ISyncing a home computer to a networked Mac to share calenders and publish
Help! I have a networked Mac that shares a home directory with other macs. I need to isync with my .Mac account so I can publish an iCal to .Mac and allow other members of the staff to view events.
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
There is no need to synchronize a calendar with .Mac which you want others to view - you need only publish the calendar directly from iCal itself, a process which is explained in the iCal Help file.
If you need more specific information about publishing and synchronizing calendars, this forum is a good place to start:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=166
Keep in mind that there are subtle but substantial differences in the versions of iCal used under Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4, and most messages in that forum relate specifically to users of Mac OS X 10.4 and iCal 2 or later.
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You also can search the Discussions and the Internet (via Google) for more options.
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