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Sync your Outlook Calendar to your iPhone with wireless / 3G
Posted in: Blog by Nick on September 18, 2009
This setup is a perfect solution for users who would like to sync appointments and calendar data between their iPhone and their desktop. You will need a Google Calendar account for this to work and these instructions are for a PC only.
This process is fairly simple, and you shouldn’t have any problems, but I have to caution that you follow this setup at your own risk! If instructions are not followed properly and fully, you risk the loss of your current calendar data! Please read fully!
STEP 1.
You’ll need to download Google Calendar Sync – follow this link to download, and follow instructions to obtain Google Calendar Sync.
Be sure that Oulook is closed, and install the application.Setup will walk you through the prompts. Enter the username and password to your Google Calendar account, and setup an interval period for when the sync runs again – mine is set to 30 mins. You will also need to choose the Sync method:
- 2-Way: Updates both Google & Outlook, or
- 1-Way: Updates either Outlook only or Google only
On installation the Sync will run once – transferring all of your calendar items to Google Calendar within a few minutes.
STEP 2.
THIS STEP IS CRITIALLY IMPORTANT!! Plug your iPhone into your computer and make a backup on iTunes. MAKE A BACKUP, because the next process will delete all of the calendar items on your iPhone. Perform a sync to copy all your iPhone calendar items into Outlook (via iTunes).
STEP 3.
Once the backup is made, remove your iPhone from your computer. Click on “Settings”. Next, open “Mail, Contact, Calendars”. Then click “Add Account” and select Microsoft Exchange as the option.
Enter your Google Calendar account username under “Email”, Leave the Domain blank, and in the Email field, enter your Google Calendar username once again, followed by the password. Click ‘Next’ on the top right corner. It will attempt to connect to a server, and will not find one.
The next screen will ask you to enter the Server information. Put in “m.google.com” (without quotes) and click “Next” again. Currently this setup only supports Calendar and Contacts (NOT EMAIL at this time). Select Calendar ‘On’ and the rest ‘Off’.
You will get two popup requests, asking you if you want to Erase or Keep your current iPhone calendar – Rease the current iPhone calendar ONLY AFTER YOU’VE MADE YOUR BACKUP, AND THE GOOGLE CALENDAR HAS SYNCED WITH YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR!! When you sync using the new setup, your calendar items will be added back to your phone using the new process. Click Sync on both requests and wait a few minutes. Open up Calendar on your iPhone, and you will start see your Outlook items (after Outlook’s first sync to Google Calendar).
Google has used Microsoft’s ActiveSync technology to enable this set up. So your iPhone only connects to get new Calendar data when one is available – saving data transfer.
PLEASE NOTE – the setting for PUSH can drain your battery quite a bit, so you can use the FETCH setting if you prefer.
Let us know if this works for you as well as it does for us!
Nick DeFrancisco is the President at NDesign Promotions. NDesign Promotions is a unique think/create/execute firm that works at any stage of growth and marketing, From Basic Website Design to Corporate Identity & Logo Creation, Promotional Products, Print Services and Design - You Name It!
Comments
Thank you so much – my husband and I just started a small business and wanted connectivity to our iphones and Outlook. This recommendation worked seamlessly!
Comment by Michelle Needles on August 18, 2010 at 3:58 pm