Google Calendar Backup Utility
(Free)
Download your
Google Calendars or any remote ICAL Calendar files to your Local System.
Google Calendar is one of the most popular Online Scheduling
Systems in use today, and has for many people and businesses become
indispensable.
But what happens if your Google Calendar goes down? What
happens if you can no longer access your Google Calendar online?
Relying on the "Cloud" to reliably keep your appointment
information and other tasks save, could end with a frustrating and potentially
expensive result.
Google Calendar can be backed up manually by downloading the
ICAL file via the Google Calendar interface. But this is time consuming and you
need to remember to do it regularly. The
Google Calendar Backup Utility is the perfect
solution. It regularly makes backups of your Calendar to your Local Machine or
any connected drive. The back up files can then be imported back into Google
Calendar or any other ICAL compatible Calendar.
How
to use the Google Calendar Backup Utility
Download
Google Calendar
Backup Utility and
install it.
Click the "ADD" button to add a new Calendar to
Back Up. The Calendar information window will open.
Calendar Name:
Give the Calendar a descriptive name.
Backup Location:
Select where the back up of your Google Calendar will be Saved.
Google URL: Follow
the instructions below to copy the Google URL into this field.
Login to your
Google Calendar account.
Under
"My Calendars"
click the down
arrow (outlined in red in the pic below) that's at the right of the name of your
main calendar, or the one you want to backup
Then click
"Calendar settings".
In the view that appears, scroll
down to the bottom, and find the bit headed
"Private Address", see below.
Now right click the green
ICAL
button under
"Private
Address", which provides the URL or web address of your own calendar file.
Choose
"Copy Shortcut",
"Copy Link
Location"
or
"Copy Link"
depending on which browser you are using
Paste the Link URL
into the Google URL Field in the
Google Calendar Backup Utility.
Click
"Save"
to close the form
Click the
"BACKUP NOW"
button to ensure everything is working correctly.
Tick the
"Schedule Backup Every..."
box and set how frequent you want backups to occur.
 You may also wish
to tick the
"Run when Windows Starts"
and
"Minimize Program to Task Bar on Start"
boxes to allow the software to be discreetly loaded into the task bar at
start-up.
Click
"MINIMIZE TO TASK BAR"
and you're done.
The application
can be accessed at any time from the task bar by clicking
the  icon.
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