Synchronisation Apple Calender and Google Calender

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Synchronisation Apple Calender and Google Calender

Hello,

I'm using a MacBook Pro with OS X El Capitan Version 10.11 and trying to synchronize my (Apple) Calendar with Google Calendar. I already setup my google account on the MacBook and with Mail it works fine.

Via Calendar->Accounts I ticked the box for synchronizing the calendar as well. Though it shows "Google" under "iCloud" when I open the Calendar App, it doesn't show any of my google calendars listed or in the calendar.

Hope somebody can help me

M4rku5

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 12, 2015 12:21 PM

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Oct 12, 2015 4:44 PM in response to M4rku5

"Synchronizing" Calendars is a misnomer.

What you are really doing is sharing a Master Calendar stored on the Internet with multiple Readers.

If you look closely in Accounts, you will see that there are Calendar accounts that live on iCloud, accounts that live on Google, and accounts that could live on your own Server, should you choose to have your own Server.

You can view all these calendars at the same time in the Calendar program on your Mac. They will appear as if on transparent overlays, with all events merged onto one page, possibly identified by different colors.

If you expect calendar items on your iCloud calendar to appear on your Google calendar, you will be disappointed. Nothing like that happens automatically.

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Oct 13, 2015 9:36 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Apologies for the wrong wording, but yes that's what I would like to do.

However it works with the calendars living on iCloud, unfortunately not with the one on my google account. It works fine with my iPhone and iPad, i just switched the calendar on and I'm able to see it in the calendar app.

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Oct 13, 2015 10:34 AM in response to M4rku5

If you want to show multiple Calendars that are on multiple Servers, that can be done.

First, all the Calendars need to appear in the list of Calendars in the left sidebar. Click the word ( Calendars ) in the top right corner to show/hide the list of Calendars.

None of these may have an attention tag on it, or it is not working. Not working is typically caused by having slightly imperfect account information, which is keeping you from logging in to the account -- but occasionally a Server may be unavailable for a short period of time.

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Oct 14, 2015 9:12 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I already did that, it says "iCloud" and all my calendars on the iCloud are listed. Unfortunately this does't work with those on google.

Though it says "Google" under "iCloud" there are no calendars listed at all.

As I already said those Google calendars work on my iPhone and iPad.

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Oct 14, 2015 9:53 AM in response to M4rku5

Though it says "Google" under "iCloud" there are no calendars listed at all.

Then the place to look is in Calendar Preferences > Accounts > Google

First, make certain that google is Enabled for storing Calendars by checking the checkbox.

Then be sure you have the correct login credentials set up in Accounts.

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Oct 14, 2015 10:21 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

First, make certain that google is Enabled for storing Calendars by checking the checkbox.

I checked that, the account is enabled - otherwise it wouldn't say "google" in the careener application on the left side, wouldn't it?

Then be sure you have the correct login credentials set up in Accounts.

What do you mean with "correct login credentials", the same google account works fine with the mail application.

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Oct 14, 2015 10:40 AM in response to M4rku5

Then try disabling it, close the window and save changes.

Then re-enablie it, and see if it perks up or demands login information.

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Oct 14, 2015 10:52 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Tried System Preferences > Internet Accounts and disabled the google account, closed it and enabled it again, but it did not work 😟

It is strange that the google account works fine with "Mail", but not with "Calendar". On my iPhone I just needed to enable the calendar option and a few seconds later all the google calendars were listed on my phone and I could choose those I wanted to be displayed.

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Oct 14, 2015 10:59 AM in response to M4rku5

Try doing that with Calendar > Preferences > Accounts > Google

... and see if you get the same results.

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Oct 17, 2015 3:28 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Tried that, but didn't work. It's weird that on the left side it says "Google" in the Calendar but there are no calendars to choose / activate. And if I click on "Google" there is nothing happening, different to my "iCloud" calendars.

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Answer 11

Oct 17, 2015 8:27 AM in response to M4rku5

That sounds like you either have not set up a google Calendar, or the credentials you provided are not allowing you to connect to it.

If you can access it from another device, you should dutifully copy down that account information and be certain it is EXACTLY the same as what you have entered on your Mac.

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