iCloud calendar

[Hans L]

My wife has a PC (and will not switch) and an iPhone and an iPad. What should she look at for a good calendar in the cloud that she can access from her iPhone/iPad and also from here PC (browser)?

Thanks,

Hans L

[peterb]

She can install iCloud on a windows PC once she has it set up from her iPhone or iPad.

It will sync calendar data with Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010.

More info here http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/ap...l-for-windows/

[Hans L]

Thanks, Peter. Now, my wife is not crazy about the standard calendar. Any way to use another calendar, and if so, what kind (I guess some Mac calendar replacement ... I have seen some)?

Hans L

[peterb]

You can access iCloud via a web interface, so that would be the other option.

More info here http://www.imore.com/how-to-set-up-u...endars#mail-pc

ICloud login here http://www.icloud.com/

[Hans L]

Okay, Peter, that is what I am doing from my PC today. So, we will try that for my wife's PC too.

Thank you!

Hans L

[kalniel]

Google calendar.

[peterb]

Google calendar.

Don't think it plays very nicely with iCal, and that is just changing one cloud based system for another.

[kalniel]

Don't think it plays very nicely with iCal, and that is just changing one cloud based system for another.

It plays great with iCal, we use it for both home and work shared calenders, my usage is PC and iPod touch, others use phones, others, macs. You used to have to set it up to be an exchange based calender, but google have stopped providing that now as it's not needed.

https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/151674?hl=en

[Hans L]

It plays great with iCal, we use it for both home and work shared calenders, my usage is PC and iPod touch, others use phones, others, macs. You used to have to set it up to be an exchange based calender, but google have stopped providing that now as it's not needed.

Thanks, kalniel.

Hans L

[peterb]

It plays great with iCal, we use it for both home and work shared calenders, my usage is PC and iPod touch, others use phones, others, macs. You used to have to set it up to be an exchange based calender, but google have stopped providing that now as it's not needed.

https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/151674?hl=en

Thank you - the articles I saw seemed to imply that it wasn't straightforward! I'll have to investigate further!

Edit: It is using CalDav - have to see if I can sync with Evolution. (Linux mail/calendar client)

[kalniel]

Thank you - the articles I saw seemed to imply that it wasn't straightforward! I'll have to investigate further!

yeah before CalDev it wasn't so straightforward - you had to set up exchange calender emulation or similar - but now it's dead easy.

[jameskgowan]

I can confirm that syncing to Google Calendars is much better now than it ever has been in the past however I do not think that there online interface is that great. Any calendar app should at least have the ability to drag and drop items rather than having to click on it to edit it. As stated though the cloud capabilities of both G Cal and iCal are fantastic. Sharing of Google Calendars is handy too