Multiple issues affecting iCal - using GroupCal to sync with Exchange

Okay, I'll accept the fact that the world isn't perfect so long as Microsoft is around so that's one concession out of the way. I'll also concede with the issues related to the constraints that the Snerdware folks have to work with in respect to how their tools bridges a significant gap between the Mac and Windows communities.
However, the quirkiest things have been occurring that I can't explain nor can I remedy unless I completely rebuild my iCal database.
1) Meeting requests get sent with what iCal considers as an incorrect email address and suggests that I add or change the "Me" card to properly reflect that address.
2) I have multiple alarms in meeting notices, even ones that I originally set for myself. Its clear that something is getting screwed up in the translation as one alarm will show with "Message with sound" and the other with just "Message" so something odd is happening there.
3) Meetings become tentative without understanding how that occurs - even after I accept the meeting request - upon syncing I get a tentative flag - how does this happen?
4) I get multiples upon multiples of the same meeting - have no idea how that's occurring.
I understand that Microsoft continues to play the proprietary card and have read the dissertations from others on the difference between standards based technology and of course Microsloth's game plan for world domination.
I'm curious as to whether anyone has encountered these issues and if so, how did you resolve them?
Thanks!
Jim Naeve
Murphy, TX

I too am always being told that there is an incorrect address with the suggestion to add/change the "me" card. I am a new Mac user and do not know what to do . . I cannot say if I am having the other problems that you are because I don't use iCal as much as I would like due to this one problem. My calendar entries are usually sent to my by my family who all use Exchange. This issue is actually rendering iCal useless to me.
If there is a resolution, please share! We realized today that we missed some things this weekend because they weren't on "Mom's calendar!!"
Thanks,
Anne

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Dear,
In Snow Leopard, iCal was not syncing with Exchange 2007. I read a lot of things on this and it all led to recurring events. Indeed, after deleting them, things started to work. But I cannot delete recurring events! I need them!
Seeing that there was soo much talk on this all over on apple, I assumed that Apple would fix it. Instead, all we're seeing is some enhanced UI.
Can somebody at Apple please make sure that this thing finally gets fixed? Really, how hard can it be, knowing that the hardware based i devices can sync without any trouble?
Just for extra information, so you know what direction to look for:
I have Windows SBS 2008 in Dutch language. Timezone is Brussels. Exchange 2007 and all updates.
The system is running a self signed certificate
Outlook works fine on the Mac. I don't want to use Outlook on the Mac but am forced to at the moment.
Mail/Addressbook sync fine. Only Outlook doesn't!
I did try deleting recurrent events and this worked for a day. Basically stopped working I think when I added again those recurring events.
There are some errors in the console:
21/07/11 11:42:36,563 iCal: Couldn't find an NSTimeZone to match the SerializableTimeZone
21/07/11 11:42:36,563 iCal: WARNING: Failed to find TimeZone Identifier for Windows MeetingTimeZone: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlijn, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Wenen
21/07/11 11:42:36,580 iCal: error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-11 "iCal kan de activiteiten in de agenda 'Agenda' niet bijwerken." UserInfo=0x7fbe94adb8b0 {CalFailedOperationKey=<CalExchangeSyncFolderItemsOperation: 0x7fbe94102d40>, NSLocalizedDescription=iCal kan de activiteiten in de agenda 'Agenda' niet bijwerken., NSLocalizedFailureReason=De account 'Exchange' kan momenteel niet worden bijgewerkt.}
Please fix this,
Guido
Message was edited by: guido4096. Added error message

Hi all,
I do have exactly the same problem.
But I am adding a new flavor, but I can not understand it.
I've setup two Exchange calender connections. Both servers are inhouse. The setup of the Exchange servers are most likely the same.
But one works and one not! How could this be explained?
I like to express my deep disappointment about iCal and partly Apple Mail. It is unbelievable for me, that years after Apple's cooperation with Microsoft there are still such problems.
I like my Macbooks and I certainly have the absolutely full bandwidth of all Apple products in my household and companies. But I think I have to go back to Microsoft and Sony Laptops in the near future.
Although this kind of bugs are small one's, but the hurt constantly. Apple - please fix that.
Here just for the interested reader is my console error message:
3/15/12 11:51:29.819 AM iCal: error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-11 "iCal can’t refresh events in the calendar “Kalender”." UserInfo=0x7f856d4bddb0 {CalFailedOperationKey=<CalExchangeSyncFolderItemsOperation: 0x7f856c5ca060>, NSLocalizedDescription=iCal can’t refresh events in the calendar “Kalender”., NSLocalizedFailureReason=The account "DR InfoDyn" currently can’t be refreshed.}

