Entourage-iCal-iSync solution

For those trying to make connections check out e2Sync : http://www.e2sync.com/
"e2Sync Tiger brings full Entourage integration with iSync and your mobile devices. e2Sync Tiger syncs your Entourage Contacts, Events, and Tasks with iCal, AddressBook and all iSync compatible mobile devices including over 60 mobile phones, Palm PDAs, the SonyEricsson P900/910, even the new Motorola Razr V3, and of course your iPod."
$40 for "2 personal machines".

You're blaming the wrong people.
Maybe.
I'd like to know how I could enforce progress in the solution of theses problems, anyway.
These are mostly limitations in the phone. iSync can
only do what the phone is capable of.
Yes, there are limtations in the phone.
But there are more or less elegant ways to circumvent them.
2.1 Speed dials have never been synced. They are a
feature of the phone. Not iSync or the Mac Address
Book.
Yes, I agree.
But new with Tiger/iSync 2.4 is that they are deleted from the phone when syncing. This wasn't the case before.
2.2 Whitespaces? What do you mean?
I put spaces in my phone numbers for easier reading.
2.3 That's a limitation of the Nokia calendar.
Yes, it is.
But iSync prior to 2.4 (or 2.3?) had a more elegant way of dealing with them.
Does the fact that you've tried iSync plugins from
THREE different sources not tell you that the problem
is with limitations in the phone NOT iSync?
Or it only tells me that plug-ins in general are not that powerful.
The question remains to me:
What can be done to get this working properly?
Any ideas?
Gerhard

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ICal, iSync, Alarms, causing my palm Treo 650 not to update

Hi All,
Looked around a bit and didn't see a solution to this issue and was hoping to find some information of confirm that it is a bug and I am not going crazy.
A couple days ago I noticed that the events I entered on my Treo 650 were not getting synced to iCal through iSync. Upon looking closer, I noticed that the reverse was true as well: Events I added to iCal were not getting synced to the treo.
The iSync logs said that everything was syncing successfully despite the problem. I double checked my settings on the treo and in iSync to make sure the calendars were scheduled to sync. All 6 of my calendars were checked to sync. Since this was all working a couple days prior, I assume the settings were correct.
After resetting my treo and restoring a back-up in an attempt to get my calendar to work properly, I noticed that the calendars listed in iSync disappeared even though they still existed and seemed to work in iCal. iSync keep trying to tell me to open iCal to add a new calendar because there were none.
After more fiddling I was only able to get iSync to properly list my current calendars by deleting a specific calendar. When I removed it entirely in iCal(I backed it up so I could test things out), iSync would update in a matter of seconds but if I put it back, no matter what I did, iSync would not update.
Finally, I started removing specific events in the calendar. It seems when I removed all the events that contained "alarms" (which I had started playing with a couple days prior). The calendars would work again. So I suspect iCal alarms as a culprit.
I can make due without the alarms for now, but would like to start using them again. I was starting to schedule applescripts to perform specific activities scheduled through iCal.
Has anybody else run into this problem and/or found a workaround that allows you to use iCal with your palm/treo and schedule applescript alarms? Any advice would be great. Or, if you are having the same problem I am, check to see if you have alarms in iCal.
I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.2 on a dual G5
iCal Version 2.0.2 (1038)
iSync Version 2.1 (88.0)
Treo 650 (Verizon) (firmware update 1.03)
Thanks,
Michael

Verizon Wireless does not now offer—and has not historically offered—the Palm Treo 680. The Treo 680 is a GSM device, and not compatible with the Verizon network. Verizon currently offers the Palm 700p and the 700wx, and has previously offered various Palm and Windows Mobile devices beginning with the Palm Treo 600.
The anomalies you see are likely the result of issues with iSync and the iSync Palm conduit, and not with the device itself. With an advanced Palm device such as any Treo beyond the 600, you should instead opt to use either…
• the Missing Sync for Palm OS, or
• the Missing Sync for Windows Mobile
…selecting whichever one supports the operating system of your particular Treo. In your case with a Treo 680, that's the Missing Sync for Palm OS.
You can learn more about these products by pressing the links above.

