Sync one calendar to another on the same computer?
Hi,
Is it possible to sync one calendar to another on the same computer? (One way -> Mirror or Update mode.)
Let me know if anyone has any ideas?
Uses: 1) Ensuring users with access to update a calendar don't delete anything critical, by having the critical stuff mirror in on a schedule, yet still allowing changes to the main calendar. Ex: If you have a Thunderbird Calendar synced to Google, which is synced to other devices - if one particular employee messes up and deletes something important, it will simply be restored by the main calendar, yet still allow all employees to add events or make changes. Useful if you have a good employee that is just bad with technology compared to the other ones.
2) Lightning with gProvider lets you create or sync a Google Calendar. You can also use other addons to sync a Microsoft Calendar. But neither will sync to the other. There doesn't seem to be a way to sync the two calendars together? A local syncing option to duplicate everything from one calendar to any other periodically would solve this completely.
This is a problem, if for example, you have a Smartphone with a Gmail account, but need to sync in a Microsoft Account calendar. You have a Microsoft account tied to your Gmail account, which is also used to login to your laptop. Modern smartphones will not allow you to create duplicate accounts - you can't have a Google account under your Gmail Address on your phone (needed for the Play Store and Email/Contacts), then add a Microsoft account to the phone under the same email address. It will just reject it.
Solutions: Get Google to update Android to allow multiple account types tied to the same address (lol) or add a sync option for local calendars. (Seems easier.)
There may be other reasons this could be useful. Anyone got an idea on how to get it done?
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What if anything does this have to do with Thunderbird? I think very little.
You talk about limitations on smart phones, problems getting Google and Microsoft to play nicely together This I assume belongs in an Android or Apple forum. You suggest you want fixes to allow for incompetent employees to bumble along and mess things up though their own failures. That has always been restore from backup aftr someone deletes something important. That is unlikely to change. Either you allow them to delete stuff or you do not. It is really that simple.
Increasingly business relies on technology but managers refuse to look at the employees use of these tools in their evaluations. You are trying to fix a HRM problem with technology. That has not worked as yet for anyone that has tried it. Technology is not a cure from having management processes that only employ people that can competently use the tools they need to do their job.
Here is an example of syncing outlook.com and google calendar. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-sync-windows-live-and-google-calendar/
Hi Matt,
How hard is it to add a sync option? Copy everything from one calendar to another?
How does continually passing the buck to another company and saying "not my problem" solve anything? If all companies do that, all problems never get solved. Better to be part of the solution, no?
Those were two scenarios that I thought were valid. Clearly you don't, and don't think this is a useful feature. Can you think up any reasons why it would be useful, that don't offend you?
"You suggest you want fixes to allow for incompetent employees to bumble along and mess things up though their own failures."
One older version of Android (I think it might've been the Note 2? Not sure.) actually had a S Calendar app with an X on any event that you open, which deleted it. You had to tap outside the event to close it. No undo buttons back then either. X in the top right closing (not deleting) is pretty common across OS's. The "Incompetent employees" might not be yours, but rather programmers at Samsung (for example) that made such a design decision. What can I do about that?
"Technology is not a cure from having management processes that only employ people that can competently use the tools they need to do their job."
Fair point.
"Here is an example of syncing outlook.com and google calendar. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-sync-windows-live-and-google-calendar/ "
It's too bad that process is long since EOL.
Thanks for your time.