Entourage and iSync

I have three computers set up for syncing my calendars and Entourage. It keeps copying old Entourage tasks over and over and over.. Ones that I have already complete.. they don't go away, it just keeps making more. Anyway to stop this? Do I have a setting wrong?

If you're syncing Macs with each other you're not using iSync, you're using *.Mac Sync*.
The forum for *.Mac Sync* is here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957
I'd suggest posting there, although without mentioning what settings you are using, it will be a little difficult to say if they're wrong.

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    This is likely triggered by Entourage, but you may be able to correct by resetting the truth database used by the Sync Services framework. Before you do, back up your data in iCal, the Address Book if you are using it, and Entourage. While resetting the truth should not affect your data at all, the presence of Entourage is a wild card.
    To reset it, launch iSync and open the Preferences… dialog. Choose Reset Sync History… and follow the instructions which appear, then synchronize once again as you normally would.

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    iPhone is the best since Apple makes everything from the phone to the OS. It just works.
    Are any of those going to work better than the Palm OS?
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  • Can't get entourage and ical to sync

    Hi,
    I've had a macbook for a while but got an iphone 3gs last week and I'm just trying to set it up. My addresses and contacts seem to be syncing to my iphone OK but not my entourage 2004 calendar. I have gone into entourage preferences and ticked all the synch boxes and when I open ical I have an entourage calendar but none of my appointments are on there (the only thing that is are public holidays and birthdays?).
    When I tried to sync entourage with ical he just hung so I thought this may be due to number of entourage calendar entries. So I went onto entourage and changed it so that anything over 12 months old is deleted but now I have checked and I still have all my calendar entries on entourage from 2005 so that hasn't worked. How can I delete the old calendar entries?
    So as I understand it in order for my calendar to be synced on my iphone it has to go through ical (even though I don't use that on my Macbook). As I can't get entourage to sync my calendar with ical I can't get my calendar onto my iphone at present which is a real pain.
    Would I be better looking at mobileme or something similar or do I just need to setup entourage and ical differently?
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    Ergo

    BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING - BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA IN ENTOURAGE.
    You can delete everything in iCal by deleting the calendar (Entourage or Personal or temp or whatever Calendar is there). You can delete everything in Address book either by highlighting all the contacts and hitting delete or by deleting the Address Book folder in Address Book.
    The key in getting them to sync properly with Entourage is deleting all the preferences in your Library folder under <your user>. Delete anything with Microsoft Entourage in it. I also deleted iCal preferences and Address Book Preferences.
    I also found it necessary to go to the Office folder and delete the sync services folder.
    Also go to Entourage sync services and turn OFF syncing with iCal and Address Book. Exit Entourage.
    Go to your application folder, isync - reset sync history (button at bottom of screen).
    Then bring up Entourage, sync services, and reactivate syncing with iCal and Address Book.
    Everything should work. I have been struggling with this the last week or two. I've had innumerable exchanges with MS who have said anything with syncing is not their problem it's an apple application. Through these discussion boards I pieced together all of the elements above. But be sure to back up anything you want to keep before you do any of this.
    It should work. It did for me (at least last night and all day today). Good luck.

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    I just got a brand new MacBook Pro (no more PC)!!!! My I Sync my phone and it put all the data in ical and address book. I use Entourage and thats where i would like all my info to go. how do i set up itunes to go to entourage and not the apple sofware.
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    thanks you
    Brad "new Mac guy" Glaberson
    Message was edited by: bradley Glaberson

    The isync database, as I called it, is really just the master database from which ical, address book, bookmarks, etc., are stored, and it's used for syncing with the .mac service. Entourage can sync with it too, just go to the Entourage menu, choose Preferences, and look under General Preferences for Sync Services. Then check the boxes you want -- I just wanted the contacts to be the same in Entourage and Address Book so I only checked that one. The calendar is kind of funky because iCal uses separate calendars to group events, and I think if you check that box, iCal will then get a new calendar called Entourage, or something like that, in which all the Entourage events will go to and from. That is, I think Entourage will sync only with that iCal calendar, but I could be wrong about that since I don't use it.
    Once you check the contacts box, Entourage will populate with all the contacts in your Address Book, and I think if you don't already have contacts there (that is if you've only been using Entourage for your contacts) then it will ask you if you want to put all your Entourage contacts into Address Book. I just don't remember.
    Surely someone else out there is more familiar with this, but it should get you started.

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