Entourage/iCal/iPhone calendar sync

Just bought an iPhone but can only seem to get some of my calendar data to sync to it.
I've been using a Palm Tungsten syncing wtih Entourage (Office 2004) through the Palm/Entourage conduit.
Now I've changed all my sync settings so that Entourage goes through sync services, and .mac syncs the address book, calendar and notes, and set my .mac to sync these as well...but only the events actually created in Entourage's calendar get copied, none of the events created in the handheld (though they all exist in Entourage) are syncing. In Entourage these events look no different from the other events, can't sort this one out.
So I googled around and found a script: "Sync Entourage - iCal 2" which fixed absolutely nothing...
Since 99% of my calendar events are created in my handheld, this is a major issue. Anyone seen this before? Anyone solved this before?

It sounds like the entrouage calendar in ical has become corrupted.
First, have you turn on syncing with ical in the entrouage preferences.
If so, turn off the preference to sync with ical.
open isync in your applications folder.
reset sync history from the isync preferences.
delete the entrouage calendar in ical.
then turn on syncing entrouage with ical from the entrouage preferences.
then wait and let entrouage sync with ical and it should recreate the entrouage calendar in ical.
make sure there is an event in entrouage that it can move to ical.
Now try syncing the iphone with ical.
Hope this helps.

Calendar syncing Iphone/Entourage/Ical/Lion OX 10.7.2

Ok - so this is driving me a little crazy.
I upgraded from Leopard 10.5 to Snow Leopard 10.6 and finally to Lion 10.7.2.
Upgraded my iphone to IOS 5.0
I use Entourage as my primary email and calendar.
I clicked the synchronize contacts and also calendars in the preferences panel under sync services.
What are the correct settings in;
Iphone
Entourage
Ical
Any where else
For my Iphone, Ical and Entourage Calendars to always be in sync?
I want to be able to make changes from my phone and from Entourage. I never change a thing in Ical, I just use it for syncing.
Also, why can I not find the invitees option in my Iphone Calendar? Does it need to be switched on somewhere in the settings??
PLEASE HELP!?

Sorry that I did not mention that the problem with iCal is happening in my MacBook air, not in the iPhone.
Regards.

Nokia N73 - Birthdays + iCal + iSync = 2 day events

All day events in iCal are displaying on the Nokia N73 as expected, a single entry with the time displaying as:
0:00 - 23:59
However Birthday's don't display correctly. Rather, they appear as two day events on the Nokia N73 with the time dislaying as:
23:00 - 23:59 on the first day of the two day event and
0:00 - 23:00 on the second day of the two day event
I can't for the life of me figure out why only Birthday's are not syncing as single day events with the 0:00 - 23:59 time stamp!?!?
Anyone have any ideas please?
I know this often happens with Sony Ericsson phones if the daylight saving settings differ between computer and phone however I have ruled this out given that it is only happening with Birthdays.
Is anyone else in a position to perhaps test this on their Nokia phone? If so make sure you have a Birthday entry for someone in your Macs Address Book as well as having the "Show Birthdays calendar" setting checked in your iCal preferences and finally ensure you have the Birthdays calendar set to sync in iCal.
Many thanks!

You're blaming the wrong people.
Maybe.
I'd like to know how I could enforce progress in the solution of theses problems, anyway.
These are mostly limitations in the phone. iSync can
only do what the phone is capable of.
Yes, there are limtations in the phone.
But there are more or less elegant ways to circumvent them.
2.1 Speed dials have never been synced. They are a
feature of the phone. Not iSync or the Mac Address
Book.
Yes, I agree.
But new with Tiger/iSync 2.4 is that they are deleted from the phone when syncing. This wasn't the case before.
2.2 Whitespaces? What do you mean?
I put spaces in my phone numbers for easier reading.
2.3 That's a limitation of the Nokia calendar.
Yes, it is.
But iSync prior to 2.4 (or 2.3?) had a more elegant way of dealing with them.
Does the fact that you've tried iSync plugins from
THREE different sources not tell you that the problem
is with limitations in the phone NOT iSync?
Or it only tells me that plug-ins in general are not that powerful.
The question remains to me:
What can be done to get this working properly?
Any ideas?
Gerhard

Duplicate All-Day events in Entourage, iCal and iPhone

When I sync my iPhone calendars at work, I am getting duplicate all day events (ie, birthdays, anniversary, etc). I'm using the Entourage sync services to create an iCal.
Is anyone having a similar problem or solution?
Thanks!

