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Synchronizing Calendar with Your Mobile Device

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Last Updated: January 7, 2015 11:10 AM

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.

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.

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.

  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings.
  2. Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
  3. Tap Add Account.
  4. Tap Other.
  5. Tap Add CalDAV Account.
  6. 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.
  7. Tap Save.

Android Devices

  1. From the home screen on your Android device, tap the App Drawer.
  2. Tap Settings, and then tap Accounts & Sync.
  3. Tap Google as the account type, then Existing or Sign in.
  4. Enter your Google email address and password before tapping the right arrow or Sign in. (If you're using 2-step verification, enter the password for that instead.)
  5. Select Calendar from the list of services connected to your Google account.
  6. Tap the right arrow or Next. Your calendar should synchronize. (To be sure, open the Calendar.

BlackBerry

  1. From the Home screen, tap Settings.
  2. Tap Accounts.
  3. Tap Add Account.
  4. Tap Advanced.
  5. Tap Add CalDAV Account.
  6. Complete the following fields, and then confirm them:
    Field What to do...
    Description Enter a name for your Calendar to display on your phone.
    Username Enter your Calendar user name, which is your email address.
    Email Address Enter your Calendar email address.
    Password Enter your Calendar password.
    Server Address Type https://caldav.secureserver.net/principals/users/[your email address]/

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