Ical not syncing to computers

Hoping someone can help. We have a Macbook and an iMac with all latest software updates running OS 10.5.4. The ical on the computers will not update to stay in sync despite multiple attempts at syncing including resetting sync data. Th odd thing is our calendars on our 3G iphones appear to be completely updated with a merged calendar from both of the computers. I have deleted all ical data on the iMac to see if that would help and it still will not update from the mobileme sync. Becoming very frustrated with this. Thanks in advance for any help offered.

I have an identical problem with macbook air. I have 3 computers, 2 mac pros, and my macbook air. My two mac pros sync just fine over .mac. My macbook air does not. I've tried many times to sync it with my .mac account (resetting etc). I've deleted my various preferences etc on the macbook air, but nothing works. I still just get the default couple of calandars on the laptop. Interestingly, since I upgraded to mobileme, my phone has my calandars just fine, and alters appropriately when I make changes on my two macpros, but I cant sync calandars on my laptop at all....
Unless someone has some suggestions on this forum I haven't tried, its off to the apple store I guess.

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I am having the same problem with iCal not syncing. I have 3 Macs (iMac, Macbook, and G5 Tower) that are all normally synced using MobileMe and 2 iPhones that sync as well, but the computers just stopped syncing the other day. It seems to be an Apple problem but I don't know how to remedy it. I've tried what has worked for some other folks here where you changed the sync to the computer from the mobile me in sys prefs but once the main computer that holds the calendar has a change it messes up the others again. It's becoming very frustrating and I can't seem to get to the proper link on the support pages to get an Apple tech to help. I noticed on the Mobile Me page it says that they did an update the other day that could affect peoples syncing but it says it's now resolved. Not for me, anyone has any thoughts I'd sure appreciate it.

Events on ical not sync to iphone

events on ical not sync to iphone

Hey mikefromstratford,
I'd read through the following article about iCal to double check the syncing process. There are two main ways to sync your iCal events onto your iPhone, so depending on which one you use you'll want to check out either the "Set up your iCloud calendar account for use with iCal" or "Sync your calendars with iPhone, iPod, or iPad" sections:
Mac Basics: iCal (OS X Lion and earlier)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2513
Have a great day,
David

ICal will not sync multiple computers

Wow, this has taken a lot of my time today. Mighty unfortunate too. I was extremely busy at work, I have a busy job and my hands in a lot of places. As you can imagine, I live and die by iCal (although I'm liking Things a lot better lately). So I was pretty shocked when I realized that iCal syncing with my iPhone was behaving very strangely - and it took me a while to figure this out but I've since proved it on multiple machines running similar software - MERGE INFO IS ACTING LIKE REPLACE INFO. Since I had some calendar info on one computer, some on another I had to painstakingly go thru each day and match the data. NOT FUN. So I got iCal finally set manually on one computer.
Now before I continue, let me note that both computers are running iTunes 9.2 and 10.6.4, matching data. iPhone is running latest iOS4.0.1. This should work. I have been using this method successfully for two years. I don't really like the merge info option, I wish there was a general SYNC, but that's another story. So I was shocked when I upgraded to iPhone 3GS / iOS4.0.1 (both happened the same day) and my calendar is screwed up beyond belief and won't sync. I'd previously been running iPhone 3G / iOS3.1.1 quite successfully in this manner.
So I got everything manually set on my MBP, and synced my phone. Merged info. Worked.. all info synced over to iphone - Yay! So then I needed to get this info over to my work computer, an iMac, same specs pretty much as my MBP. So I tried the usual merge info... it REPLACED the info on my iMac.
read that? MERGE INFO IS REPLACING INFO ON MULTIPLE MACHINES.
At first I thought something was wrong with my iMac. I went thru forums and tried suggestions, removing preferences, cache, etc. Didn't work.
So I tried the same thing on another machine... Mac Pro at home. It did the same thing as the iMac... hitting Merge info Replaced all my calendar info. Thankfully, my laptop isn't pulling this maneuver.
Why is this happening, what can be done?

