A service from Google that allows Contacts, Mail, and Calendaring to integrate with various other products. The iOS implementation relies on Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® technology.
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How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google?
If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:
Is it possible to have both ...
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Is it better for iOS to sync Gmail contacts using Exchange ActiveSync or the CardDAV protocol?
To date I've been using Google Sync as an Exchange account to synchronize contacts between Gmail and my iPhone. However, Google very recently announced support for syncing Gmail contacts using ...
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How can I sync Reminders with Google Tasks?
I was looking for a way to sync my reminders from Google Calendar with the reminders app in iOS 5.
I have Google Sync set up, and on my "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" settings page, it says "Mail, ...
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What is the best way to set up Google mail, contacts and calendar? (consolidated)
I'm trying to understand what the best way to set up Google mail, contacts and calendars on my iPhone and iPad. There seems to be plenty of options, all of which have downsides spread over lots of ...
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How to push GMail to iPhone without Exchange?
Since Google has ended support for Google Sync aka Microsoft Exchange on Janurary 30th, how can I continue to get mails from GMail pushed?
As far as I know, IMAP does not support push.
I know that ...
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Sync Google Contacts in Mountain Lion
I am having trouble with keeping my Contacts sync'd with my Google Apps account. In "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" there is no Contacts option:
In the contacts program, I did get it to sync by ...
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Is there a way to access Google Contacts using iPhone?
I have all my contacts in Google Contacts, so I was wondering is there anyway I could sync them with the contacts on the phone?
Edit: Now I've set it up properly, however there are still no contacts ...
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Google two-factor doesn't work on iPad after iPhone is set up
Love the idea of two-factor auth and was pushed to do it finally by the issues that plagued the Gizmodo author.
I enabled two-factor auth and it was all going really smoothly. I used Google ...
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How can I add more then one calendar from a same google account?
I have my default google calendar synchronized with my iPod-touch, and I would like to add other calendars from the same account, is there a way?
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How to delete contacts from iPhone?
I just set up my brand new iPhone 5 running iOS 6. I set it up as a new device.
I have been using Exchange to sync my contacts with Google (Gmail) Contacts for the past few days. Today I stopped doing ...
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How do I sync Gmail contacts with my iMac's address book and my iPhone?
I enable the sync with Google inside the preferences of address book on snow leopard but I don't know how to set the time between the syncing and how to force to update. I added a new contact to gmail ...
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Showing contact name with received SMS from Google Contacts
For those of you who have linked your Google Contacts to your iPhone, when someone sends you an SMS did it display the person's name or did it simply display the number?
Because, although I have ...
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How to properly sync Gmail with Apple products - OS X and iOS, via iCloud or Exchange?
I am a happy @gmail.com user and do not plan to switch to @me.com in the foreseeable future, still I do have a Mac and an iPhone and I do want to keep all my info in sync.
So far I used the Gmail ...
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Why do some calendar events shift in time when daylight saving time goes into effect?
Recently the UK changed from winter time to summer time, I have noticed that the timing of some of my calendar appointments (Google Calendar via Google Sync) have also been shifted forwards by an ...
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Are deletions in Google contacts synchronized to and from the Address Book?
If I select the option to sync my Address Book to Google:
and I delete a contact on the Mac Address Book (or from my iPhone), is the contact automatically deleted in Gmail?
And what about vice ...
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how do i make iphone sync all contacts from Google Contacts into IPhone?
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Mobile/thread?tid=1b27fcd343e0544a&hl=en (rephrased):
if you want to sync google contacts with iphone over the air using
google sync, you ...
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Default exchange calendar on iPhone (Google Sync)
I am using Google Sync to connected various calendars between my Google account and my iPhone. Some of these calendars are subscribed to calendars (national holidays/sporting events etc). When I go to ...
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Is it possible to VIEW Google Contacts Customized Fields on iPhone?
We have some Google Contacts with Customized Fields (not customized email titles) such as:
Certifications Attained:
Years Experience in this Field:
Among other customized fields that show up ...
