One good thing about the Lightning plugin is that it allows you to add another calendar application like Google Calendar with the read-only access. No doubt Google Calendar is among the best calendaring software used till today. However, you may want to keep Thunderbird lightning calendar as an Outlook alternative. If you are using Google Calendar across the devices and want to set up a sync between Thunderbird and Google Calendar, you are in the right place. To get more out of Google Calendar, you need to integrate it with the calendar that you are using anyway. The Thunderbird lightning allows you to add network-based calendars with read-only access, To have both read and write access to the external calendar like Google Calendar on Thunderbird, you need to install a plugin called Provider for Google Calendar to sync Lighting with Google Calendar. This provides bidirectional access to Google Calendar. In this article, we explain how to add a Read-Write to Google Calendar on Thunderbird Lightning.
Add Read-Write access to Google Calendar on Thunderbird’s Lightning
To import Google Calendar to the Thunderbird, you will need first to install the two plugins called Lightning, which is the actual calendar application and Provider for Google to enable read/write access to Google Calendar. These two plugins allow you to create an event, edit an event, and delete an event on your Google Calendar from within Thunderbird. Download and install the Lightning Calendar addon
Within Thunderbird, go to Menu and click on PluginsSelect the plugin Lightning and click Add to Thunderbird buttonOnce the download is complete, restart the app.
Download Provider for Google Calendar
Open this Thunderbird addon here.Click on the Download button to save the link
Install and configure the Thunderbird add-ons
Within Thunderbird, go to the menu bar and select Add-ons.
In the Add-ons Manager, click on the gear icon and select Install Add-on From File.Locate the saved files on your system and click Open.Click Install Now buttonOnce the installation is complete, restart the app.
Add and Import a New Calendar to Lightning
Once done, you will now be able to use Google Calendar with the read and write access from within Thunderbird. Hope you can get it working successfully.
