Donna Penn
Level 1 (87 points)
Mac OS X

Q: Android calendars don't sync

I've had this crappy Moto E phone for a while and for quite some time, my laptop calendars and the android calendars synced locally using smooth sync for calendars.  However, lately, and I don't know what changed, it's a mess.  Particularly, if I enter new data like an appointment to my phone calendar, it doesn't sync to my laptop calendar so I have to enter data twice which is ridiculous.  I've looked around here and elsewhere about sending stuff up to the cloud or itunes or elsewhere but I prefer to sync data locally and not for all the world to find.  Thoughts?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Sep 6, 2016 12:14 PM

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Donna Penn

Q: Android calendars don't sync

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  • by Meg St._Clair,Helpful

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 6, 2016 12:25 PM in response to Donna Penn
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    Sep 6, 2016 12:25 PM in response to Donna Penn

    Make sure that, on your phone, you're adding the events to your Google calendar (what is what I assume your syncing with your computer) rather than just to the phone itself. Sorry, I don't have a Moto E to hand to figure out the exact settings but it should be inside the Calendar app.

  • by Donna Penn,

    Donna Penn Donna Penn Sep 6, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Meg St._Clair
    Level 1 (87 points)
    Mac OS X
    Sep 6, 2016 12:26 PM in response to Meg St._Clair

    thanks for the tip.  yup, the calendars are downloading from google to my phone but events are not syncing from my phone to my laptop tho they do sync from laptop to phone

  • by Meg St._Clair,

    Meg St._Clair Meg St._Clair Sep 6, 2016 12:38 PM in response to Donna Penn
    Level 9 (58,240 points)
    iPhone
    Sep 6, 2016 12:38 PM in response to Donna Penn

    I'd try deleting the connection between your computer and the phone then re-adding it. Sorry, I don't use the Calendar app on my Mac. I just open Google Calendar in a Safari window.