IMPORTANT UPDATE SPRING 2013
As of January
31,
2013, Google, not Apple, decided to stop supporting Exchange ActiveSync on iOS devices. Before this date, it was a piece of cake to setup one’s email, calendar and contacts with a two-way sync between Google Apps and one’s iPhone or iPad. The steps in this
2010 blog showed the
OLD WAY. All that has changed.
It is still rather easy setting up your device, but requires a manual setup and multiple steps. View my
2013 Blog Post on the
“new way” to setup your Google Apps account. I wish the old way still worked.
OLD POST I was asked by a client recently how he could get his calendar, contacts and email on his new iPad easily. He was not sure it can be done. Well, he was in luck. There is an easy way to get all three items in sync in
5 minutes or less. Once it is setup, you just have to be connected to an Internet source. My client just purchased the new
3G iPad, and within a few minutes, he had all of his information in real time. He is using the iPad as his main
“mobile office.” To get your mobile office running on your iPad, I strongly suggest using the following programs: Google Apps and Dropbox. If you are using Microsoft Outlook and want to continue using
MS Outlook, you need to sign up for Google Apps Premier, which is $
50 a user per year.
Step by Step Setup Step 1. Open Settings App |
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Step 2. Open “Mail, Contacts and Calendars |
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Step 3. Create a New Account- Under the Accounts Heading, Tap “Add Account”- Touch the first “Microsoft Exchange” logo |
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Step 4. Fill out Account InformationEmail: Google Apps email account: yourname@yourcompanydomain.comDomain: leave blank
Username: same as above “email” for Google Apps Account
Password: Google Apps Password Description: Whatever you’d like. I suggest, “Company Email” or “Google Apps Account” Then Click “Next” |
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Step 5. “Certificates and Verify Account“You will receive a few pop ups to verify your account. Just tap accept, continue and/or next when prompted. Bottomline: don’t tap “cancel” |
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Step 6. Add “Server” info- After you tap accept, you will see the previous screen appear with a new tab called “Server”- Type in “m.google.com” and tap the blue next button |
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Step 7. Turn ON Mail, Contacts and Calendar- By default, the mail will be “ON” and the Contacts and Calendar will be on “OFF” mode- Turn ON the Contacts and Calendars. — If you already have contacts on you iPad, You will be prompted with a pop up screen that will ask you if you wish to keep or delete your iPad contacts. To avoid duplicates, I’d recommend making sure that your Google Contacts are up to date and you remove all iPad contacts. Google should be the default. Tap Save…and you are done! |
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If you are not currently using Google Apps for your business or Dropbox and don’t know if that is a good move,
email me with your questions.