Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Google alternatives to .mac

Since I wrote this past entry, I was trying to get the most from all what my iMac and Google can give users. Since then, I found two useful things I wanted to share.

One of them is the Spanning Sync app, that allow users to sync iCal calendars with Google calendars (one account). You can make changes in iCal and they will show in Google, and all the way round, too! I think this is one of the useful things someone without a Macbook can use. Just don't agree with the price ($25/year or one time payment of $65 - €17/year or one time payment €45). I guess the one time payment is a better option than a yearly payment. Anyway, it's a very nice useful app and you can try the demo for 15 days.

There's also gSync, having it's main difference to Spanning in being capable of managing multiple Google accounts. They have a commercial demo and the price is £10 ($20 - €13.50). It looks very nice and has also been Staff's Pick at the Apple Downloads site.

But if you still want something open-source, you can give a try to GCALDaemon. I gave it a try but it's just to difficult for me, because I'm not into terminal language. So if you are that kind of terminal Mac user, go on.

Another things I just found, Google Notebook. Now you can make notes in your online notebook and have access to them anywhere you are. It also has a Firefox and IE extension. You can even have bookmarks as notes. And best of all, it's free.


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