Why is this happening, what can be done?
Why: You have a damaged calendar database or corrupt data in SyncServices (the database that handles syncing) on one or more of your devices or on MobileMe. I assume you are syncing using MobileMe?
What: Replace all the calendar data on all devices with one good working copy.
A good read before proceeding is this article on advanced sync troubleshooting: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2481
How (Read all the way through before attempting. Make backups of all computers before attempting):
__Make one iCal on one computer 100% correct the way you want it to look. This will be your Master calendar.
__Make a backup of this good calendar by clicking on each calendar on the left and going to File > Export > Export, making an ICS file for each calendar. Reserve these incase things go wrong.
__Go to each computer and set syncing to Manually: Apple > System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync > Manually
__Go to each iPhone being synced and delete the MobileMe account being used from Settings > Mai / Contacts / Calendars > Accounts -- Remove the calendar data if prompted.
__On the computer with the Master calendar go to Apple > System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync > Advanced
__Click on each computer in the list at the top of the window and choose "Unregister". Continue this until the window is blank.
__Click done.
__When prompted, delete your unused sync data > Calendars
__Login to me.com and ensure that the Calendars are indeed blank. This can take up to 15 minutes to refresh.
__Once MobileMe shows blank for calendars, on the computer with the Master calendar go to Apple > System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync and turning syncing on for Calendars and set to Sync manually
__Follow this article to reset sync services on all computers affected: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627
__On the computer with the Master calendar Go to Apple > System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync > Advanced and click on Reset Sync Data.
__Make the reset go from this computer to the MobileMe cloud.
__Replace the data on MobileMe with the Master data on the computer
__Login to me.com and check to make sure the Calendar now appears online and looks the way it should. This can take up to 15 minutes to appear.
__Once the calendar online shows the correct data, go to each computer being synced and go to go to Apple > System Preferences > MobileMe > Sync > Advanced and Reset Sync data from MobileMe down to the Mac. This will bring the Master calendar down to these computers.
__Re-add the MobileMe account to your iPhone so it too will bring down the Master Calendar.
Hope that helps.

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I moved a calendar from "On My Mac" to my MobileMe account group, using the export-import method. The new calendar, however, does not sync to MobileMe. I even tried an overwrite (bookmarks, calendars, contacts and keychains) from my Mac to MobileMe but the added calendar still did not appear in MobileMe.
I quit and relaunched iCal, which started an immediate sync. The new calendar promptly disappeared from iCal and I got a string of error messages (one for each entry in the new calendar, it seems) all ending with
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“HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict”
and asking me to either "Go Offline" or "Revert to Server". It didn't seem to matter which one I selected – the error just kept cropping up. Eventually, I gave up and force quit iCal.
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Derek,
I presume that this procedure represents exactly what you have tried to accomplish?
Import an iCal calendar or event
If you use iCal and want to add your iCal calendars and events to a MobileMe calendar, you can import them.
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To import an iCal calendar:
Open iCal, and then select the iCal calendar you want to import into your MobileMe calendar.
Choose File > Export > Export.
Type a calendar name, choose a location from the Where pop-up menu, and click OK.You can store the exported file anywhere, and you can delete it after you finish importing it.
Choose File > New Calendar, and then choose a MobileMe calendar (by default, your MobileMe email address).
Type a calendar name (you can use the same name as the calendar you just exported), and press Return.
Choose File > Import > Import, select your exported iCal calendar, and then click Import.
Select the destination MobileMe calendar to which you want to add the imported iCal calendar, and then click OK.
Quit iCal and go to the Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars Folder and delete any/all files with "Cache" as a part of the name. Log out/in or restart and reattempt using the exact procedure which I copied from the MobileMe Help page.

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I know there have been other posts on this, but I have tried them all and cannot figure this out. MobileMe is syncing with my iPhone 4 (iOS 4.2) but it is not syncing with my MacBook under my current user profile. I created a new profile as a test and it synced with no issues. I have tired signing out and back into my MobileMe account, deleting the calendar cache, deleting the calendar folder, reinstalling ical, etc. I cannot figure this out and I am feeling my only option left is to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Any help on this?

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Hello,
I am having trouble getting events on from iCal to appear in my iPhone. I am using iCloud to sync events.
Here is the setup: I have a "work" calendar. I added events to this calendar by exporting them from Outlook and importing them to iCal. All the imported events appear in iCal and in the iCloud web interface. However, when I sync with my iPhone, none of the imported events appear. If I manually create an event in iCal, it appears on the phone and vice versa.
If I turn off iCloud calendars on the phone and sync using iTunes and the USB cable, all the imported events appear normally too. So it's just wireless syncing where somehow the phone doesn't download the events that were imported.
Any suggestions? I've tried turning iCloud off and on, deleting the calendars, and so on.
I'm using iOs 5.1.1 and 10.8.2.

First check that all your settings are correct, that calendar syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the calendars you are using are in your 'iCloud' account and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud account (you can do this by clicking/tapping the calendar button in the top left corner of the application ), non iCloud calendars will not sync.
If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your calendars are in the iCloud account, you might try unchecking calendar syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling calendar syncing settings.

