Integrating iCloud with Google Sync?

For a long time, I've had my iPhone sync with Google Calendar and Google Contacts via Exchange. I've also had iCal and Address Book on my Mac sync with Google Calendar and Google Contacts using their own built-in Google synchronization options.
Now that I've upgraded my iPhone to iOS 5, and I'm about to upgrade my Mac to OS 10.7.2, I'm nervous about how well iCloud, Exchange, and the Mac-Google syncing options will cooperate. I don't want duplicates and I definitely don't want to lose any data.
Has anyone else successfully handled this configuration? Any suggestions?

Also check out SyncMan to sync from Address Book's iCloud to Google:
http://wateree.net/syncman/
When you're on iCloud, confirm that all of your addresses are there. To move contacts from "On My Mac" to "iCloud" just put them in a group, an then drag that group over. Then finally you can delete the "On My Mac" contacts entirely, with everything only in the syncing "iCloud" section.
Then if you want that same content in Google Contacts you can run SyncMan. I used it last week and it ran fine -- syncing contacts that are in "iCloud." I have no "On my Mac" group, at all.

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Does iCloud is compatible with google sync?

I have a gmail client business account which uses Google Sync for Calendars and Contacts.
DO I can use iCloud or do I will have to choose between iCloud and Google Sync?
Thanks

Maybe not, according to this: http://roaringapps.com/apps:table/tags/_f/index_tags/_f

Using "send mail as" with google sync

I recently migrated from an Android Phone to the Iphone 4s. I set my mail, contacts, and calenders up to sync through google sync. It is working well except the "send mail as" feature. I run 2 different email addresses through my gmail. I have my personal gmail address and my business domain address I use for work. On my android phone when I am composing an email on my phone I have the ability to choose wether I am sending the mail from my business or personal email. I have found this feature extremely useful.
I got very excited after I read that you can enable "send mail as" on google sync with ios. I went to google sync site on my safari browser and enabled the feature. I then synced the phone again. I don't know what I am missing but I do not see an option in the mail app to change the address I am sending from? Is there something else I need to enable or I am missing a simple menu that is hidden? Any help would be appreciated. Thank You

@Allan Sampson -
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You're welcome.
Any problem with a 3rd party app is the responsibility of the app developer. In this case, that is Google with their Google sync program for the iPhone, so take it up with Google.
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Very helpful. Please stop spreading your FUD* you elitest know-it-all.
This is NOT a google issue. It's an APPLE issue. APPLE'S iOS Mail App does not properly support IMAP, the very popular, very standardized protocol with which gmail (and countless other mail services) communicates with any 3rd party. (for clarity theres' also POP3 but doesn't matter here).
Let's look at a few simple observations, k?
Sender aliasing with gmail (once configured in your gmail account) works with
Thunderbird - a real IMAP client -and I think even with Outlook, arguably useless as a mail client by many yardsticks.
It works in Thunderbird on Windows.
it works in Thunderbird on a Mac.
It works in Apple Mail.app, on a Mac.
It works in the gmail app on iOS.
Are you getting the sense there's a pattern here?? I am!
It works EVERYWHERE there's a decent mail client to support it...
But it doesn't work in APPLE'S MAIL on iOS.**
Hmmmmm...
Oh, ok.. you're right. Must be a gmail thing...
oh wait, didn't work when I set up my business email server either... hmmm.
Nahh. You're right. Still must be gmail's fault...
</sarcasm>
* Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt.
** It could probably work in ANOTHER imap client on iOS but we'll never know what such a thing looks like because AAPL won't allow it (!!?) It could even work in Apple's client if they'd bring it up to circa 1998 standards..

Clarification with Google Sync and Gmail account

I recently linked my gmail account to my phone and prior to this i was using google sync to link my google calendar and phone calendar. After adding my gmail i began to get multiple contacts and calandar entries...Does anyone know why?