I have had a similar problem with all-day events in Entourage.
So far, I have had to manually delete the unwanted all-day events, but once deleted, they have not come back.
My theory is this: I already was syncing Entourage and iCal even before the iPhone. When I added the iPhone, it added a Calendar called "Entourage" to the iCal. It synced Entourage, my home iCal, my work iCal, and the iPhone to the iCal "Entourage" Calendar, leading to multiple junk. I added an application to my Mac which automatically keeps track of library books I have checked out, and puts the due dates on my iCal. When I added this, I got a whole new round of double all-day events.
You can delete them either in Entourage or in the iPhone, but I have gotten more reliable results doing it in Entourage.
A keyboard shortcut is to point at the event with your mouse and then type {Apple Key} {backwards delete} d
Hope this helps.

Duplication of events in Entourage/iCal from syncing iPhone

Okay, I am sick to death of this..... I have all the latest software - Entourage 8, OS 10.5.5, iPhone 2.2.... When I sync, iCal is not smart enough to recognize that events in Entourage are the same events... and Entourage is the same way, so I have ended up with as few as three and as many as 35 of the same event on a given day. I have changed every setting I can find. Also, although I've told iCal to delete tasks & events over 30 days old, it's not doing it.... so the cycle is perpetuated and I end up with MORE of the same event on my calendar.
does anyone have any idea why this is happening and what I can do to fix it? And why in God's name won't iPhone just sync with Entourage without the middle man of iCal and Address Book?
Thank you!

Okay, here is what I've found.
First thought two disclaimers: 1. I am no tech support person - by any means. 2. I'm not even sure if I can recall how I corrected this since I had to go back and forth in so many settings so many times (spending 80 minutes on the phone with a tech support buddy of mine).
But, here goes:
iPhone has to use iCal to sync with Entourage. It's a work around, it *****, but that's the way it goes.
So open iCal and make sure that there is only one Entourage calendar that has been created (there should be a list of calendars with check boxes on the left side), if there are two or more, delete the extra ones (right click, choose delete). I think that if you look in Entourage preferences and under Sync Preferences ever clicked 'sync to iCal' off and then on again, you may have created a second Entourage calendar in the process. When I was doing this, I accidently deleted the original Entourage calendar that I had and the one left over was actually empty - which may have helped me in this process to start 'fresh' and perhaps stop the constant loop of repopulating events between iCal and Entourage.
Make sure that in Entourage preferences under Sync Preferences 'sync to address book' and 'sync to iCal' are both clicked on.
In iSync Preferences, I had to reset the sync history there and start all over again then hit sync on iTunes.
Leave iCal preferences alone. They should be fine.
If ever told there is a conflict in your syncing the calenders, choose Entourage over iCal for all (if this is an option - at first for me, it wasn't and only iCal and iSync were listed as options until eventually, somehow, one popped up with the options of both iCal and Entourage).
If/when given the option to use Entourage as the primary source, iCal as the primary source, or merge the two, choosing merge should allow you to either update your phone or Entourage and have it populate the other. Choosing 'entourage' will only allow you to update entourage and have your phone sync, but not the other way around.
The worst part of all this? I've found no work around to delete the extra events listed in Entourage. You still have to delete the new ones by hand, one by one, even if the above fix works.
I can unfortunately pretty much guarantee that I've missed several key points, verbatim language, or even a modicum of logical steps in the above, but again I was going back and forth so many times that I can't even begin to tell you how best to solve this in a linear manner. I'm hoping that this provides a little direction, maybe you post a follow-up question (or eight), and then I can provide a few more tidbits to hopefully get you back out of this miserable loop of re-populating events.
Good luck!

Entourage and iSync warning keeps appearing

I have tried to set up my PowerBook to sync contacts between:
1/ Apple Address Book
2/ Entourage
3/ Nokia phone (through iSync)
I have setup .Mac sync in System Preferences, and turned on contacts sync in Entourage. I have also added the phone to iSync.
However I keep receiving a dialogue box saying that Entourage wants to sync contacts. In this window I can choose to erase Entourage contacts (check box) and then click "allow".
But this warning keeps appearing at each sync, no matter how many times I click on the "allow" button. Any idea how I can click "allow" once and then sync normally after.
Any help would be great.
Simon
PowerBook G4 1.5 ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6) Office 11.2.3, iSync 2.2

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.

Apple You Need to Fix iCal/iSync in Leopard!

