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How to use GCALDaemon

I use GCALDaemon to two-way sync my google with ical.

This list is the steps a novice can use to get it working properly

  1. Go Here and download the software for mac.
  2. Mac will automatically unzip so look inside the folder it unzips and find the one called GCALDaemon the will be the only folder in the initial folder. Copy this to the applications folder.
  3. Open terminal and then type cd /applications/gcaldaemon/bin. Then press enter.
  4. now type ./config-editor.sh give this window time to open. Then on the left disable everything but file synchronization. To disable thing click on the tab and at the to you will se enabled vs. disable. Hint: Disabled services are in faint font.
  5. Now in the file syncronization tab at the bottom click remove and remove the sample.
  6. now click google accounts, click new, enter your google info and click ok.
  7. Now you need to click new at the bottom and select the correct info in the window that pops up.
  8. Now go to tthe common options tab and make sure the working directory is /applications/GCALDaemon/work. Then check the calendar reload script it should be the one in applications if not click the drop down to change.
  9. Now save and close this window
  10. Now open finder and go to your applications folder find the folder named GCALDaemon and open in then go to bin and open the reload-calendar script file not the .sh.
  11. When this window is open delete what is there and paste this

    tell application “System Events”
    try
    (*
    If iCal isn’t running, do nothing.
    If it is running, check to see if it is in front–I don’t want it to disappear while I am using it.
    *)
    if exists process “iCal” then
    (*
    Try every 30 seconds for 9 minutes to kill and restart the calendar.
    *)
    repeat 18 times
    tell application “System Events” to set frontmostApplication to name of the first process whose frontmost is true
    if frontmostApplication is “iCal” then
    delay 30
    else
    exit repeat
    end if
    end repeat
    (*
    Quit, then reload iCal using launch so it won’t bother what I am doing.
    *)
    tell application “iCal” to quit
    delay 2
    tell application “iCal” to launch
    end if
    end try
    end tell

  12. Now in this window go to the file menu and choose save as then under the file type choose application name it calendar-reload and then save.
  13. Now go Here and download and install into applications.
  14. Open this app and and choose new in the top right hand corner then name: Calendar Refresh what: /Applications/GCALDaemon/bin/reload-calendar.app when: unckeck at a specific date and then choose every 31 minutes. Click Save
  15. Now Click new and name:calendar-sync what:/Applications/GCALDaemon/bin/sync-now.sh When uncheck at a specific date and choose every one hour.
  16. Now save and close

now the installation is done and you can Click Here or check out the screen shots at the bottom.

Screen Shots

Sorry my screen shots are messed up.

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