How to Sync Google Calendar With Mozilla Sunbird Using CalDAV

Mozilla Sunbird, in the same family of free products including the Thunderbird email client and Firefox internet browser, is a calendar/scheduling application. Built by the same folks who strive for stability and ease of use, Sunbird promises to be a good addition to the Mozilla suite of applications. It’s cross-platform and can sync with multiple calendar formats including CalDAV, which is the Google Calendar format. Along with being able to see Google Calendar events in Sunbird, you can edit and add new events and they’ll be updated on Google Calendar. The following instructions are Mac-centric but they are basically the same for all operating systems.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Any Computer (although these instructions are Mac-centric)
• Mozilla Sunbird (see resources section for download)

1. 

   Launch Sunbird. If you’ve added its icon on the dock, click on that or go to the “Applications” folder in the Finder and locate it there.

2. 

   Select “New Calendar” from the “File” menu at the top, or you can use the keyboard shortcut Command-L.

3. 

   Select “On the Network” from the “Create a new calendar” window that pops up; then hit the “Continue” button.

4. 

   Click on the radio button next to “CalDav.”

5. 

   Type “https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/[Your GCAL ID]/events” in the location field, replacing [Your GCAL ID] with your Google email address or your calendar ID which is found in the Settings of your Google Calendar.

6. 

   Enter a descriptive name for your calendar in the “Name” field.

7. 

   Select a color for your calendar so you can clearly identify Google Calendar events by clicking on the box next to “Color.”

8. Check or uncheck the box next to “Show Alarms” if you want Sunbird to pop up alarms for your synced events.

9. Click “Continue” when you’re done.

10. 

    Enter your username and password for your Google Calendar account, and if you want to save your password, click on the check box below.

11. 

    Click the “OK” button. Your calendar is now added to the “Calendars” tab in Sunbird.

Resources

• Mozilla Sunbird

[rebyechiel]

on 7/5/2009 I'm not sure if my last post posted. I see in Lightning 0.9 there is an option in addition to connecting via CalDAV to connect to "Google Calendar". Is this an advancement over the CalDAV method described above?