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Question

Syncing Outlook -> GMail & iPhone (or alternatives)

Jun 16, 2013 11:36AM PDT

Hello,

I use Outlook as my primary calendar app at home, and either GMail or my iPhone calendar when I am away. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get these three services to talk to each other.

Does anyone know of any programs or services I can use to keep my calendar synchronized? I wouldn't mind dropping GMail from the loop entirely and just having Outlook <-> iPhone synching to each other.

Thanks for your help.

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I can see why.
Jun 17, 2013 4:31AM PDT

Outlook and a calendar has nothing to sync with GMail. You might get it to sync with Google Calendar but as presented, these have nothing to share.
Bob

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Right
Jun 17, 2013 12:22PM PDT

Yes... I was of course referring to Outlook and Google Calendar.

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But wait.
Jun 18, 2013 12:51AM PDT

There are plenty of discussions to date about sync of Outlook and Google Calendar. Are you asking to start a new discussion on an old topic?

As presented I can see why it would fail and shared that. However with your update, you would want to tell more what you tried and why you think it failed.
Bob

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Syncing Outlook with Google and Android
Oct 8, 2013 11:27PM PDT

Hello,
I use plugin Outlook4Gmail that easy sync your contacts and appointments between Outlook, Google, and Android.
I highly appreciate that it syncs Outlook and Google contacts with maximum details.
Outlook4Gmail provides various ways of syncing Calendars, both import a calendar from Google into Outlook and export an Outlook calendar to Google. You can even Sync Contact Categories with Google Groups
This Outlook plugin comes with a lot of handy features and works perfectly and it is really a good option to use Outlook4gmail for synching google and outlook accounts.

http://download.cnet.com/Outlook4Gmail/3000-2369_4-75800316.html