IOS 5 ICal sync problem

Hello. I just installed iOS 5 on my iPhone 4. Now when I synch with my desktop, appointments made in my iPhone calendar are set up one hour later on my desktop in iCal, and vice versa on the phone. Any suggested fixes?

If you are still having issues see my other post here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16472810#16472810
Regards
Padster

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I just erased all my contacts on accident while trying to fix an ical syncing problem. Please help!

Hello There,
I have NO idea what just happened. I am trying to stay calm here. Please help.
I have been trying to fix the fact that my iphone calendar isn't sending info to my ical on my MacBook Pro. I followed some instructions I found in a forum and then unplugged my phone haphazardly by not ejecting it from iTunes... I just pulled it off the cord and all my contacts erased in a blink of an eye. Here's the instructions I followed. Please tell me how I can get them back! Can I call AT&T? BTW... the instructions didn't fix the ical problem either.
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Can't you restore your iPhone via iTunes and use the "restore from last backup". I know when I has my phone replaced this copied all my contacts (from my last sync)back to my phone.
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So maybe I'm missing something here, but let me lay out the situation for you.
My Touch is running iOS 5. I updated my podcasts in iTunes and hooked up the Touch for syncing (manually over the wire and all). Everything seemed to go well and then when I went to listen to one of the new episodes that was downloaded it showed as being there but is unselectable. It's faded out. I re-sync wired, and over wi-fi...nothing. It's only happening to new episodes and everything else is working just fine. The episodes play without problem on the MacBook.
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Kind regards,
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What I am understanding form your post may not be what you think you are telling me.
Nor does it quite match what I thought I had posted. (post/message is only as good as it is understood by the recipient)
On the iPhone in the iMessages setting remove all additional emails.
Remove the Apple ID you are using for iMessages
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Quote from Mac Help
Supported devices for Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Phone Calling, SMS, and AirDrop
Handoff and Instant Hotspot
Supported by the following Mac models:
MacBook Air (2012 or later)
MacBook Pro (2012 or later)
iMac (2012 or later)
Mac mini (2012 or later)
Mac Pro (late 2013)
Handoff and Instant Hotspot work with iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8 and the Lightning connector.
Phone Calling and SMS
Requires iPhone with iOS 8 and a Mac with OS X Yosemite. Requires activated carrier plan.
AirDrop
AirDrop between OS X and iOS is supported by the following Mac models:
MacBook Air (2012 or later)..... (the list is longer here)
I added the bold text.
I take it your iPhone does do SMS itself ?
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Originally Posted by ianaltosaar
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