Hello,
Currently, the BIS system provides for the wireless synchronization of Calendar and Contacts with Google, with no need to synchronize via USB tether via the Desktop Software. So, if you have activated this new BIS feature AND also have some other channel for loading that information to your BB, that would indeed result in duplication. You will need to shut one or the other off and just have one channel for synchronizing that data.
Good luck!
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RIM Facebook 1.7 Calendar Issues (with Google sync)

I know that the Facebook app calendar issues have been documented all over the web and in other posts on this forum; but I still have been unable to figure out the best solution to this problem.
I am using the latest version (1.7) of the Facebook app and the latest version of google sync.
Despite unchecking the calendar sync option for the Facebook app, it ALWAYS eventually hijacks the "device default" calendar for my BB (curve 8330) and adds all my friend's birthdays. It sometimes happens after a battery pull, other times it seems random. Despite deleting the facebook cical entry, it will always come back eventually.
I am unable to set anything other than facebook in my default calendar option under options>advanced>device default. When I delete the facebook cical, the default calendar selection (options>advanced>default services) disappears entirely I assume that this is because there is no option other than the device default.
I have NEVER had a cical entry for my google calendar. I'm assuming the google sync app does not need a cical entry. I'm also assuming that the lack of a cical entry is what is preventing me from selecting my google calendar as my default, which is what many suggest to solve this problem. I cannot select my google calendar as a default, which isn't a problem until facebook hijacks my calendar.
Previous to FB app 1.7, everytime my calendar was hijacked, google sync would become a one way street (events would sync from the web to my phone, but not vice versa). To remedy this, I would delete the facebook cical, RSET the calendar manually, and re-sync my google calendar. This would work fine until the next time FB hijacked the calendar.
Now (in FB 1.7), despite hijacking my calendar, it does not appear to interrupt google sync in either direction. My google calendar is now named "facebook," but birthdays do not sync to my google calendar. It is very odd indeed and worries me that this convoluted setup is going to mess up my online google calendar at some point.
Unchecking the calendar option in the facebook app should prevent it from creating a cical entry. Period. This is very frustrating and discouraging to see RIM update this app from 1.5 to 1.6 to 1.7 without fixing this obnoxious issue.
Has anyone else been able to find a solution to this problem?

Had the same problem here plus the same event kept getting duplicated 20 to 30 times per day.
I tried all of the solutions that people suggested:
removed facebook cical
set default email to another email address
battery pull
none of that worked; there was still a "default" email with all of the replicated events.
Then I stumbled upon a Blackberry tip to move all events into one email account. So, I moved everything into my GMAIL account, and the "default" email disappeared. Apparently, if a calendar account is deleted without deleting the events (as was the case with Facebook) the rogue events stay in a "default" calendar.
I then used Blackberry desktop manager to create a sync to MS Outlook. I opened Outlook and did a search for the replicated events (by name). 494 replicated events were found, so I selected all of them and deleted them. I then went back to Blackberry Desktop Manager, re-synced, was prompted to remove the events and WHAM, problem solved.
Make sure that you uncheck he calendar feature in the Facebook for Blackberry App options.
I hope that this helps others!

C6 Problem with Google Sync

I have a brand new Nokia C6 with me.
In this i cant synchronize my contacts or calendar. Whenever i try to connect it is givind a message like "Your Account does not have permission to synchronize with curren settings. Contact your administrator."
Can anyone plz help me to solve this issue???

Hi bradfowd,
Try unlocking the Google account here: https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
Then try adding the account again as shown here: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740
-Jason

How to sync ipad calendar with google calendar?

Hi,
I want to know how to sync my ipad calendar with google account. I have already add account on the settings "mail, contacts, calendar, with gmail.
So, I want sync icloud with google calendar or with blackberry (that's connected with google calendar).
Thank you

There is no suich thing as a Google iPad. iPads are made by Apple not Google. What device do you have exactly? If its made by Google its not an iPad. It may be a Tablet though.

How to troubleshoot Windows 8 Mail app connectivity issues with Google Business Apps?

