Comments on: Getting Outlook’s Calendar into iCal for the iPhone

By: Ahmad

Ahmad — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:13:11 +0000

This is good but not a practical solution. With today’s demands users are welling to pay for a good stand-alone software to sync both OTA & direct connect with Outlook. I’m surprized to learn that lots is beig invested in games and very little invested in finding the missing link here.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:42:27 +0000

so far so good. thanks for the info. If it all works as promised, it will be $60 well spent..

By: Lakita

Lakita — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:35:26 +0000

I have a iphone and I can not sync it to my work calendar via itunes because we are not able to use itunes at work. Is there another way such as downloading outlook calendar and syncing them that way? Pleas Help

By: Leo

Leo — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:54:46 +0000

I’ve cancelled my account too. I wouldn’t mind paying $50 for an application if it was a one-off, but they want a yearly subscription! That’s too much money just to synch with Outlook.

I’ve been looking for another solutions but so far I haven’t found anything good.

I’m using Google Calendar as a bridge between iCal and Outlook, since Google CalDAV is free, but it’s read-only on my iPhone! Can anyone come up with a cheaper, better solution please?

By: Ray_C

Ray_C — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:53:05 +0000

As of this morning. The Plaxo Sync is going paid…. Will need to sheel out $50 a year if your using this method after July 30th, 2009…..

Booo Plaxo. No reason to use or go there anymore.

By: Bill_R

Bill_R — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:43:17 +0000

Same, same. No Itunes allowedat work, not allowed to put my corporate calendar or contacts on the web. I would love to see Apple make some type of agreement with MS to use ActiveSync for standalone syncing. Till someone comes up with a standalone, secure method of syncin, I’m stuck without my contacts or calendar.

By: Ribisl

Ribisl — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:44:03 +0000

I synced my Palm with Outlook in the office and with my Mac(s) at home. No problems so far – kept my devices in sync (iSync with Mac, PC, Phone).
Then I switched to iPhone and the problems began.

In short: it does not sync.
iTunes can sync with ONE PC/Mac (ie @home) but if theres another one involved (ie @work) it only offers to merge (or overwrite the phone from the PC/Mac).

I do not want to use a webbased service (so far) and hope that there are other methods (not hoping that Apple will develop iTunes further).
Any ideas?

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:51:53 +0000

I’ve got the same problem as Hatim – I’m not able to install any programs at work and itunes is not installed. Is there any way I would be able to sync an iphone with outlook calendar without having to install anything?

By: lex

lex — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:53:01 +0000

Installing the Plaxo 3.0 plug-in to my work laptop (MS Windows XP) crushed my Outlook speed, it feels like the system is maxing out on resources even though I turned off nearly all the profile options. I’ve got plenty of RAM installed, and system performance looks notional on the Windows Task Manager Performance tab.

Anybody else experiencing this?

By: Quiet Day | Neptunus Lex

Quiet Day | Neptunus Lex — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:25:45 +0000

[...] Spent all the morning puzzling out how to synchronize my MS Windows-based Outlook calendar with my Google calendar, with iCal on the Mac, with iPhone. Plaxo was the answer, as it turned out. [...]

By: Krys

Krys — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:24:11 +0000

I don’t think the last part of your question is possible but it MIGHT be. It occurs to me that with iPods, once you use them on a computer, they are formatted for that platform, and I wonder if the iPhone (which I just bought 2 days ago and which is why I’m looking for this information…we use exchange at work/school as well) has the same configuration, or if it can be synced on any OS regardless but not updated.

Also, you’ll need to authorize any computer you want to sync with iTunes (and in turn everything else) in order to make it work, to a maximum of I believe 5 computers.

By: iPhone Integration with Exchange 2003 R2 SP2 | keyongtech

iPhone Integration with Exchange 2003 R2 SP2 | keyongtech — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:20:53 +0000

[...] with Exchange 2003 R2 SP2 This Blog mentions a product from Plaxo. See if it helps. http://theappleblog.com/2007/09/27/g…or-the-iphone/ "Tom Bombadil" wrote in message [...]

By: David Bressler

David Bressler — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:29:42 +0000

This one will probably make you all laugh… but I need to use my blackberry to get work email. So, I also have google sync loaded on it. My outlook/exchange calender syncs to my blackberry, googlesync puts the info into google calendar, which in turn uses caldav (I think) to sync to ical, which in turn, through a cable (argh!!!) syncs to my iphone.

I can enter appointments anywhere in that chain, and they make it everywhere, but if I enter them on ical, I have no way to make them private, whereas if I enter them in outlook (which usually occurs from meeting invites) or I enter them manually in google calendar (which I do my personal stuff), it works like a charm.

David

By: Hatim

Hatim — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:08:50 +0000

Same story as Jay Jones.

Not only is my IT department freakingly and blindly MS pawns, they have our laptops / PC locked down so much that we can’t install anything into Program Files.

Plaxo does intall, but the plugin doesn’t work, and I’m assuming because the necessary files couldn’t get pasted in the office folder.

Any suggestions? I’ve been living on Plaxo to keep myself sane in a windows work environment, while I’m a mac-er at home.

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:07:12 +0000

another great way to access and synch your Outlook calendars on iPhone is HyperOffice. it also allows you to share your calendars with your team.

By: JAy Jones

JAy Jones — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:54:11 +0000

What d I do if my IT has locked out any of these options? I cannot install the app that makes Plaxo run on my PC.

HELP!