To start syncing iCloud Calendar with Outlook, you’ll need iCloud Control Panel for Windows from Apple, if you don’t have it already. Check to see if your Windows PC meets the minimum requirements for the software. Outlook for Mac syncs your Google account to the Microsoft Cloud.This allows you to use many of the best features of Mail and Calendar and Outlook 2016 for Mac, which were previously only available to those with Outlook.com, Office 365, or Exchange Server email accounts.
It’s been long since email has become part and parcel of our life. We send and receive emails every single day using different email clients, but it is no secret that till date the corporate world prefers Microsoft Outlook. The app has been around for sometime and its functionality is appreciated by a lot of users. Not only you can send, receive and store your emails in the app, you can also use it for storing your Contacts and other data, marking events in Calendar, etc. Why synchronize Dropbox and Google Drive accounts? Having said that, let us not forget that Outlook is a MS product and it is meant primarily for Windows users.
There are certain limitations when it comes to using it on Mac system, one of them being calendar entries synchronization. There are certain ways to go about it, e.g. You can sort of sync calendar entries via online services such as Google Calendar. But here we will talk about the easiest way to sync your Mac and Outlook Calendar events - with the help of SyncMate. So what is SyncMate?
Is a software tool that enables syncing your Mac data with data stored on Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, iCloud and other online cloud services; various devices, including iOS, Android and MTP devices. The application can sync not only Calendar entries, but also Contacts, files, folders and media libraries (iTunes, iPhoto). You can opt for automatic synchronization, the app will do it for you in the background, so nothing will distract you from your work. Due to macOS limitations SyncMate only syncs with online Outlook accounts; sync with desktop Outlook app for Mac is not supported at this time. Sync your Outlook Calendar with iCal To sync your Outlook Calendar with Mac Calendar, do as follows:. Download and install SyncMate on your Mac. Once the installation is complete, launch the application to display the main window.
In the left pane click ‘Add New’ link. Wizard will assist you, just make sure to click Microsoft Services button to choose Outlook. Note, that sync is performed between your Mac and Outlook online account. Login using your username and password. Specify synchronization parameters. Click ‘Sync’. There is a handy Autosync option - go for it if you want the app to do all the work for you in the background, and you can carry on with your other tasks.
SyncMate also enables mounting OneDrive cloud storage, so you can access and manage data on it as if it were another disk on your Mac. Mac synchronization FAQs Q: Why is syncing data on Mac OS X needed? A: Because when you want to keep data up to date across multiple devices, it is the easiest way to go. The alternative is updating everything manually and doing so on your Mac, then on your phone and cloud services can be very time consuming.
If you use SyncMate, you just need to connect your device to macOS and then choose exactly which data to sync. The entire process lastas a couple of minutes. Q: Is there a difference between data transfer and Mac data synchronization? A: Data transfer refers to the process of simply moving a piece of information from one device to the other. Data transfer can be done between a computer, mobile devices or even cloud storage. With SyncMate, besides data transfer you get which is the process of equally updating data on each side of the transfer process.
So you make sure that all devices get all the updated information at the same time. Q: Is there a device limit I can sync with Mac through SyncMate?
A: SyncMate won’t ever limit the number of accounts or devices you can sync with Mac Os X. You can contact as many devices as you need, transforming your Mac into a veritable sync center. As an solution, SyncMate gives you the possibility of connecting Android and iOS devices no matter the numbers.
Q: Can I Use SyncMate Offline? A: Yes, SyncMate gives you the ability to synchronize Mac computers with other devices through Bluetooth, USB or Wi-Fi so you can also do it while being offline. Few facts about SyncMate Without doubt, SyncMate is the only tool that offers a Sync Service to transfer data between Mac and other accounts or devices. With SyncMate you get two features in one tool - Mac data transfer and Mac data synchronization. Any device you connect to your Mac will be mounted as a Mac OS X disk and you can easily transfer and sync data. Safety is guaranteed when using SyncMate since all the data syncing is performed directly between the Mac and your connected device, no extra storage places used.
If you want flexibility and functionality, SyncMate is the only app that offers you plenty of both. No need to find several apps for different types of data when you want to sync between Mac and Android or other OS. Even more, SyncMate enables you to sync absolutely any type of data between supported devices.
Believe it or not, the advancement of technology might be as much about politics as it is about breaking the limit of what's possible with the available tools. One example is the interconnectivity. Big companies are preaching about moving everything to the cloud and using our devices as tools to access the data. It means that one platform should be able to sync seamlessly to another. And yet, even with all these evolution and progress, many people still can't believe that Microsoft still hold back and doesn't allow it's Mac version of flagship calendar application - Outlook - to sync with Apple's iCloud Calendar on the Mac.
While on the other hand, users can sync their iCloud Calendar with Outlook on their PC, which is practically the same thing. Everybody screams for Microsoft to add the feature, but for one or the other reasons that we don't know, the MS Office maker still refuses to do so. There are lots of people who work with both Mac and Windows and it will be an inconvenience if you need to do everything in your calendar twice - one in the Mac's iCloud Calendar, and one more time in Windows' Outlook, just because Microsoft doesn't want to allow Outlook for Mac to support iCloud Calendar. If you are both the users of Mac iCloud Calendar and MS Outlook, there's no way to sync the two together.Or is it? The Non-Elegant Way First, we need to accept that there is no elegant way to enable the sync between iCloud Calendar with Outlook for Mac. There are, however, non-elegant alternatives.
The root problem with this non-compatibility issue is that Outlook for Mac doesn't support Apple iCloud calendar (CalDAV) and contact (CardDAV) synchronization. To fix the problem, we need to overcome the limitation. Hosting Your Own CalDav and CardDAV Server One solution is hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server, but this requires some expertise and unfortunately, there's no easy way available yet. Using Google Calendar The easier, non-techie way is to use third-party calendar service as an intermediary between Outlook for Mac and iCloud Calendar. One obvious choice is Google Calendar. You would want to sync both your Outlook for Mac and iCloud Calendar to Google Calendar to make all data available on both end.
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Or to simplify the process, you can totally ditch both Outlook for Mac and iCloud Calendar and totally move to Google Calendar. Using Windows Outlook If you have access to a Windows computer, you can sync the iCloud Calendar data to the Windows version of Outlook, and sync the data between Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Mac. Care for Your iPhone on Mac Messing with your Calendar data comes with the risk of losing it, and it's not fun losing data that you've build across a long time. So you need to protect the data at all cost.
One app that can help you with the task is. Tenorshare iCareFone for Mac (iPhone Care Pro for Mac) takes a one-click approach to protect, repair, clean, optimize and eventually speed up your iPhone, iPad and iPod. It can help you solve all iOS update/jailbreak stuck easily and let your iPhone/iPad/iPod perform the best.