Technology is supposed to make life easier. Right? Well, my technology is rising up against me.
I pretty much live in my Google suite, so having my email, contacts and calendar with me at all times is one of the main reasons why I got an iPhone a few years ago. Over the past few updates, the Google sync with the iPhone has gotten better – until now. I have multiple calendars on my iPhone, including my main calendar, Hubs’ calendar (so we know where each other is during the day), the birthday and anniversary calendar and the Things to Do in St. Louis one (where we add various things around town that might be fun to do – this way we won’t forget about them!).
I’ve been having some issues with the Google sync, however. It will only show me MY calendar and not any of the others that the Google sync menu on the safari browsers tells me it should be showing. Not quite sure about how to fix this one. I’ve updated Google sync, shut the phone off and started it back up, plus let the calendar load and load and load, hoping it would get the message. NADA. Frustrating.
But that’s only the beginning of the iDevice iDebacle. My iPad is pretty darn wonderful, even if I haven’t found a good free blogging app for it. Maybe then I’d blog more, eh? All the syncing went really well when we set it up, except the contacts. It hasn’t imported or synced any of my Google contacts to the device. When I looked at Hubs’ settings, they were all the same as mine. So yeah, no idea what’s going on there, either.
Finally, I recently found my iPod shuffle (it was a replacement for my original Nano from back in the day that was recalled due to it apparently blowing up). I wanted to use it on a quick walk/run around the park and didn’t want to bother taking my iPhone out of it’s “Jessica-proof” Otterbox case. But when I plugged it in to charge it a bit, it simply wouldn’t turn on. Hours of charging later, it STILL won’t turn on. I have to take it to the Apple store and see if they can fix it.
So all of my iDevices are revolting against me. Maybe I need to go back to cassette tapes?
Our tech coaches yesterday were talking about their iphones having problems lately and they were wondering out loud if perhaps apple is messing with them a bit so people will want the new iphone. I found that interesting. I haven't had a problem with mine...so far.
ReplyDeleteI've had issues with my Google calendars updating in the past and mine was user error. I have had three different iPhones because of software/hardware defects - make sure when you're checking which calendars are synced on the Google sync page that you're on the right iPhone. That solved my issue - hope it helps you!
ReplyDeleteOh what a pain. I am technology inept, so I am no help at all. I take all my problems to the Help Desk guys at work and beg them to fix things for me. :)
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