in sync.
The answer to this problem is the Google Calendar. It is capable to send/receive data in iCal format (which is necessary for the Mac). More precisely: It is able to send iCal data. To receive it, an external tool is needed. I chose SpanningSync which integrates seemlessly into the System Preferences Panel and automatically keeps the Google Calendars and the iCal in sync. It is safe to do that with a second Mac and the Google Calendar as well. See the web site. It is a very neat tool which costs only US$ 25 p.a. for as many Calendars and Macs as necessary. The final step is exporting the information to the Nokia N95 (or any other model) using iSync from one of the Macs only.
With this setup all Macs and one mobile stay in sync. To be honest, I do not login to the Google Calendar at all. I can add/edit/remove appointments in iCal on one Mac, and after syncing the same information is available on the other Mac as well. Google Calendar is only used as an easy way to automatically transfer the data.
One Response to “Syncing calendars on multiple Macs and Nokia N95”
Of course, it is even easier to sync two or more Macs with Apple’s “.Mac”, but that is much more expensive then SpanningSync and offers many features, which not everybody necessarily needs (as they are not about syncing).
By admin on May 10, 2008