Syncing Outlook, OS X, Google with Ease
Not sure how it happened, but I ran into The Holy Grail of Synchronization - how to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol, ScheduleWorld. I took the time to dig deeper, largely because I’ve been wanting to sync Outlook with Google (and Google with iCal) for a while now - and I’m still using Outlook 2000, which keeps certain syncing tools out of reach.
Standards to the rescue! Engtech, as described, pointed me to ScheduleWorld: “An experiment in a new kind of rich Internet application, built on the foundations of open standards that enables you to access your data from virtually anywhere using a growing number of interoperable devices and software.” Yes, it’s absolutely free - and absolutely 100x more useful than you may realize:
- Sync between countless devices, platforms (iPod included!)
- Simple and fast Calendaring, Scheduling, Tasks, Notes
- Global address book (LDAP!)
- Java Micro Edition (JME/J2ME) Client for mobile phones
Whoa. As recommended, I downloaded the Outlook SyncML client (which runs independently). Took a small bit of troubleshooting to get going, but the problems were remote - and cleared up quickly by Mark Swanson (ScheduleWorld mixmaster). In no time at all, I was able to do what I’ve always wanted to do - sync calendars, tasks, and notes through simple software, as well as have a network-accessible address book. Dude, ScheduleWorld is absolutely amazing - and free.
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16 Comments
Shrikant Joshi
September 25th, 2006
at 3:28am
Whoa!
Is it just me or does the ScheduleWorld site looke like a any standard Google login Page? Am I seeing things?
On a serious note, thanks for pointing this one out!
Regards,
Shri.
engtech
September 25th, 2006
at 10:32am
Thanks for the link, Chris. I’m glad you found it useful.
Matt Hartley
September 25th, 2006
at 11:45am
Speaking as a guy who uses both Outlook and Evolution - THIS ROCKS! Seriously, killer find, man.
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September 25th, 2006
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September 25th, 2006
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September 27th, 2006
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ChinaLamb
September 28th, 2006
at 9:10am
Dude, Why is this service free? Is our information secure? How are they making money? Is the information kept on the server? How much space does it take?
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October 1st, 2006
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[...] Just found this post http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/25/syncing-outlook-os-x-google-with-ease/ on Chris Pirillo’s site about ScheduleWorld. Not had a chance to check it out but from what Chris says:- [...]
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October 3rd, 2006
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[...] http://engtech.wordpress.com/2006/0…-scheduleworld/ The full title for this article is “The Holy Grail of Synchronization: How to synchronize Microsoft Outlook (multiple locations), Google Calendar, Gmail, iPod, and mobile phone with Funambol / ScheduleWorld”, and that title sums up nicely what this article is about. Synchronization is always a dark art, and while it’s pretty simple when you have one computer running Outlook and one Windows Mobile device, things get rapidly more complex when you add in more devices and services. This article covers a whole array of services - it’s unlikely that many of you are using exactly that same services as he is, but perhaps you can adapt the same basic principles to your own scenarios.Myself, I’ve found that using a combination of 4smartphone [affiliate], Foldershare, FeedDemon, and the Google Browser Sync Tool has let me hit about 90% bliss when it comes to synchronization. I wish some other things would synchronize across all my PCs - like my ActiveWords data file, but for the most part I’m quite pleased with the way I’m able to keep my life in sync. What about you? How “in sync” are you?Source: Chris Pirillo _________________Have a question? Ask it in the forums. Have news? Submit it. Want to contact me? Use the contact form to send me an email. Want to support the site? Subscribe and get free software! [...]
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Luke
May 6th, 2008
at 2:51am
Hi,
Syncmycal has also released a Contact Sync feature. I am a big fan of syncmycal and enjoying its cool and easy interface with great reliability.
http://www.syncmycal.com
Luke