How do I sync the calendar on my Mavericks driven iMac with the calendar on my iPhone 4 IOS 7.0.4?

Question

I want to sync my calendar from my Mavericks driven iMac to my iPhone 4 iOs 7.0.4. I used to do this easily through itunes but I have been informed I now have to use icloud to do so. I did not want to complicate my "mac" life by using icloud but have reluctantly tried to use it through both my phone and computer. Although I have been told that events will automatically update on both calendars, I am yet to see any evidence of this.
I feel unceratin about this whole process.
Can anybody help?

Answer 1

This should work if you have the same settings for iCloud on the mac and the iphone and have the right things enabled:
on your mac:
Check Applications > System Preferences > iCloud
in account details, make sure you have the same apple ID as on the iPhone.
make sure the checkbox is checked next to Calendars
check system preferences > Internet accountsmake sure there is an iCloud account enabled and that Calendars is checked.
on your phone
check settings > icloud
make sure the apple ID is the same as on the mac
make sure the little green switch for calendars is on
check settings > mail, contacts, calendarsmake sure there is an icloud account, that it has the same apple ID listed for "account" , and that the little green switch for "calendars" is on
Then it should work. If all that is set properly and it still doesn't work, then report back-