Syncronizing Google and Evolution Calendars

[Cuba71]

Two Way Synchronization Google Calendar and Evolution 2.26.1 using WebDAV/CalDAV

Before you start, back up your Evolution settings to be safe.

1.Define a Google calendar at www.google.com
2.Under settings, define your calendar as public
3.Start Evolution and go to Calendars
4.Click New > Calendar
5.Complete the Properties as follows:
6.Type: choose CalDAV
7.Name: your choice
8.URL: caldav://www.google.com/calendar/dav/username@gmail.com/events
9.Check the box: Use SSL
10.Username: username
11.Set the refresh time as desired
12.Click OK
13.Click Edit > Preferences > Calendar Publishing
14.Click Add
15.Under General:
16.Select Publish as: iCal
17.Select Publishing Frequency: Manual (via Action Menu)
18.Under Sources:
19.Click on your CalDAV calendar
20.Click on Publishing Location
21.Under Service Type select: Secure WebDAV (HTTPS)
22.Server: www.google.com
23.File: /calendar/dav/username@gmail.com/events
24.Under Optional Information:
25.Port: leave blank
26.Username: username
27.Password: password
28.Check the box Remember Password
29.Click OK
30.Click Close to return to Calendars-Evolution

Test it by entering a New Appointment
Click on Action > Publish Calendar Information
Go to your Google Calendar web page an hit the refresh button
The New Appointment should show within a few seconds

Note: Perhaps someone more experienced can explain how the whole thing works, I just find out by trial and error.

Antonio

[darkstaar]

Wow. It actually works.

Thank you. Been wondering how to do this.

--Leisa

[fuerza]

thanks, it works but for only the personal calendar
any suggestions on how to add the others?

[somewhere2go]

thanks, it works but for only the personal calendar
any suggestions on how to add the others?

In (8. - URL) replace username@gmail.com for the ID of the calendar.

Example:
caldav://www.google.com/calendar/dav/jhg6778gg867hhuiy98hh@group.calendar.google.com/events

[labirn]

You don't even have to set your calendar to 'public' or share any free/busy information. You can skip position (2.)

[jay76]

Running Evolution 2.26.1 and I seemed to have a "Google" option when creating a new calendar. Just fill in username etc and I was done.

Didn't have to make the calendar public either.

[fuerza]

In (8. - URL) replace username@gmail.com for the ID of the calendar.

Example:
caldav://www.google.com/calendar/dav/jhg6778gg867hhuiy98hh@group.calendar.google.com/events

thanks, thanks, thanks
works great¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[FokkerCharlie]

Brill

That works a treat. Only tiny gripe- Evolution asks me for a password every time I load the app, despite having the 'Remember this password' box checked.

Anyone else seeing this?

Charlie

[rrkradio]

Running Evolution 2.26.1 and I seemed to have a "Google" option when creating a new calendar. Just fill in username etc and I was done.

Didn't have to make the calendar public either.

Hi,
i use google calendar for work, but sync with evolution 2.26.1 isn't perfect:

1. during the sync the "alarm" is lost (..... notify me 15 minutes before)
2. setting, in the property of calendar (google) under evolution, a time different from 30 minutes to refresh, will revert to 30 min at the next launch.

This behavior under Jaunty X64 with italian language. I confirm that is not necessary to make the calendar public.

Sorry for poor english and best regards from italy,
roby

[senor_smile]

I tried the instructions of the first post in this thread. Now evolution will not open. When I open evolution from the command line, I get no errors, but it never returns control or opens the program. Is there any way to manually remove the settings I set up in evolution?