Q. I’m trying to sync my iPad 2 with my online Google calendars with the CalDAV method, but only one of my four calendars is showing up on the tablet. Is there a way to get all my calendars to sync?
A. By default, only your primary Google calendar syncs to the iPad after you add it to the iPad’s Calendar app as a CalDAV account. To synchronize additional calendars from your Google account, go to google.com/calendar/iphoneselect from any Web browser.
After you log into your Google account, you land on the Sync Settings page, where you can turn on checkboxes next to the names of the additional calendars you would like to sync to the iPad’s Calendar program.
Google has full instructions for using CalDAV to sync its online calendars to the iPad at bit.ly/iYvA5.
The Google Sync service (google.com/sync) can also be used to synchronize Google Contacts and Calendars to iOS devices. A list of how-to articles for using Google Sync with Apple’s gadgets is at bit.lyVQITl.
Reopening Folders
Automatically
Q. Is there any way to make Windows 7 remember which folders I had open before I shut down the computer, so the same ones are waiting for me the next time I start up?
A. Windows includes settings that let it reopen the same folders that were open before you shut down the computer; the system can also remember the preferred view of open folders. One way to get to these settings is to press the Windows key and the E key on the keyboard to open Windows Explorer.
In Windows Explorer, click on the Tools menu at the top of the window and choose Folder Options. In the Folder Options box, click the View tab.
In the Advanced Settings area of the box, put a check in the box next to “Restore previous folder windows at logon.” Here, you can also turn on other options, like having Windows remember each folder’s view settings or display drive letters. When you are finished, click the O.K. button.
TIP OF THE WEEK Need to find a certain open window on your desktop but you cannot fully see it in the clutter of other open windows on the screen? Both Windows 7 and Mac OS X include features that help you focus quickly on the one window you need to find.
In Windows 7, just click on part of the title bar at the top of the window you want to see and give it a “shake” by holding down the mouse button and quickly dragging the cursor back and forth. This action minimizes all other open windows on the screen and sends them to the taskbar so you can concentrate on the selected window.
You can restore the full windows to the desktop by repeating the shake.
You can also minimize all windows except for the active window by pressing the Windows logo key and the Home key to minimize and restore the windows. And Microsoft has more information about using the Shake feature and other tricks at bit.ly/aOQeLi.
Mac OS X has its own way of handling overlapping piles of windows on the desktop. The built-in Expose feature, included in the past several versions of the system, shrinks all open windows to thumbnail size with the tap of a key so you can quickly find and select the one you want to concentrate on. Some newer Mac keyboards use the F3 key to activate Expose, while others may use the F9 key to toggle the feature on and off. Apple has instructions for using Expose at support.apple.comkb/ht2503 and a video with more Expose tips and tricks at bit.lyRc1JB
J. D. BIERSDORFER
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