Hi,
What did Apple do to iCal in Leopard? They broke it somehow. I had hard drive failure in powerbook. Replaced Hard drive, did new install of Leopard. Then installed Palm desktop 4.2 (newest from site). Setup Palm Treo 650 conduit in isync. It will only sync the addresses, nothing in iCal. Either way is bad. From Treo to iCal, and iCal to Treo won't work. Everything IS setup correctly. I used to do this in Tiger with no problems. What did Apple do to Leopard? This needs to be corrected immediately! I do all my scheduling in iCal. It is useless to me if I can't sync it to the Treo to take with me.

You have no idea of what you are talking about, and your claims are entirely without merit. iCal was rewritten from the ground up for release with Mac OS X 10.5, and the synchronization component of it—in particular—does not work as intended or expected.
Virtually all mobile handsets and smartphones which worked under various releases of Mac OS X 10.4—with or without a plugin—continue to work under Mac OS X 10.5 and later. It is almost exclusively Palm devices which do not work as user would reasonably expect them to since the release of Mac OS X 10.5 and iCal 3.
iCal and iSync cannot simply be returned to their Mac OS X 10.4 counterparts: your inability to understand the complex nature of programming these applications and their frameworks apparently underlies your groundless assumptions and claims.
It silly to claim that these applications "…worked perfectly in and up to 10.4." Nothing could be further from the truth. By most reasonable measures, particularly with regard to Palm devices, these applications did not come close to working "perfectly," and many, many mobile handsets offer better interaction with the Address Book and iCal through iSync than does the iPhone through iTunes.

Advice: Treo/Verizon/Ical/Isync/ Do we do it?

Hi everyone,
We're currently using one paper calendar and a pencil. Without legnthy explanations...
We want to do the following, and we want to know if it's possible. As the answers we get elsewhere are rather unconvincing.
1. Treo/Blackberry like device, we like keyboards and must use Verizon. (leaning towards Treo after trying in store.) There is always a pregnant pause when I ask if they're compatible with MAC.
2. Email from phone calendar dates to each other. (Invites?) ability to open these on the phone and/or the computer.
3. Email from computer (Issue: I use Eudora, my husband uses Apple Mail) ical appointments.
4. Ical sync with device.
5. Ability to see who's appointment is who's ... for instance if I send my husband and appt for his calendar but it's my appointment... We need to do this because of business, house etc.. So I'm not really "inviting" him to come along or block out his time... just a "notification" or something? Is there a way for us to have each other's appointments on the phones and the computers. To re-explain again... We could both have appointments at 1:00PM for one hour, with different people, and we have both appointments existing on our Treo's & Ical, but my appointment would block out my time, and his would block out his time... I hope that makes sense.
6. Our computers are separate, or unlinked (excuse my laymen terms here, I don't know it all)
7. What happens if we travel with a Lap Top with microsoft... can we do this at .mac? It appears the calendar is read only there, so we would rely on our Treos?
8. Which Treo model works best for MAC, we'll spend anything to get rid of the pencil.
Thank you so much for helping us understand this!!!!
Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

So far so good, a few hiccups but Verizon has supported me so far on each issue. Some responders from the support line where not as good as others, but I did find several who were more than helpful. The forums here are helpful too, aggravation does make some of the posts bias against the phone, but there are some good posts out there and the solution found posts will help us all.
Everyone who owns a Thunderbolt just needs a little patience, it is a new and powerful device. I'm sure HTC and Verizon are working out the confirmed bugs, and will roll out confirmed updates when they have gathered more data. When I was prototyping the obsidian, which we marketed as the glisten, we had many issues too, but in the end worked most of them out.
The thunderbolt should also follow same result as long as Verizon and HTC keep it in the front line, so far they are still marketing it, even with having the Iphone now in their portfolio. I viewed a wirefly.com smackdown between the Thunderbolt and the new Iphone, and to me, I do like the Thunderbolt best. On to day 12, so far so good.

Entourage/iCal sync...a reward for whoever helps me fix this!

