Access Google Calendar In Offline Mode with GMinder

Google calendar is wonderful web application to effectively manage both time and work and can be accessed in offline mode, i.e. when you are no longer connected to internet, via Google Calendar Offline Beta. The offline version only allows you to view planned schedules and events. GMinder is yet another desktop calendar utility that works in offline mode, supports multiple calendars and allows you to configure how you want to be alerted. In simpler terms, GMinder is a reminder program that waits in your system tray and alerts you when you have an upcoming Google Calendar event

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How to use GMinder?

Download and install GMinder. Once installed you will notice the following screen.

1. Press ‘Set’ to enter your Google username and password.
2. Select the checkboxes next to the calendars you want to use in GMinder.
3. Click on the color at the bottom to adjust the selected calendar’s color.
4. Press ‘Add’ to manually add a calendar to GMinder. You need to enter the calendar’s name and url
5. Press ‘Remove’ to completely remove the selected calendar from GMinder
6. Press ‘Download’ to download a list of calendars from Google Calendar.

Setting Options in GMinder

1. Set ‘Refresh rate’ to check changes to your calendars.
2. Set ‘Preload’ – How many days into the future GMinder will download events for
3. Future – Set the background color for events that are in the future
4. Soon – Events that are soon are about to start
5. Popup – Show the reminder window when an event will start soon
6. Minutes – How many minutes before an events start you want to be alerted
7. Popup – Show the reminder window when an event starts
8. Sound – Play a sound when an event starts
9. Past – Events that have ended
10. Dismiss – Automatically dismiss (remove) events after they end

Adding Event to Google Calendar

Right-click on the tray icon and select Add Event to add an event directly to your Google Calendar.

Reminder Window

1. Double-click the tray icon to see the reminder window.
2. Click on an event to see its details and press the delete key to remove it.
3. New – Create a new event
4. Open – Opens the selected event in your browser
5. Dismiss – Remove the selected event from GMinder
6. Snooze – Hide the reminder window for the duration of the snooze
7. Hide – Hide the reminder window. GMinder will continue to run in the background.
8. To close GMinder, right-click the tray icon and select Exit

Download – [GMinder.msi]

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