Calendar: reoccurring events

event s schedule to repeat every week between sept and december, show fine in my iCal, but my new iPod copies it for EVERY DAY for that time period, rather then once a week, as it correctly shows in the iCal.
I tried deleting and re-entering - same thing.
I didn't have this problem with my old iPhone.
Any suggestions?

Welcome to the Apple community.
You can only restore them from a backup. This has occurred because you are sharing an iCloud account. ideally you should each have your own iCloud account, that way you can each manage your own mail, contacts, calendars, documents etc and avoid unintentional deletions and unwanted editing. If there is information you wish to share between you, this can be done with a secondary account.
Having separate iCloud accounts, doesn't mean you have to have separate iTunes accounts, so whilst you keep your personal data separate, you can continue to share music, apps, books, TV shows, movies etc.

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iCal - Version 3.0.8 (1287)
on 10.5.8 dual proc G5
I have a reoccurring event which I wish to delete all forward occurrences of. So I select the date which I want everything gone after and hit the Delete key. All events, past AND future go away. I never get the option "Delete - All or All Future."
I then look at the event itself. Each one is listed as a stand alone time on each date. There is no indication that they are reoccurring: the Repeat line says, "None." Yet when I delete one, they ALL delete.
I have done the usual tricks of trying key + Delete combinations, but nothing has been helpful.
Wondering if anyone else out there has experienced this and/or has a suggestion for a solution.
thxs much in advance!
cheers
cp root

Hello CP,
It sounds like you have either a bad cache or a bad event file.
Try the following:
1.) Backup your iCal data (File > Backup iCal or File > Export>iCal Archive)
2.) Remove the following to the trash and restart:
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ical* (There may be more than one iCal file. Pull them all.)
~/Library/Calendars/Cache (pull any item that says Cache, Cache 1, etc)
3.) If the issue keeps happening I would make a new repeating event and then try deleting it. If it works alright get rid of the event in question and re-create it.
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