There’s many an instruction on how to do this, but I was asked today how to do it if you do NOT have a gmail account, or use a different login than your main gmail account. Apple and google don’t really like each other and each one has a slightly different bent on how to get it done. However, there are ways around iCloud and gmail. This is the story. It’s important to follow the directions. Don’t deviate. If you do, it won’t work, and unless you’re a super special DIVA WOW member (you know who you are! HA!!), you won’t have someone like me to walk you through it. In your iPhone, go to Utilities/Settings. Another window will display with your current information. Scroll to the bottom and click Add New Account. Click Other. I don’t care if you have a gmail account, click Other. Select CalDAV. Then type in the information as seen in the graphic below. Use the email address that you use for your google calendar. Whatever that email address is, it must be the one you use for your google calendar.
The password should also be the one you use for the login you use for your google calendar. When finished, it will save itself. You can type any identifier here. This is what the calendar settings look like when you are finished. For the advanced settings, it should automatically put the correct Account URL information in the field. Yours will be your email address. The %40 is the ascii character for @. But wait. There’s more. Now we need to verify a few things in google. In the calendar window click the gear icon, then select Settings. Verify all the calendars you want to sync with your phone are available for sharing. The Show In List column will need to have the checkboxes selected. They may be grayed out. For each calendar in your list, if you are sharing with a group and want to know if something is added, or changed you’ll need to modify the notifications.
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