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Sync multiple gmail contacts with Lion Address Book?
I understand that Address Book, even on Lion, doesn't support syncing multiple gmail contacts. Is there a third-party app that I can use for this purpose? I'm looking for an app that gives me a ...
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How to use (sync) Apple Address Book with multiple accounts from Google?
My impression is that by adding an "Exchange 2007" account to the Address-book does not work with Google Mail.
I tried to configure Google by using the iPhone method: exchange server on m.google.com ...
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How do I perfectly sync my contacts with gmail?
when syncing my contacts between my iPhone and itunes/gmail, although i'm warned about how many contacts are going to be added/modified/removed, there's no way for me to know what is actually going ...
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Google sync with iPhone causing incorrect dates on phone
If I add a event in Google Calendar the time comes out wrong on the iPhone.
When I add an event on the iPhone the time on Google Calendar comes out wrong but the date is right?
Anyone got any ideas?
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iPhone/Google contacts switched from Exchange to CardDAV but one way sync only
Having read the answers to Is it better for iOS to sync Gmail contacts using Exchange ActiveSync or the CardDAV protocol?, I switched off Contacts on the Exchange account, and set up CardDAV following ...
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Sync multiple Google Calendars with iPhone Exchange… broken?
I've come across Multiple Google calendars in iPhone calendar? but the topic seems to be dead already and doesn't solve my problem for now.
I'm using multiple Google calendars and successfully ...
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Calendar from Google Calendar not syncing to the iPad
My iPad is really starting to infuriate me. My Google/iPad calendar sync has been working perfectly for months, but not it won't. In Google Calendar I've removed a few now superfluous calendars and ...
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Is there any way to sync iPhone with Google contacts with custom labels?
The problem is that when you sync iPhone with google contacts through Microsoft Exchange all numbers with custom labels just don't sync to iPhone. So is there any solution to this problem?
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Google Calendar reminders for events created on iPhone
I use Google Calendar with an iPhone, syncing several calendars. My main calendar has default reminders set up so that if I create an event on the web, I get emails and SMS messages. When I create an ...
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Is it Safe to enter Google Password in 3rd party apps?
I would like to get a RSS reader application for my iPad. It will need to be able to sync with Google Reader because I use Google Reader on my phone and at work. However, I am concerned about ...
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How do I configure Gmail Sync Accounts for iOS post January 2013?
At the end of January 2013 Google dropped support for Gmail Sync for nonpaying Gmail customers. I understood this drop in support to mean that no new devices could be setup, not that I could no longer ...
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iCal shows an event that the Google Calendar doesn't have?
I subscribed to a google calendar and all was going well until today that I saw an event on iCal and when checking on the web the event isn't there.
I synced with ⌘+R and ⌘+⇧+R and the event is still ...
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Finding the Holy Grail of PIM. (Was: is there a good replacement for AddressBook Lion?)
The Address Book application in OS X Lion is sorely lacking in its ability to sync & combine contacts from different sources. Does anyone know of a good replacement?
Update - My Holy Grail:
I ...
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What does iPhone new contacts “outside of specific account” mean?
In iPhone Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Contacts, there is a message:
New contacts created outside of a specific account will be added to this account.
What does that specific ...
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Synchronizing contacts with Google: synchronizing frequency
I synchronize my contacts between my MacBook, google account and Android phone.
However, I did not find out in what frequency the MacOS adressbook syncs itself with my google account. Some vague ...
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iOS doesn't sync existing contacts
I setup an CardDAV sync in my iPhone 4 using my Google account.
When I create new contacts in iOS its pushed to Google and everything works fine.
But none of my existing iOS contacts get pushed to ...
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Email and calendars no longer reliably syncing from Google
Recently, my email and calendars stopped being updated regularly on my iPhone 4S. I use Google for email and calendars, and I'm accessing Google as a Microsoft Exchange server as described on the Set ...
