From dca412e36b0bb431083fd71ab6be735a994b88ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "E:V:A" Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:25:32 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] updated page with sync info for iCal, gCal and Outlook --- Apple-Google-MicroSoft-Calendar-Support.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Office-365-Calendar-Support.md | 8 ------ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Apple-Google-MicroSoft-Calendar-Support.md delete mode 100644 Office-365-Calendar-Support.md diff --git a/Apple-Google-MicroSoft-Calendar-Support.md b/Apple-Google-MicroSoft-Calendar-Support.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..def11f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Apple-Google-MicroSoft-Calendar-Support.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +### Syncing your MicroSoft, Google and Apple calendars + +To be able to use your calendar with MicroSoft Outlook, Google Calendar and Apple iCal calendars, +you need to either add each, individually or find a way to sync them into one. There are several +free and non-free software that can help you do this. \ +For example, in [this forum thread](https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/5327/sync-private-icloud-calendar-with-magicmirror/50?page=1) are instructions how to sync with `iCal`. + +### Two-way Syncing + +Here are some various projects that can be used to sync your calendars into one. + +* https://github.com/phw198/OutlookGoogleCalendarSync +* https://github.com/Dashbrd/CalendarSyncplus +* http://www.sync2.com/Download.aspx +* http://www.pppindia.com/calendar-sync/index.html +* http://www.fieldstonsoftware.com/software/gsyncit5/download.shtml +* https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gappssync +* https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-sync-google-calendar-outlook-and-iphone-calendar-1172188 +* https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-sync-microsoft-outlook-with-google-calendar/ + + + +### Office 365 Calendar Support + +Office 365 calendars create date formats that are incompatible with MM2. +Here are the instructions to fix it: + +1. Import your Office 365 calendar into a Google Calendar. This will take care of all the previous events of your calendar. +2. Go to [Microsoft Flow](https://flow.microsoft.com) and setup a Flow trigger that will create a new event in your Google Calendar whenever an event in Office 365 is created. [Here is a guide to help with this task.](https://shift.newco.co/sync-your-calendars-using-microsoft-flow-and-yes-google-calendar-works-too-a28be5a604dd) +3. Go to Google Calendar and create a private address to use in the calendar module for your Magic Mirror. + +This trigger will run every 5 minutes. Make sure to give it time after you create a new event in Office 365 to appear in Google Calendar. Past events will NOT be created using Flow; to do this, follow stop one to import your calendar into Google Calendar. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Office-365-Calendar-Support.md b/Office-365-Calendar-Support.md deleted file mode 100644 index 1907aab..0000000 --- a/Office-365-Calendar-Support.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -Office 365 calendars create date formats that are incompatible with MM2. -Here are the instructions to fix it: - -1. Import your Office 365 calendar into a Google Calendar. This will take care of all the previous events of your calendar. -2. Go to [Microsoft Flow](https://flow.microsoft.com) and setup a Flow trigger that will create a new event in your Google Calendar whenever an event in Office 365 is created. [Here is a guide to help with this task.](https://shift.newco.co/sync-your-calendars-using-microsoft-flow-and-yes-google-calendar-works-too-a28be5a604dd) -3. Go to Google Calendar and create a private address to use in the calendar module for your Magic Mirror. - -This trigger will run every 5 minutes. Make sure to give it time after you create a new event in Office 365 to appear in Google Calendar. Past events will NOT be created using Flow; to do this, follow stop one to import your calendar into Google Calendar. \ No newline at end of file