Synchronizing Calendar with Your Mobile Device
Calendar offers CalDAV support for iPhones®, iPads®, and Apple Mac OSX iCal®. CalDAV lets you synchronize your personal Calendar with devices and applications easily. You can also use Calendar with your iPhone by importing, exporting, or subscribing to calendars. For more information, see Importing, Exporting, and Subscribing to Calendars.
For Android® devices, you need to synch with the Google® Calendar associated with the Gmail® address that your Android device is using. Before synchronizing, you must first publish and subscribe to your Calendar. For more information, see Publishing and Subscribing to Your Calendar.
NOTE: Using CalDAV does not synchronize group Calendars or event/task attachments.
To Synchronize Calendar with Your Mobile Device
Before you synchronize, ensure that you have published your Calendar. Publishing your Calendar makes it available for you to view from mobile devices. For more information, see Publishing and Subscribing to Your Calendar.
The following instructions describe how to synchronize your Calendar with an iPhone®, iPad®, and Apple Mac OSX iCal®, or an Android® device.
iPhone or iPad
NOTE: You must use iPhone firmware 3.1.3 or newer to synchronize your Calendar with CalDAV. All versions of the iPad's firmware support CalDAV.
- From the Home screen, tap Settings.
- Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- Tap Add Account.
- Tap Other.
- Tap Add CalDAV Account.
- Complete the following fields, and then tap Next.
- Server — Type
caldav.secureserver.net. - User Name — Enter your Calendar user name, which is your email address.
- Password — Enter your Calendar password.
- Description — Enter a name for your Calendar to display on your phone.
- Server — Type
- Tap Save.
iCal
- Launch iCal.
- From the iCal menu, select Preferences, go to the Accounts tab, and then click +/Create an account.
- Complete the following fields, and then click Create.
- Account type — Select CalDAV.
- User Name — Enter your Calendar user name, which is your email address.
- Password — Enter your Calendar password.
- Server address — Type
caldav.secureserver.net.
Android Devices
- From the home screen on your Android device, tap the App Drawer.
- Tap Settings, and then tap Accounts & Sync.
- Tap your Gmail account to open the account manager.
- Tap Sync Calendar to deactivate it, and then tap Sync Calendar again to synchronize your calendar.