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I encounter a reproducable bug with Snow Leopard 10.6.1's iCal stopping sync with Exchange 2007 SP1 (Update Rollup 7), as soon a i create a yearly recurring meeting on iPhone 3GS connected to same Exchange Server via Active Sync.
After creating this meeting, syncing in iCal is broken, reporting following error:
iCal[31968]: GetCalendarItem operation failed
iCal[31968]: error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-11 UserInfo=0x117a06cc0 "iCal kann keine Ereignisse im Kalender „Kalender“ aktualisieren."
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Can anyone having a similiar setup confirm this to be problem!?
Where can i "report" this officially to apple?
Used versions:
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So everything up to date, except for exchange 2007 missing some fixes...
To better reproduce this, here's the procedure:
On iPhone create a new meeting, make it "whole day", set recurring to "weekly" and voila, next time you sync iCal it stops with exclamation mark!
After testing, delete the meeting, but make sure to delete ALL instances, otherwise syncing won't work anymore:-(

Hello all there,
i was strubbeling with the same problem, but i found 'a' solution.
Let's hope that apple would fix this in the next version of iCal.
If iCal is saying that it cannot be synced, and you found an error like this "error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-11 UserInfo=...." in your console, try this (read carefully).
*What i have done.*
1. Get an pc with MS Windoos en MS outlook in your exchange network (yes really, you need it)
2. Open MS outlook (i used 2007).
3. Export your calender to a .pst backup file
4. Then navigate to "View > Current View" and hit "all events".
5. Select all events then delete them all
6. Import your backup file to the calender.
7. From step 3 to 6, they are waste of time.
*So... what you need to do*
01. Open iCal and remove your exchange account.
02. Get an pc with MS Windoos en MS outlook in your exchange network (yes really, you need it)
03. Open MS outlook (i used 2007).
04. Then navigate to "View > Current View" and hit "returning events".
05. Note all of your returning events in notepad (also events from the past).
+You can also delete these events from the past+
06. Now delete all these "returning events".
07. Press the send and recieve all button in outlook.
08. Grab a cup of coffee
09. Start iCal and re-setup your exchange account.
If your exchange account is syncing with iCal then you can recreate the returning events. If it isn't syncing try to remove some other data, but be shure that you have created a backup file.
In my case the error was in one of the returning events, but i have figured that out to delete group of events en try'd to sync again.
Please note that my 3G iPhone was syncing very good, at time of this problem.
This are the console error messages:
11/6/09 06 Nov 15:16:26 iCal[291] Couldn't find an NSTimeZone to match the SerializableTimeZone
11/6/09 06 Nov 15:16:26 iCal[291] WARNING: Failed to find TimeZone Identifier for Windows MeetingTimeZone: Casablanca
11/6/09 06 Nov 15:16:26 iCal[291] error = Error Domain=CalExchangeErrorDomain Code=-11 UserInfo=0x11a287ee0 "iCal can’t refresh events in the calendar “Calendar”."
My setup:
MS SMB 2008 with Exchange 2007 (full updated till 2009/11/06 - today)
iPhone 3G 3.0
Mac OSX 10.6.1
iCal 4.0 (1362)
So.... i hope that you can fix your problem with my post.
I will subscripe to this post for a while, so if you need some help; Post it!
Have a nice weekend!
Message was edited by: Ronald Veenbrink

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I'm sorry to read that you are having issues with your Sync account.
Your best bet is to follow the steps described in this blogposts and open a bug:
https://philikon.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/how-to-file-a-good-sync-bug/
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We recently received new Iphones for the Administrative staff and thought that like other Smartphones we've used in the past that syncing with Exchange would be a breeze. After doing a bit of research everything pointed towards it being a very simple process, this is the process I followed:
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tbradley wrote:
So is this not a common issue?
This is the first I have heard of it... but I'm only one person.
tbradley wrote:
Does the Iphone actually support 2-way sync with Outlook properly or will it erase all of the numbers on the phone every time?
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The Droid X is supposed to sync with exchange. I had the original Droid and the Exchange sync worked great. I can't get the Droid x to connect to the server using the same information I used with the Droid. Can anybody help?
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Check if you have 10 Devices registered.
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