Ical - moving appointments from one ID to another

Question

In an attempt to eliminate my second Apple ID / iCloud account (let's refer to the two accounts as KEEP and LOSE), I exported iCal data from LOSE, and tried importing it to KEEP.  I did the import after switching iCal to point to KEEP.  The Import populated iCal correctly, but after a moment there was an error message telling me the calendar couldn't be sync'ed with iCloud.  I checked iCal Preferences to make sure I was still pointing to KEEP, but it was in fact pointing again to LOSE.  So obviously the export file contained some sort of reference to LOSE that the import process had seen.
So how can I do this?  I assume I don't have to dive into the .icbu bundle and modify all references to my iCloud account, do I?
Thanks,
Chap

Answer 1

I think you might be confusing default calendars with your user (iCloud) accounts.
    1)    Create a new empty calendar from the iCal file menu, select which account you want to create it in.
    2)    If you have only a few appointments you can move them individually by editing them and changing the calendar in the edit options.
    3)    Alternatively you can copy all the appointments in one calendar to another and delete the original.
    4)    To copy a calendar ctrl-click on it from the menu that appears when you select the calendar button (top left corner of iCal) and choose export (export it to your desktop for ease)
    5)    Double click the exported file and choose the new empty calendar to import them into.
    6)    Ctrl-click on the original calendar from the menu that appears when you select the calendar button and choose delete.