Here are the detailed instructions on how you can sync your iphone / ipod touch with google / gmail / google calendar / google contacts
after doing this you will have all your google contacts on your iphone, and all your google calendars on your iphone (or your ipod touch) – any changed you make on google, or on your iphone will be ‘saved’ to your google contacts / calendar.
- on your iphone, or ipod touch, goto settings > mail > add
- hit microsoft exchange (trust me, it works)
- under email and username, put in your gmail address
- dont put anything under domain
- hit the next button at the top
- I had to accept a certificate
- under server put m.google.com
- hit next again
- turn off mail.
- turn on contacts and calendars
- hit done
- then sync.
- enable push under settings > fetch new data
you dont need anything turned on in itunes for the sync.- the final step is to go to m.google.com/sync in your iphone or ipod touch’s safari, login, select your iphone / ipod touch and then pick the calendars you want to sync =)
you will now have your google calendars on your iphone / ipod touch, and you will have all your contact aswell! -
please see this post for details on how to get your google calendar synced to your ical on your mac
and this post on how to sync your addressbook with your google contacts
If you have done all this then you will have the same list of contacts on your mac, on your iphone, and on your google contacts. you will also have the same calendars. any change, or addition you make on any device will show up in all the others
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Thank you so much. This is exactly what I was looking for! You made it so simple, yet detailed, you rock!
cheers! glad it helped you =)
This is PERFECT! I’ve been jury rigging my Google/iCal/ iTouch interface with using delegates (to edit calendar events on my computer) and subscriptions (to view calendars on my iTouch), and a whole separate calendar to create events on my iTouch! I hadn’t been able to figure out how to edit google calendar events on my iTouch or create new events that would show up on my “main”/Google Calendar! It was a big pain in the dupah!… and you’ve fixed it!!!
Thanks a whole bunch!
glad i could help =)
its funny that this is still my most popular post, but its so helpful =) i had to use it myself when i re-installed my macbook and got an iphone !
hey! I´ve troble with the last part. I´ve tried to go on my safari to the website you told us, and it says that my device is not compatible!! My ipod is from the 2G. What can i do?? Please HELP
not sure – my ipod touch was a 2g aswel – do you have iphone os version 3.0 or above ?