I want to sync my calendar across all my Macs and iOS devices, give my wife access to my calendar (and have access to hers), and do it all without paying for Apple's. For that, Apple’s iCal just won’t do. Still, I like the iPhone’s Calendar app. With the free Google Calendar, I found a scheduling solution that lets me keep myself organized, continue using the iOS Calendar app, give my family and coworkers easy access to my availability, and easily add new appointments from anywhere. Here’s how I set things up: Step 1: Create a Google Calendar Once you've created your Google Calendar, click Edit Event Details to open a window where you can enter details. You can use with your existing Google account, or with a free or paid account.

Create a user name and password. Then log in to Google. You’re presented with a big blank calendar as soon as you click into the site. To add an event, click on the day in question. In the Event pane that appears, add the event’s name.

Click Edit Event Details to open a window where you can type in the time and other information. Click on Save when you’re done. Step 2: Give it its own window With the Fluid utility, you can create a standalone application for accessing Google Calendar, and drop the application right into your Dock for easy access. You could simply load up Google Calendar in your favorite browser every time you need to check your schedule.

My preference, however, is to keep a window entirely and exclusively devoted to my calendar open at all times. To do so, I use Todd Ditchendorf’s excellent (free; ). With Fluid, you can create what’s called a “site-specific browser,” which is a stand-alone app dedicated solely to the site in question. To set up your Calendar Fluid app, follow these steps: a) Download a good Calendar icon. Chris Ivarson provides. B) Launch Fluid, and fill out the single form with the URL for Google Calendar ( a name (I use “Calendar”). When you reach the Icon menu, choose Other and then navigate to the custom icon you just downloaded.

Turn off recovery in excel for mac. Click Create. Fluid will place your newly-created application in the folder you choose (Applications, by default).

Find it and then drag the icon into your Dock for easy access. Step 3: Import your old iCal events It's not difficult to export your old iCal calendars so that you can use them in Google Calendar.

Sync with macOS Calendar. To share your Google Calendar with macOS’ built-in Calendar app: Open a ‘Finder’ window and navigate to ‘Applications > Calendar.’ Select ‘Calendar > Preferences’ from the toolbar. Click the ‘Accounts’ tab. Click the little ‘+’ icon. Select ‘Google,’ and then click ‘Continue.’.

Were you previously an iCal devotee? If so, you can import your old iCal events into Google Calendar pretty painlessly: a) Open iCal. Go to the File menu and choose File -> Export -> Export. (You’ll need to do this once for each calendar you have in iCal in the On My Mac list.) b) Save your exported data on your Mac. C) Go back to your Google Calendar, click the Settings menu, and choose Calendar Settings. D) On the Calendar Settings screen, click the Calendars tab.