This is a long one and a tough one but I am serious about the reward!
Up until 3 months ago, I was successfully synching my Entourage with iCal. (using the native feature of Entourage found under the Preferences Pane)
iCal was then synching through .mac to another computer's iCal.
(Using the .Mac synching feature)
In case you are curious, I do this so my assistant can add events to my calendar.
And then mysteriously one day...Entourage stopped synching with iCal. following some of the advice found on this forum, I deleted the Entourage Calendar within iCal (the one that Entourage creates automatically) in order to reset the process.
Since then, when I initiate the Entourage Synch (through Entourage Preferences), Entourage creates the Calendar within iCal and appears to be 'pushing' events to iCal. However, when the synch process is complete, no events appear in that Calendar.
Interestingly, iCal can still synchronize effectively between the other computer's iCal (of course this is useless because it is not sharing infor from Entourage which is my main calendar.)
To date I have tried the following fixes:
- Removed and re-installed iCal
- Removed and re-installed Entourage and the entire MacOffice suite
- Cleared out Synch services (as per one recommendation on this forum
- Completely re-formatted my computer and re-installed EVERYTHING from scratch (that was a pain!)
I have isolated the problem as living between Entourage and iCal on MY computer. One of the ways that I know this to be true is that I am able to manually import my Entourage calendar FROM iCAL (using the import function.)
Because I need to have mey calendar visible by my assistant, I basically delete the data from iCal, re-import Entourage, and re-publish the calendar every day...this is no fun.
Your wisdom and advice will be greatly appreciated
MacBook 13" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
I cannot answer your specific questions, but mvps.org is a good resource for issues involving Entourage, the Exchange Server, and their integration with OS X applications like iCal, Mail and the Address Book.
This links to an area where specific issues regarding Entourage synchronization are addressed:
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faqtopic/syncservices.html

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.

Ical, isync will not open after restoring ilife 04 onto tiger

Hi,
I've just used my old 10.3.5 disks to reinstall ilife on a powerbook that is now running tiger (for whatever reason, iphoto and imovie disappeared upon upgrade while the other applications didn't). Perhaps stupidly, I reinstalled all the extra applications on the disc, including ical and isync, instead of just the ones I needed. Everything works except for these two - the ical icon has changed to a piece of paper, pencils, and a ruler, and won't open, just giving one bounce and then quitting without a message. Same for isync, except the icon has stayed the same.
Most of the fixes I've looked at for ical not opening mentioned clearing something in isync but i can't get at it! any suggestions?
Thanks for any help!
12 inch Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Mr. Lemur,
iLife '04 was bundled with your computer, and it should be located on your Software Install and Restore DVD, not a Panther disc.
Macintosh Restore DVD: How to install iMovie, iPhoto, or iTunes using Mac OS X Software Install may also be a helpful link.
;~)

Even Simpler Moto V325 iCal iSync

First, to get your V325 to be "seen" by iSybc, you will have to install the right phoneplugin. You can get it from Dr. Shenoy's web site: http://prashant.shenoy.biz/Software.html
Once the phone is recognized, use this longish workaround that I stumbled on in trying to get things to sync with iSync (Contacts sync fine):
Resetting the calendar on the MOTO V325
1. Go to iCal and Select “America/New York” time zone – top R. BACKUP DATA BASE!! Close iCal.
2. Open iSync, make sure settings are ok: Under “More Options”, select “Don’t synchronize events prior to: Today”. Check “Don’t synchronize events after: One Month. Set “Events Time Zone: Atlantic/Reykjavik”. Select “Work” calendar only in iSync.
3. Select the V325 icon in iSync.
4. Under “Devices” menu, select “Reset Device…”
5. Shut down iSync immediately after resetting to prevent accidental automatic sync of phone and iCal. Better, deselect Calendars in iSync.
6. Contacts sync fine to the V325 address book – check Contacts: sync Cell Phone; More Options “Only sync contacts with phone numbers” and “Sync E-mail addresses”. Or you can include Contacts when you “Reset Device…”
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I have given up with Missing Sync Events. I am double entering data into iCal to duplicate my Treo 680. All other syncing between my Treo and Powerbook work fine!

Entourage- iCal events are 5 hours off

My computer time is set to US/Central, Entourage events are US/Central, and iCal is set to US/Central. When I turn on Sync Services in Entourage, events that hit iCal are 5 hours off.
I believe Sync Services is assuming the times on the events in Entourage are all GMT, even though they show up in iCal as US/Central.
Is there a way to resolve this? I've tried it on 3 different machines, and it's broken on all of them.

FIXED. Special thanks to Tarun Reddy for noticing that the problem
only appears when using a case-sensitive filesystem. I used fs_usage
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of possible files. I had a list of 536 candidate files after the
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