My company went to Google Apps last year. I am unable to connect Mail App on Windows 8 to my corporate Google account. I am using m.google.com for server with SSL enabled, but no luck. I also enabled bit locker as my company policy requires device encryption.
Mail App does not give a clear error message. It simple states that this PC does not meet security policies enforced by Google. Please advice. I already made peace when my Nokia Lumia 920 running windows phone 8 does not connect to Google
apps because of a bug that would not turn on device encryption unless requested by Active Sync and it would not turn on with Google sync.
These are annoying issues that Microsoft must fix to gain enterprise support. Here are the settings from my mobile settings page:

Answer is of no use. I tried all the forums and websites. I am not able to connect to corporate google apps because it requires SD card encryption. How do I enable this on windows 8.
Please discuss this with your boss and other peers before answering. This is an advanced question. I am going to paint this a little bit more..
Today's enterprise requires that most devices support device encryption and Windows Phone does support device encryption but here is the problem- there is no support for SD card encryption. Even for phones like Lumia 920 that does not have an SD card cannot
connect to Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync due to a bug in the implementation.
When the policy parameter Require Encryption on Storage Card is enabled, Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 devices misreport the presence of an SD card, even if the device has no SD card slot. The policy enforcement occurs, provisioning fails, and the device
cannot be synchronized. You can read more on their support site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2464593
This long thread on the Microsoft community is a testament to this problem:
http://answers.microsoft.com/e...3ce3-49e4-8069-ecdccd55a5f9
This is also a problem for those enterprises that are using google apps and running Microsoft exchange activesync. Take a look at this request and policy that will throw the 85010013 error on your windows phone.
Request :
https://m.google.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync
Server Data:Provision/Policies/Policy/Data/EASProvisionDoc/RequireStorageCardEncryption=1
Overall, I hope Microsoft fixes this issue soon

How to synchronize N95 8GB with Google calendar

Hello,
I'm using N95 8GB and I would like to synchronize all my information with Google Calendar. How can I do it?
Thank you,
Tom K.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Install MfE (Mail for Exchange), then follow this: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=147951
You can sync your mail, contacts and calendar with Google Sync. Tasks and notes are not supported. (Notes syncing is not possible with MfE anyway.)

Google Syncing Problem

For a long time now I've had Google sync set up using exchange for my Google calendar. I'm using a normal Gmail account. No problems. Yesterday I set up a new Gmail account and established a new set of contacts, and set up a 2nd Exchange account on my phone for it. No problems. It brought the GMail contacts down to my phone just fine. Then I added a new contact on the phone and noticed that it never made it to my Gmail contacts, as if push wasn't working from the phone to the Google cloud. It had been almost half a day since I added it but the new contact never synced. So I decided to delete my Calendar account and re-add it back, just to see if syncing was happening at all with Google. Maybe Google servers were down. Sure enough, the calendars didn't sync either. Then I deleted my contacts account and re-added it back, but the contacts did come back. The Calendar account still hasn't synced at all though. I checked my wife's phone, who uses the same Google Calendar account, and her's is working just fine. Basically, is anyone else having recent problems with Google syncing? Is there a way to force the push sync? It sure appears that something's amiss on my particular phone with push syncing. Any ideas?

This was a big "never mind". Somehow the correct calendar group wasn't selected in the groups to display. Operator error.

Will Google Sync work after restore?

I set up my phone with Google Sync (using Exchange) a few months ago for push. I know Google stopped new accounts from using this method after Jan 30th. However, I have to restore my phone as new due to some issues. Will I still be able to set up Google Sync or am I screwed? Thanks!

It's not at all clear to me if you'll be able to continue to use ActiveSync after a restore.
Here's some information on how to set up your phone if you can't:
http://www.mactrast.com/2012/12/how-to-setup-google-email-contacts-calendar/
There's also a link at the beginning of the article to information about the Google decision. I haven't looked at it in a while, though.
Best of luck.

