Pimlical

Posted by Dr Andus
Jul 9, 2014 at 09:26 AM

Got this message yesterday:

“Almost two years ago, we announced that we had ended support for Google Calendar Sync. Starting on 1 August 2014, this app will no longer sync events between your Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook Calendar.”

Sounds like from now on one needs the paid-for “Google Apps for Business or Education” to be able to sync with Outlook, which starts at USD50 per year. In that light Pimlical at a one-off price of USD19.95 suddenly looks more attractive (assuming that Pimlical and other software like that don’t get affected by the end of Google Calendar Sync (?)

Any other options for archiving Google Calendar on the desktop?

Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
Dr Andus wrote:
>>Does anyone have a suggestion for a
>>good desktop calendar for the PC that syncs with Google Calendar,
>mostly for backup
>>and archiving purposes but also if it’s superior to using Google
>Calendar on a daily
>>basis?
> >My suggestion is to use Outlook, which most probably you already have.
>I’m not referring to Outlook as an interface necessarily, but rather as
>a database platform equivalent to Google online. You can set up the sync
>with Google’s own free sync utility. There on, Outlook’s data can be
>accessed by a variety of programs.