[fieldgrade]

Till recently, I put stuff on my Outlook calendar at my desk, and then synced it once a week with a Google app migration tool which populates my calendar on my iPhone, but Google just pulled the plug on that synch migration tool.

I can alternatively export everything on my Outlook calendar to a csv file and then import to google, but I will get duplicate (triplicate and quadruplicate) entries on my google calendar every time I do that.

Is there any other way to skin this pissed off cat?

 

[Catfish]

Try Mozilla/Thunderbird/Lightning? I've been using them for a while now with very few issues - I haven't set up the sync feature yet but It's supposed to work.

 

[Daletec]

Yup, I use Thunderbird on Ubuntu with the Lightning calendar add-on. I don't sync it with Outlook or anything, but I am extremely happy to not be beholden to Micro$oft. I am sure it interfaces with Google better than any Micro$oft product!

 

[fieldgrade]

Trouble is, I've used Outlook as my business desktop forever, including using it as a makeshift database since email (and attachments) and contacts are what I have to keep organized. Abandoning Outlook will be even more onerous than using it.

 

[Daletec]

Trouble is, I've used Outlook as my business desktop forever, including using it as a makeshift database since email (and attachments) and contacts are what I have to keep organized. Abandoning Outlook will be even more onerous than using it.

The trouble with that is, NEVER use Outlook PST files as a makeshift database. Just look up the tool, SCANPST.EXE, it's part of the common files in the Program Files folder, buried deep. It is used to restore, scan and repair, PST files. Micro$oft limits the size of PST files to 1.8GB, after that, funky stuff will happen, the files will corrupt beyond a repairable state, and you lose data. It's a shame that this is still true in 2014, there is no excuse.

Making the change to a different application will save you money and painful data loss, in the long run!

If you do nothing else, PLEASE stop using Outlook as a makeshift database.

 

[fieldgrade]

The trouble with that is, NEVER use Outlook PST files as a makeshift database. Just look up the tool, SCANPST.EXE, it's part of the common files in the Program Files folder, buried deep. It is used to restore, scan and repair, PST files. Micro$oft limits the size of PST files to 1.8GB, after that, funky stuff will happen, the files will corrupt beyond a repairable state, and you lose data. It's a shame that this is still true in 2014, there is no excuse.

Making the change to a different application will save you money and painful data loss, in the long run!

If you do nothing else, PLEASE stop using Outlook as a makeshift database.

I've used it like this since 1999 (on Outlook 2010 now) and never had a hiccup.

 

[fieldgrade]

Basically I just save email, and use the contact database. I am semi-retired so it doesn't see a great deal of use, I am just accustommed to it, and don't want to have to start over with something that will see little use. The latest inability to sync my calendar on my desktop with my phone is the biggest new pain.

When I get a new tablet, laptap, whatever, I expect I will change platforms, and that will come sooner rather than later.

 

[Thumper]

If it's an iphone you can use icloud control panel to sync outlook cal with phone

 

[fieldgrade]

If it's an iphone you can use icloud control panel to sync outlook cal with phone

I did a fair amount of research today and that didn't appear as an option. I just signed in to my Icloud calendar just now and am not seeing such an option.

A lot of people were syncing their Iphones with Outlook via the app that Google just kiboshed. There don't seem to be any good solutions short of changing calendar platforms

 

[Thumper]

Download this, when you run it it will give you the options. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455

 

[Thumper]

Download this, when you run it it will give you the options. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1455

This will let you sync outlook with iCloud, which syncs with iPhone.

 

[fieldgrade]

This will let you sync outlook with iCloud, which syncs with iPhone.

You.

Are.

The.

Man.

Thank you.

Now if I can can get all my earlier failed attempts at syncs deleted from my calendar. (small problem)

 

[Thumper]

On phone go to iCal, click on calanders. Turn off other cals.

 

[Mike V]

Why not just plug your iphone into your computer and sync it with Outlook (using itunes). Works great and nothing in the cloud to compromise.

 

[fieldgrade]

On phone go to iCal, click on calanders. Turn off other cals.

Didn't see this per se, but went into Settings, then Gmail, and turned off that calendar (which is how I was syncing before) and that seemed to remedy the duplications.

Thanks again!

 

[Thumper]

Why not just plug your iphone into your computer and sync it with Outlook (using itunes). Works great and nothing in the cloud to compromise.

This is real time syncing. Don't have to wait on sync to get current. Cloud is perfectly safe if you use proper password and security questions

 

[jp8819]

The trouble with that is, NEVER use Outlook PST files as a makeshift database. Just look up the tool, SCANPST.EXE, it's part of the common files in the Program Files folder, buried deep. It is used to restore, scan and repair, PST files. Micro$oft limits the size of PST files to 1.8GB, after that, funky stuff will happen, the files will corrupt beyond a repairable state, and you lose data. It's a shame that this is still true in 2014, there is no excuse.

Making the change to a different application will save you money and painful data loss, in the long run!

If you do nothing else, PLEASE stop using Outlook as a makeshift database.

This is a issue but if you create a new pst file periodically its not a big problem since you can have multiple pst files.

 

[Daletec]

This is a issue but if you create a new pst file periodically its not a big problem since you can have multiple pst files.

It can quickly get out of control, over a period of years, PST files for different years, etc. I do understand, but it is a limitation that should have been done away with long ago. I believe he is mainly using the contacts feature, from other posts, but there are better apps for that, as well.