Now that iPhone OS 3.0 allows syncing to multiple sources — Exchange, CalDAV, and local calendars — many of the contortions from my previous post on this are no longer necessary.
Now, to get all your Google and Exchange calendars together on your iPhone, you can just:
- Turn calendars on for your Exchange account under Mail, Contacts, Calendars settings
- Add a CalDAV account (Choose Other for the type) with your google account email address/password and calendar.google.com for the Server
iCal Exchange still comes in handy for seeing all my calendars on the desktop, but I no longer need to sync to a computer to have the most current information on my phone. Hooray!
Secondary Google Calendars
Want to connect to your other, non-main Google Calendars too? Here’s one way to do it.
Start by adding a new CalDAV account with these settings:
- Server
- calendar.google.com
- User Name
- [ long alphanumeric string specific to your calendar ]@group.calendar.google.com
- Password
- Your google password
Hit Next. Verification will fail. When it does, click to Advanced Settings and delete “:443″ from the Account URL. Then, go back to Account Information and replace the long address for User Name with your google account email address. Save — verification should succeed and your calendar will be added.
