Are you a Google Calendar Desktop Mac user? Do you want to use your google calendar on your mac desktop? Informant for macOS is a great way to accomplish that. We have answered a number of questions about setting up google calendar accounts with Informant for macOS. Here is a post that can help you with the best options.
Open the 'Google Calendar' from Chrome Apps or Launchpad! Select 'Keep in Dock' to keep the calendar icon in the MacOS Dock (optional) That's it! Your Google Calendar App is now available as a standalone window app from the MacOS Dock and Launchpad. Here's another way, adding Google Calendar as a Chrome App with standalone window. The calendar is then available in Launchpad and the Dock. Navigate Chrome to your calendar URL, e.g Create Chrome App shortcut from the URL - Chrome drop down menu More Tools Create Shortcut Note: check the 'Open as window' boxOpen the 'Google Calendar' from Chrome Apps.
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Import the Google Calendar into Outlook. To export Google Calendar to Outlook, you’ll first need to export it from Google Calendar itself. Open Google Calendar on your desktop. Google won’t let you export the calendar from its app. Press the cog icon in the top right corner then select “Import & export” from the menu on the left.
Two options are presented here. It is important to note that you should not set up both of these options or you will end up with duplicate calendar entries.
Option 1:
Setup Your Google Calendar on your Mac using Informant for macOS and Informant Sync Service
Step 1: Download & Install Informant for macOS
Step 2: Open Informant for macOS
Step 3: Setup Google Calendar Account within Informant
Click Informant menu>>Add Sync Account…
Click the “+” button on the bottom of the Account list
Select Google Calendar
Follow the setup Instructions in the app
Option 2:
Setup Your Google Calendar on your Mac using Native Data Option
Informant for macOS can access your native Apple Calendar data on your Mac. If you need to see your Google Calendar data in both Apple Calendar and in Informant (or if, for instance, you want to use Apple Data Detectors for calendar data but still manage your calendar data inside Informant), then you can set up your Apple Calendar to sync with Google and then you can manage your Apple Calendar data from within Informant.
Step 1: Download & Install Informant for macOS
Step 2: Set up Apple Calendar to sync with your Google Calendar.
On your Mac, click the Apple icon in top left corner and choose System Preferences
Click the Internet Accounts option.
On the left side of the Accounts tab, click Add or select Google
Select Google Continue.
To add your Google account information, follow the steps on the screen.
On the Accounts tab, use “Refresh Calendars” to choose how often you want Apple Calendar and Google Calendar to sync.
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Step 3: Open Informant
Step 4: Go to Preferences and make sure the option to “Include Calendar App Events” is checked
Likewise, you can set up Apple Calendar to sync to other services as well (like Exchange) and Informant can read/write that data as well.
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Learn more about accessing Google Calendar on your mac desktop using Informant for macOS
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