Question for my learned friends: Solution for cross-platform notes and calendar

Posted by Dr Andus
May 19, 2016 at 07:53 PM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>I’ve been trying to come up with a good solution for sharing calendars
>across these diverse systems, as well as note-taking. Coming up with a
>calendar that works has been a bear. Or rather, trying to find a way to
>synchronize my iCal (actually, now just called Calendar) with Google
>calendar has just not worked. So I am wondering if anyone else is in
>this position and has come up with a solution.

I manage by just using Google Calendar across all platforms (mostly in the Chrome browser, or hooking its feed into the iOS calendar app and Android app), and it works very well.

Is there a reason why you can’t switch from iCal (whatever it is) permanently to Google Calendar everywhere?

If you’re not finding the Google Cal interface and features sophisticated enough, I can recommend Pimlical (http://www.pimlicosoftware.com/), though I’ve only used their Windows desktop app for backing up my Google Cal data (as Google seems to delete old entries to make room for new, once you exceed their quota), besides their legendary Palm app.

Diehard fans love the Android app and widget, but I haven’t had the need to try them.

But the desktop app is incredibly sophisticated, and since it runs on Java, it runs on most desktop platforms. And it syncs with Google Cal, whichever way you want it (both ways or just unidirectionally).

As for notes, it’s WorkFlowy for me (using it in the Chrome browser across platforms, in HandyFlowy on iOS, and the WorkFlowy Android app).