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Free MobileMe Alternative: How to Set Up Google Sync for Mac and iPhone

Written on May 13, 2009 by David Klein and 33 people have commented

MobileMe, Apple’s online personal information management (PIM) solution, has withstood quite the controversy. While some of the more fortunate subscribers, like myself, have had only positive experiences, others had to wait several months before syncing worked without reporting cryptic errors or silently failing.
My only gripe was the buggy MobileMe web site. Problems were numerous, such [...]

How-To: Put Google Calendar and Tasks in Your Menu Bar

Written on April 22, 2009 by David Klein and 17 people have commented

Don’t you wish there were an easier way to quickly view upcoming appointments and your task list?  If you’re a fan of Google products, then follow these steps for an easy-to-use solution.  In the end you will have two new items in your menu bar: one for Google Calendar and one for Google Tasks.
What You [...]

Wirelessly Sync Google Calendar With Your iPhone

Written on December 05, 2008 by Jenny Kortina and 37 people have commented

I live and die by my Google calendar and have always hated the fact that I could not wirelessly sync it with my iPhone. I’ve tried every method in the book, and finally have found two methods to wirelessly sync your Google calendar to your iPhone.
NuevaSync
The first method is free and uses a service [...]

iPhone How-To: Synchronizing Your Google Calendar

Written on October 29, 2008 by Olly Farshi and 27 people have commented

The iPhone is indeed a wonderful little device and, for some of us, a game-changer in terms of managing our digital lives from the palm of our hands. There are, however, some essential features that Apple neglected to implement.
Regular GMail and Google Calendar users will have noticed the glaring lack of a Calendar synchronization option, making the [...]