FollowDo you forget your Facebook friends’ birthdays because you don’t log in to Facebook enough or because you keep forgetting to take your ginkgo biloba? Consider using Google Calendar alerts and stop writing belated birthday wishes on your friends’ Facebook walls. Here’s how to import Facebook birthdays to Google Calendar:
Export birthdays from Facebook
Step 1: From your Facebook page, select Events from the left sidebar, then click on Birthdays at the bottom of the Events page.
Step 2: At the bottom of the Birthdays page, click on Export Birthdays.
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Step 3: Copy the URL by right-clicking on the link and selecting Copy link address in Chrome, or Copy Link Location in Firefox.
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Step 4: Paste the URL in a new browser tab or window and delete the leading “webcal://” so that the URL starts with “www,” then hit Enter.
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Step 5: Save the ICS file when prompted.
Import birthdays to Google Calendar
Step 1: Go to Calendar Settings in Google Calendar, then select the Calendars tab.
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Step 2: Click on the Import calendar link.
Step 3: Browse to the ICS file that you exported from Facebook, then click the Import button.
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Step 4: Once complete, you’ll see a message displaying the number of items that were imported successfully.
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Tip No. 1: If you want to better manage your imported Facebook birthdays, create a new calendar and import them to the new calendar. If you use a separate calendar, you’ll be able to toggle the events in your calendar view, delete all Facebook birthdays without touching your main calendar, and even share them with others (or your other Google accounts).
Tip No. 2: Since the exported file is an iCal export file, you should be able to import it into iCal and newer versions of Outlook, if you prefer those calendar programs.
That’s it. Now you can use Google Calendar to remind you of your Facebook friends’ birthdays. It probably wouldn’t hurt to set a reminder to take those memory-enhancing pills either.
Source: cnet