N85 AND GOOGLE SYNC

Dear Mates,
How can I sync my N85 with Google Sync, once "Mail for Exchange Software" is not available for this Nokia model?
Thanks,
Paulo

I thought this applied.
When using Google Sync, certain actions in Gmail may have a different behavior than you're used to. For instance, if you "delete" a message from your Inbox, the default action is that it will archive the message and not delete it. To delete the message, you need to select Enable "Delete Email As Trash" for this device in your Google Sync settings. See our complete list of how actions taken on your device affect your Gmail interface.
Regardless, this was also copied from the top of the link.
Google Sync for iOS devices is still in beta.
Just about everything that Google does remains in beta indefinitely. You need to contact Google technical support regarding a problem with their Google Sync funtion.

Google Sync Online Calendar Problems

I have BB Tour 9630 with OS v5.0.0.419 (Platform 4.2.0.179)
Carrier: MTS
Google Sync: v0.5.15 (1017)
With google sync I understand how the BB only has a limited amount of memory therefor it deletes older events from the BB, but I just noticed that I have lost all of the events from the google calendar online as well as from my BB. I was wondering why its doing this? and is there any way to fix it so that it keeps my events online to refer back to later?
Thanks.

Hi alex12344321,
Welcome to the BlackBerry Support Community.
Your Gmail® calendar will synchronize only with the calendar you have set as default on your BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone. You can verify or modifiy this in Options > Device > Advanced System Settings > Default Services.
This KB article provides more information on synchronizing calendars."Using the Calendar application on a BlackBerry smartphone that supports multiple CICAL service books" http://bbry.lv/Pze8O2
Hope this helps.
-FS
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Address Book Sync with Google Contacts across computers (instead of iCloud with Lion)?

I am trying to get ready for the port to iCloud and i am going to do this while still on Snow Leopard per Roger Wilmut's fantastic documentation. It appear to me I will simply lose Bookmark Sync (until I move to Mountail Lion) which is a small(ish) price to pay to not have to deal with an upgrade at the moment.
The question I am hoping to answer is if it will be possible to SYNC MY CONTACTS across my devices (MacBookPro, MacPro and iPhone) using the Sync with Google Contacts Option in Address Book Preferences.
Does anyone know if checking this option will put these contacts on both of my Machines and on my iPhone?
ALSO, does anyone know if it is possible to put the ADDRESS BOOK CONTACTS in one folder and the GOOGLE CONTACTS in another folder so they don't all get mixed up together?
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I can't even get manual Google syncing to work with iCloud enabled. Without iCloud, everything works fine.

ICloud for PC not compatible with Google calendar sync?

I have a PC (Win7), a MacBook Pro, an iPhone and an iPad 2. Since MobileMe stopped their calendar sync, I have used 2-way Google calendar sync between all of my devices successfully to keep my calendar updated on all devices. I continued to use MobileMe to keep my contacts synced, but that option is ending this week, so I purchased CodeTwo to sync my contacts via iCloud. I installed Code Two and the iCloud control panel on my PC, and set them to sync only contacts, and blam ... my PC calendar no longer syncs to my Google calendar. All of the other calendars are syncing to Google and each other.
My PC calendar is the most important one and I need it to sync to all devices. I use Google calendar sync since it handles the Outlook group meeting invitations I receive & send through my workplace seamlessly (and iCloud does not). So using iCloud for my calendar is not an option.
How do I fix this?

After about an hour on the phone with Apple support, we discovered that somehow there was more than one calendar - one that I generally use and two marked archive. One was actually my Outlook archive folder, one was the Outlook default calendar (which was also marked archive) which is the one that WAS syncing with my Google calendar (but that we couldn't see), and the third calendar which is the one that I thought wasn't syncing with Google Calendar.
So now my question has changed - where did this mystery calendar come from. At one time I did have MobileMe installed on my computer for both calendars and contacts. I stopped using MobileMe for my calendar when it stopped syncing automatically and I uninstalled MobileMe today as part of our troubleshooting. Is it possible that when I installed the iCloud control panel on my PC and set it to sync contacts only, that it picked up the MobileMe calendar? In any event, I need to get rid of the unexpected "archive" folder and start syncing Outlook's default calendar. Any ideas how I do that?
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