Calendar:Device Sync: Difference between revisions

Calendar:Device Sync (view source)

83 bytes added , 20 October 2005

1

edit

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 * On mac, i don't know the situation at all.
 * ''There's something called ".Mac" sync on OS X. To integrate with this, you can use the DotMac SDK [[http://developer.apple.com/internet/dotmackit.html]] -- BenS''
-* The iPod supports iCal files for it's calander. Files only need to be copied to this folder, and no special sync protocol is needed. (AFAIK). As of yet nothing supports calander syncing with iPod on windows out of the box, "iPod Agent" (http://www.ipodsoft.com/softwaredetail.aspx?sid=1) adds this ability but not into Outlook itself. -- Kroc Camen.
+* The iPod supports iCal files for it's calander. Files only need to be copied to this folder, and no special sync protocol is needed. (AFAIK).  Since iTunes version 5.0, Windows users can automatically [http://www.apple.com/itunes/sync/ sync] Outlook calendars and contacts with the iPod.  Also, "iPod Agent" (http://www.ipodsoft.com/softwaredetail.aspx?sid=1) adds this ability but not into Outlook itself. -- Kroc Camen.
-* iSync is not syncML compatible, hopefully the next version (ships with Tiger) will be
+* While iSync from Mac OS 10.3 is not syncML compatible, .Mac sync (included with Mac OS 10.4) is.
 Calendar already needs to have support for syncing two calICalendars (see [[Calendar:Networking Sharing Syncing]]). The logic to sync two calendars could be reused, either by implementing a calICalendar for the handheld, or by making the logic a little bit more general.