nocal brings your Google Calendar into a single, notebook-style timeline so you can read your schedule and write notes in one place. Connecting takes about a minute and uses Google's secure OAuth sign-in, so you never share your password with nocal.
Before you start
Make sure you've installed nocal on your device and signed in. If you haven't yet, see install nocal on all your devices.
Connect your account
- Open nocal and go to Settings → Accounts (or Add account on first launch).
- Choose Google as the provider.
- nocal opens Google's sign-in page in a secure window. Sign in with the Google account you want to connect.
- Review the access nocal requests and select Allow.
- nocal returns to your timeline and begins its first sync.
Because this uses OAuth, you authorize nocal directly with Google. nocal never sees or stores your Google password, and you can revoke access at any time from your Google Account.
What access nocal requests
nocal asks only for what it needs to show and manage your calendar:
| Access | Why nocal needs it |
|---|---|
| Read calendar events | Display your meetings on the unified timeline |
| Create and edit events | Let you make and update events from nocal |
| Account email/profile | Label the connected account so you can tell accounts apart |
You can connect multiple Google accounts and organize them into calendar groups. See using multiple calendar accounts, groups, and modes.
What syncs
- Events from the calendars on your Google account, including titles, times, locations, attendees, and descriptions.
- Updates made in Google Calendar or in nocal, kept in sync both ways.
- Notes you attach in nocal stay in nocal and are linked to the matching event — see take notes on an event.
First-sync time
The first sync usually completes within a few minutes. Calendars with years of history or many shared calendars can take a little longer. You can keep using nocal while it works in the background; events fill in as they arrive.
Tips
- To control which calendars show on your timeline, use calendar visibility modes — see calendar modes.
- To change whether a Google calendar is shared with others, you do that on Google's side — see make a Google Calendar public or private.
Troubleshooting
If events don't appear after the first sync, work through the calendar not syncing checklist. The most common fix is reconnecting the account so nocal can refresh its access.