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Since Lion, iCal is syncing only the first 4-5 events after adding the MobileMe Account.
After that, the syncing whell is running endless.
Specs are:
MobileMe:
6 x Calendars, 5 are published and shared with other Mac Users
Shared with other Users:
3 x Calendars
Abonemment:
2 x Calendars (Birthday by system and Calendar week)
Replicate problem:
I erased the entire account from iCal and from MobileMe on the Mac as well. After that I added the Mobile Me Account and the MobileMe Account at iCal. iCal synced all events accuratley but after the creation of further 4-5 events, iCal hangs by a running wheel to sync to Mobile Me. I can create further Events but it doesn't make sense, because the events will not be synced through mobiel me for my other iOS devices like iPohne and iPad.
Events created in iOS via iPhone or iPad will be synced between those devices through MobileMe but iCal doesn't sync.
Who knows help. Remember: I did erase the entire account and set it up new: doesn't help.
Comments?

Hi All
The MobileMe senior advisor resolved my problem! Thanks so much Cxxxx!
Here the instructions:
1. Open Terminal and use this command to copy the Calendars folder from ~/Library to your Desktop:
cp -r ~/Library/Calendars ~/Desktop
2. Open Disk Utility and create a new Disk Image from the Calendars folder on your Desktop by selecting File > New > Disk Image from Folder and then choosing the Calendars folder on your Desktop.
3. Save the new Disk Image to your Desktop as well.
4. Double-click the Calendars.dmg to open it.
5. In the new window that appears choose View > Show Toolbar from the Finder View menu.
6. In the Search field on the Toolbar enter "%" (without quotation marks).
7. Select "Filename contains %" when prompted by the Search pop-up.
8. Make sure the Search location is set to Calendars.
9. Then open the ICS files returned in a text editor such as BBEdit or TextEdit.
10. Locate the SUMMARY field (that's the event name).
11. Note the affected event name(s) in a text editor.
12. Lookup the affected events one by one in iCal. Note the date of the events in the same document that has the name(s).
13. Quit iCal when all the event dates are collected.
14. Go to me.com/calendar
15. Delete all iterations of matched events from me.com/Calendar
Once the problematic events have been deleted, you will then be able to sync to your iCal application without issue. Once syncing has been restored, you can then add back any events that you need to.
Hope that helps!
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I believe this is an iCal problem, not an iPod issue:
My new iPod Touch is not syncing properly with my iCal calendars. I notice after syncing "All Calendars" that some of my appointments in iCal were showing up, but most were not. And some events on my iPod were not on my laptop. I tried the "Replace Information" option under Info in iTunes, but it didn't help. Then I noticed something even weirder -- the list of Calendars that appears in the "Selected Calendars" list in iTunes is NOT my current set of calendars. The iTunes list includes some calendars that I have deleted or renamed, and is missing some new ones. So I guess I'm not surprised by the events being out of sync, but how can this be? How can iTunes be picking up an obsolete set of calendars and events?
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For the last week or so, ever since MobileMe was being updated, my iCal synching with MobileMe and iPhone has stopped working correctly. When I enter a meeting into iCal, it syncs to MobileMe and therefore my iPhone.
HOWEVER, any new calendar entries from the iPhone (or MobileMe's website directly), do not show up on iCal even after i try to manually Sync them. Furthermore, if I change the time of a meeting or call on iCal, a DUPLICATE meeting is created in MobileMe, thus polluting my calendar on the iPhone and MobileMe with multiple entries. When I am on the road, I can't figure out which is the correct meeting anymore.
Not sure if this is due to new iTunes or the update with MobileMe servers last week.
Here is what I have done to troubleshoot this to date:
- In MobileMe preferences, I stopped synching my MacBook with MobileMe and wiped out all of the data on MobileMe. I rebooted my MacBook, then, I Reset Sync Data from iCal to MobileMe. It seeded fine, but still doesn't show any appointments created from the iPhone or within MobileMe on my iCal after re-syncing.
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- I have also tried to NARROW the variables of my issue by not synching ANYTHING ELSE other than iCal (no contacts, mail settings etc.). To No avail, still doesn't work.
Any suggestions?? I sense there is something cached in the bowels of my iCal settings, but have no idea to re-set them to re-enable synching.

I solved the issue. I took a risk and wiped my MobileMe account clean one last time, then RESET SYNCH Data from my MacBook to MobileMe.
Then, I crossed my fingers and deleted my calendars on my iCal desktop.
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I had this problem, too. To reiterate, events on the iPad and iCloud were loading down into iCal on my Macbook Pro, but events I put on my MacBook Pro were not migrating back.
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appreciate the responses... and jumping in here with possibly a similar problem
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Posting here as this is the closest I can find to my issue..
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