Turn OFF iCloud sync for contacts - this might seem counter intuitive but it´s critical. This will allow contacts to sync to Google.Ĭonfigure both the above addons to sync to your Gmail account.

You will need the Zindus Add-on Download and install that in Thunderbird. If it isn´t already install the 'Lightning' addon for Thunderbird (part of the default now) This will allow the calendar to sync to Google. If you don´t then you can just skip that part and everything will still work fine for sync between mobile devices and Gmail So this method will rely on sharing your data with Google - if you don´t like that, might as well stop reading now.Īsumption: you have a Gmail account already - otherwise you´ll need to signup for oneĪsumption: You want to use Thunderbird for desktop mail. I have tried many solutions over the last 3 years to find a way to keep my data OFF the cloud but basically they are all to unreliable to be trusted. Palm had this working with Eudora back in the day flawlessly! There is a solution though and it involves some mighty strange but simple tricks.įirst, for those that don´t want to use Gmail to achieve this goal - I can´t help you. Really this is very rudamentry data and should be easy but for some reason it isn´t. I have a Mac, PC, Android, iPhone and iPad plus I use Thunderbird for mail on the PC and want all these things to seamlessly sync up their calendar and contacts.

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