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Q: Delegate calendars won't sync with iPhone

In gmail I have 5 calendars so as to color "categorize" my appointments: Uncategorized, Work, Play, Appointments, Misc

In iCal I could setup the Uncategorized calendar, and had to set the other 4 as "delegate" calendars. They seem to show up fine in iCal this way.

But, when I sync with my iPhone I can only sync the main "Uncategorized" calendar. I cannot sync any of the delgate calendars.

Any idea how to do this? Is there a better way to "categorize" appointments?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.7), NA

Posted on May 17, 2009 7:49 PM

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  • by scottsta,

    scottsta scottsta May 25, 2009 2:36 PM in response to WebDevGuy
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    May 25, 2009 2:36 PM in response to WebDevGuy
    I have the same exact problem. Need the delegate calendars to sync with my iphone

  • by anomoly,

    anomoly anomoly May 26, 2009 2:21 PM in response to WebDevGuy
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    May 26, 2009 2:21 PM in response to WebDevGuy
    Same deal here. I'd love to either be able to have either:
    - my Google "delegate" calendars sync'd from my desktop when I dock
    - have the same with over-the-air sync (either mobile me or bluetooth)
    - have mobile me support for multiple calendars and sharing/subscribing (with push of course)

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 2, 2009 12:47 PM in response to anomoly
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    Jun 2, 2009 12:47 PM in response to anomoly
    Yes, what is going on here? I have the same annoying problem.

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 2, 2009 7:20 PM in response to Jeffason
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    Jun 2, 2009 7:20 PM in response to Jeffason
    I think i found the issue.

    Go to m.google.com/sync and select the other calendars!

  • by anomoly,

    anomoly anomoly Jun 4, 2009 4:51 PM in response to Jeffason
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    Jun 4, 2009 4:51 PM in response to Jeffason
    Well, that's /an/ approach, but doing so means reconfiguring to make Google be the master (the "system of record") for your address book and calendar data.

    This is not what I want, and probably not what others want, since the iPhone's integrated calendar and address book features are really good, and have other benefits like sync over mobile me and the ability to make changes on the phone which are immediately reflected all over.

    Thanks for the tip, but I'm going to hold out for a native solution.

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 4, 2009 5:26 PM in response to anomoly
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    Jun 4, 2009 5:26 PM in response to anomoly
    - my Google "delegate" calendars sync'd from my desktop when I dock

    There is no need to wait till you dock. Changes to the delegate calendars on my laptop or desktop change my google calendar

    - have the same with over-the-air sync (either mobile me or bluetooth)

    I am not sure what problems you have, but it doesn't matter which device I modify any calendar whether delegate or not ( the google calendar site, my iphone, desktop, laptop ) the changes are made almost instantly to all devices.

  • by aburgman,

    aburgman aburgman Jun 7, 2009 10:25 AM in response to Jeffason
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    Jun 7, 2009 10:25 AM in response to Jeffason
    Jeffason, would you mind checking your iPhone (or iPod) sync settings in iTunes? In the Info tab, under the Calendars section, do your "Delegates" calendars show up? Mine do not, for me, and I'm not able to get any calendars from Google Calendar aside from the main one onto my iPod touch.

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 8, 2009 2:10 AM in response to aburgman
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    Jun 8, 2009 2:10 AM in response to aburgman
    itunes says the calendars being synced with exchange

  • by madaboy,

    madaboy madaboy Jun 8, 2009 3:08 AM in response to WebDevGuy
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    Jun 8, 2009 3:08 AM in response to WebDevGuy
    Yeah because other calenders don't work with iPhone except Uncategorized for some stupid reason

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 8, 2009 4:15 PM in response to madaboy
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    Jun 8, 2009 4:15 PM in response to madaboy
    Go to m.google.com/sync and select the other calendars!

  • by Jeffason,

    Jeffason Jeffason Jun 8, 2009 4:17 PM in response to Jeffason
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    Jun 8, 2009 4:17 PM in response to Jeffason
    ...from your iphone

  • by aburgman,

    aburgman aburgman Jun 8, 2009 6:54 PM in response to Jeffason
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    Jun 8, 2009 6:54 PM in response to Jeffason
    Thanks. Hmm... Doesn't apply to my situation (iPod touch, going from Google Calendar to iPod through iCal) but glad it's working for you.

  • by MosquitoMan,

    MosquitoMan MosquitoMan Jun 11, 2009 9:47 AM in response to aburgman
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    Jun 11, 2009 9:47 AM in response to aburgman
    no solution here, but for what it's worth... same problem here

  • by anomoly,

    anomoly anomoly Jun 11, 2009 9:58 AM in response to MosquitoMan
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    Jun 11, 2009 9:58 AM in response to MosquitoMan
    Hi all. The good news is that it looks like a solution exists with the iPhone 3.0 software, which will be generally available next week...

    3.0 supports CalDAV, and as such you can subscribe directly to any single Google calendar that you normally can access, with full writability from the native calendar app.

    Only hitch is that it doesn't give you delegates "for free" like the desktop iCal does. Instead, you have to set up a subscription for each one individually supplying your google username/password and the URL:

    https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/<CALENDER ID>/user

    ... where <CALENDAR ID> is a long unreadable mishmesh which is taken from the calendar's Details>Settings>Address field

    Fortunately, 3.0 also provides copy/paste, so you can work out the long URL on your desktop, and mail it to yourself for pasting into the field.

    Cheers!
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