LITODELOSREYES  Snow Leopard does have google contact syncing but it still doesn't work for me. My last name and many people in my address book have spaces in their last name and google mangles these names. Google sees a name such as de la cruz as cruz and dumps the de la into the middle name spot. I've run into a couple problems, sometimes google contacts such as this will sync back to my snow leopard address book as a new contact or it will just reformat the name. So...Spanning Sync is still a needed app for those people who have issues such as these. Somehow Spanning Sync works around these issues.  
(Version 3.0.2b)

WUDDEL  Snow Leopard's iCal can now talk directly to Google Calendar ... just to let you know.  
(Version 3.0.1)

THEFLEE  Works great with android.

Really a match made in heaven.

I love this program, and although there a some other alternatives out there this is the best. The program is free if you get 4 referrals! and nothing is better then that.

http://spanningsync.com/?r=7EBTXF

to save 5 bucks!  
(Version 2.1.3)

PICKLESS  sorry for the double post, I 'replied' instead of 'reviewed' :(

I used v1 and hated it but I've just upgraded to v2 and have to say it is pretty sweet!! I love the gmail contact sync, very slick.

price is still a little bit up there but you can get it for less with a discount code. I used GTMFRU and got $5 off so I only paid 20 bucks which seems about right to me for this tool.   
(Version 2.0.2)

ASPARTAMEMSGSUCK  No question that this is nicely implemented, but the price is not warranted. Have been testing BusySync http://busymac.com/index.html and I have to say I am more than happy with it AND the price!  
(Version 2.0b352)

NIGEL SMITH  Google Calendar CalDAV support

ical now syncs with google calendar.

check it out: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355

No longer any need for this and the ridiculous yearly subscription costs

I am a current subscriber and am not sad to say bye bye.  
(Version 2.0b349)

CHADCN  Per comments regarding Plaxo and icalx.com

Plaxo only allows one-way syncing and it will only sync one calendar to Google cal. If you have several calendars, like myself, Plaxo is worthless.

Getting icalx to actually display calendars is hit and miss, which means getting them to google cal is the same. I would much rather use something that provides direct syncing to google cal and not have to go through the trouble of learning another service to be used as a middle-man, which plaxo and icalx are.

Spanning Sync is the best at what it does, has been rock solid and consistent, and for me is well worth the money  
(Version 1.2)

GHARTNESS  Or, sync to icalx.com, then sync that to Google Calendars. It's very easy and very free.  
(Version 1.2)

MACMANIA  You can use plaxo to sync iCal, Gcal, Address Book, M$ Outlook, etc. Oh did I mention for FREE?

www.plaxo.com  
(Version 1.1.4)

CHRIS MUENCH  The software works great. You just set it up and forgot about it. The 2 way syncing works great just as expected.

I use gmail apps and have 3 calendars (Personal, Work. School) and it is exactly what I needed.  
(Version 1.1.3)

GRYPHONENT  I've purchased SpanningSync a while ago. Most of the time it didn't work, crashed, and was slow as molasses. Customer Support is barely existing, coming up with all kind of excuses and rather unwilling to further improve the app before version 2 (address book syncing for example?).

I've just purchased a premium membership with Plaxo.com and the service is top-notch, with features that make SpanningSync run for its money. Speaking of which, Plaxo is just $49 per year!  
(Version 1.1.3)

SONICDEVIANT  Great idea but too much money. For those who are a little Terminal savvy, you might try GCALDaemon...which is free.  
(Version 1.1.3)

SSNICKERER  Most people probably can't afford this. It's almost as expensive as iWork, and doesn't do nearly as much.  
(Version 1.1.3)

KARIZIM  My employer relies on her calendar VERY heavily. Since this program is registered per user, not per computer, I am able to update her calendar from my computer as necessary, in addition to her automatic sync. She switched from a Palm to the iPhone and somehow her calendar was corrupted in the process. When the

Apple store was unable to help, this program saved her calendar!

It's very easy to use. The only con I would say is that it takes a long time for the initial sync. The updates don't take as long and we haven't had any trouble as far as the updates interfering with anything.   
(Version 1.0.5)

GRYPHONENT  Registered... but regret it. Spanning Sync brings my system to a grinding halt when it does its syncing. And you cannot control when it does. The app is also rather buggy... not 100% reliable, which I’d expect at that price.

It would be nice to have syncing of addresses to Google too. At the moment I’m using a manual import for that.  
(Version 1.0.5)

ALEX B  For what this does, it does it well, but paying $65.00 for this one trick pony is completely idiotic (unless you have money to burn or don't care).

