13 11 2007
Syncing iCal and iPod Touch
The 1.1.2 iPod Touch software update was released to iTunes today (in Australia, anyway), a few days after it became publicly available (and jailbroken).
One of the new features (read: omitted features) from 1.1.1 was the ability to add calendar events on the Touch - something that I was keen to try as I’m flirting with various GTD methodologies. However, when I tried to sync my iCal entries with the Touch for the first time, iTunes seemed to freeze. I stopped the sync and tried again … same thing.
Luckily Google rescued me: a user on one of the Apple support forums found that opening iSync preferences and resetting the sync history worked for her. I tried it and hey presto! iCal and my iPod Touch are now friends.
Re the adding events functionality … I’m not sure if I’ll end up using the full iCal sync mechanism for my GTD but it’s certainly an easy way to add notes for now in the absence of a Notes app on the Touch:
- Select Calendar.
- Hit the Add Event button (the +).
- Use the Title field to add your note.
- Hit Save.
- Hit Done.
The bonus is that the note is stored “when it occurred” (unless you set a different time for it, of course). Sure beats the previous workarounds using blank fields in Contacts.