The fact that it also comes in a subscription based service is even more absurd. To put these types of payment options on a program is greedy at best. I could see myself paying a $20 one time fee, period, with upgrades until the next major release, but I just can't get over these prices.

Too bad too.  
(Version 1.0.5)

AUSSIEBUDDHA  Haven't tried the app but certainly not worth $65

http://gcaldaemon.sourceforge.net/ does the same, certainly not as user friendly, but it works and it's free.

If i was to pay, I'd donate my money to the developers on gcaldaemon.

$65 for spanning Sync is offensive  
(Version 1.0.5)

POOTUS  This app has been very handy for me and the only time it has trouble is when Google has trouble--when Google Apps is offline, having trouble, etc.  
(Version 1.0.4)

ORION MK. V  Great idea but WAAYYYYYY too pricey.  
(Version 1.0.4)

BLEE  I was about to buy this thing... than I saw the "rent" our software model and I thought that was insane. Or pay 65 bucks??? This thing is hardly worth $65 I'll wait for someone else to fill the gap.

I think the offer for offering a quick and easy uninstall button after the demo expires.  
(Version 1.0.2)

MACTECHHELP.COM  Some people really need to get a grip and look at what this software really does. It may not be right for simple consumer use, but it is great for business use.

I have a client who just switched from PC to Mac, was using Exchange Server before. In order to keep the "head honcho's" calendar in order they all add events to the Google Calendar. In turn, SpanningSync syncs with his iCal and then his PDA. $25 is nothing for this software because it serves a wonderful purpose and seamlessly integrates with the Mac and iCal. We have had no problems with the software and it works 10,000 times better than .Mac syncing (which costs $99 a year).

The price is justified.  
(Version 1.0.2)

BITURBO27T  I agree with the other posts regarding pricing. I was excited to see this when it was in beta, but $65 for a full license? What are they smoking? That's half the price of a full OS!!!

IMHO this thing is worth $15...maybe.

Good luck guys. Someone else is going to come along and provide this functionality for a reasonable price and eat your lunch.  
(Version 1.0.1)

JAGOOAH  Let's get one thing out of the way: the software works, and works well. HOWEVER, these guys are out of their mind when it comes to pricing... My recommendation: buy it for one year only, because you can bet anything that Apple and/or Google and/or third-parties will come out with a cheaper way to sync iCal with Gcal before your subscription runs out. And Spanning Sync will be out of business. Serves them well for pricing this software out of the roof.  
(Version 1.0.1)

MACD  Wow! wow! wow! Hey hey hey hold on a sec! $25 subscription a year? OR $65 one-time payment. Some inflation happened while I was sleeping or something? I would pay $15 without, you know, thinking if I really have a need to such an utility (I was using it while it was in beta), but at $25/year and $65 full price I'll just run the uninstaller.

Bad, bad, bad move. Greed won't get you anywhere.  
(Version 1.0.1)

HARRISTYPE  And for us mere mortals, here's a viable solution, although not as elegant as Spanning Sync, but it's free:

http://www.googletutor.com/2007/01/24/syncing-google-calendar-with-ical/  
(Version 1.0.1)

GRYPHONENT  With SpanningSync off my drive I looked around for an alternative and found gsync at . It’s Beta at the moment... and I hope the developer won’t go ballyhoo when it comes to pricing like the guys behind SpanningSync.  
(Version 1.0.1)

M-RICK  too much expensive, crazy price.

For this price I can get complete softwares that do thousand things more !!  
(Version 1.0)

GRYPHONENT  $65??? Or $25 per year?? What are you guys smoking??? I’d pay this for $20 on a regular license until version 2. But not a penny more.  
(Version 1.0)

ELF  Product: Getting there. Still slow to load, and the sync frequency needs more options/scalability.

Price: You're not serious, surely?  
(Version 1.0)

HMURCHISON  This product is a Godsend. I use Google Calendar and I want to use iCal more but I was wary of keeping the two in sync. This application handles that quite nicely and seems to work just fine my relatively meager needs. I'm impressed and happy that I don't have to wait and hope that Apple and Google deliver.   
(Version 1.0b16)

JAGOOAH  Works as advertised: syncs your iCal @ Google calendar seamlessly! It's still in beta, but I haven't run into any problems.  
(Version 1.0b14)

GIAMBA  This is solution that I'm looking for.

I want to sync my iCal to Google Calendar.

For the first time sync took quite long especially when backup my iCal since 2005.

But it really work!

I'm sure there will be improvement for the future.

Nice. Now I can sync also backup both my calendar.

Thanks.   
(Version 1.0b14)