Syncing ical creates duplicates

How do I stop creating duplicates when I sync iCal or Contacts to my iPad? I'm using Mountain Lion and iOS on iPad is up-to-date.

Usually that happens because you're syncing both with iCloud or another CalDAV server and with iTunes. Choose one or the other.

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Syncing ical creates multiple entries for same event

I'm sure this is common. I cal sync creates multiple enties for the same event. Any way to work around this?
Also, duplicate calendars are on the Iphone (2 for inbox) can one be deleted?

I think I know what can help. I also support Mac users in a mixed environment, and find that being able to access a Windows machine to test settings for my iCal users is very very helpful. If you do not have one, I could also fix this one by adding the user's account to my one Mac that runs Entourage.
On a PC: set up one of the problem accounts in Outlook, then go to Tools->Options & click on the Delegates tab. Click on a Delegate name (if they all have the same permission level, you can select all), then click the Permissions button. If the delegate have "Editor" permissions, there will be a little checked box that sends the delegate copies of all those meetings. De-select it.
Lemme know if you want Entourage instructions or if that does it for you.
The real question, of course, is why are there so many Exchange functions that iCal can't touch. Grrrr....

PC Sync / Synchronize created duplicate address bo...

I just Synchronized two 6126 phones to pick up changes to my Contacts (MS Outlook). The first phone worked fine, but on the second phone I see that I now have duplicates of every entry in my address book. To fix this I would like to blast the current address book on that phone and then copy a fresh copy of my contacts from MS Outlook (like a one-way synchronize). How would I do that? I'm afraid to delete every entry in the address book and then Sync with my PC as it might then delete every entry in my MS Outlook Contacts.

HI
If you want to have both Contacts entery seperately,Then you have to make two profiles on your MS-Outlook SW.
t hen you can have both your enteries seperately.
Cheers
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Syncing contacts creates duplicates

I would be grateful for any help. I don't sync my iPhone 3GS as often as I would like because when I do, I end up with all my contacts being duplicated. What I want is for all new/edited/deleted entries on my PC to be appropriately adjusted on my iPhone, and all new/edited/deleted items on my iPhone to be appropriately adjusted on my PC. (It would be even better if it asked which version is the correct one.)
When I sync, my entire contacts list ends up being duplicated, so I have 2 of almost everything.
I don't understand the collected Contacts concept. At one point my collected contacts was a 90% duplicate of my Contacts folder.
I am clearly doing something wrong. If anybody can help, that would be awesome.
Thanks!

I am using Outlook 2007 on my PC.
I am not using Mobile Me; rather I am running the sync on my PC using iTunes. The duplicates were on both my iPhone and my computer, but they didn't always appear to be identical. It is somewhat complicated by the fact that I use Plaxo to update my contacts folder(s) on my PC.
I worked with Plaxo to combine all contacts folders, and then I went through each item and deleted all duplicates. Then I synced with my phone, and finally got it down to one unduplicated list. This was tedious, since I have over 1,000 contacts.
Now I am getting ready to sync, and I am not sure what to check on the sync menu. It asks whether I want contacts added on the phone synced to my Collected Contacts folder. Why add it to a separate folder instead of my main contacts folder? Does this add a separate item that you then use to update the main folder?
Thank you and sorry for all the questions.

Firefox with Profile-sync-daemon creates duplicate cache directory

I've set up the Profile-sync-daemon https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pr … ync-daemon (mainly to ease on my old SSD) and it works fine but Firefox keeps creating entries in
/home/<username>/.cache/mozilla/firefox/<myprofilename>
It contains 3 directories
/safebrowsing
/startupCache
/thumbnails
Since I set up psd I've been using
browser.cache.disk.parent_directory : /home/<myusername>/.mozilla/firefox/<myprofilename>
What can I do to address this issue? What I tried:
1. browser.cache.use_new_backend 0 (restore to default)
Last edited by bbarcher (2014-04-05 18:51:05)

gedgon wrote:
1. use your user account
2.
$mkdir ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profilename>/0CachesSymlinked
Same result as in post #7.
Apparently I suck at symlinking. I wouldn't want to waste anybody's time. I'll revisit the topic once I learn the basics of symlinking. I'll use ASD in the meantime.
EDIT:
OK, I got it now. The problem was that at the time I issued
ln -s /home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/<profilename>/0CachesSymlinked /home/<username>/.cache/mozilla/firefox/<profilename>
the
/home/<username>/.cache/mozilla/firefox/<profilename>
already existed (I left it out, don't ask)
Since I'm a symlinking savvy I'm going to symlink my ~/Downloads to my external drive
graysky wrote:@OP - Yes, since v21 of firefox, it uses ~/.cache for the caching just like chromium. The simple solution is to mount ~/.cache as tmpfs in your fstab. I documented this is psd's man page. Here is a link describing how to do it.
I'd rather preserve contents of ~/.cache between reboots. Especially because it holds nautilus thumbnails. I'd rather keep my Firefox cache as well.
Last edited by bbarcher (2014-04-06 18:09:52)

Every time I sync my iPhone (IOS 7) in iPhoto it creates duplicate images

Every time I sync my iPhone (IOS 7) in iPhoto it creates a duplicate, but not on my Mac, how do I slove or fix this? even if I delete all of the duplicates manually on my phone or Mac, if I sync, it creates duplicates

Have you ever had all 7 of them synced before? Are these ringtones you made yourself? Is there a chance they could exceed 30 seconds in length? Is there a chance you have moved the original file location on the computer? May need the answers to a couple more questions to try and determine an answer.

Syncing iCal to iPod duplicate entries different dates

I'm trying to sync iCal events with my iPod nano (2nd Gen) using iTunes 7.3. However, each calendar event appears twice--once on the actual date, and once to the follow date. The duplicate events do not appear in iCal, only on the iPod. How can I stop these duplicate events from being created on the iPod?
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9) iPod nano 2nd Gen, iPhone 8G

Reset iPod.

Do iCloud and Wi-Fi auto sync create duplicates when work same time?

Do iCloud and Wi-Fi auto sync create duplicates when work same time?
I assume iCloud should do same that "Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi" in iTunes does.
How do they coexist?

Thanks for reply but somehow desagre as I just drow attention to the iTunes that Sync iCal Calendars indicates:
quote - Your calendars are being synced with iCloud over the air. You can also choose to sync calendars with this computer. this may result in duplicated data showing on your device.
unquote-
Same about Bookmarks, Mail and Contacts.

Many years ago synced iCal with Microsoft program. Since installing Lion whenever I try to create an event in iCal it flashes up message "Unable to open Microsoft sync services Power PC applications no longer supported." How do I get rid of message?

Many years ago synced iCal with Microsoft program. Since installing Lion whenever I try to create an event in iCal it flashes up message "Unable to open Microsoft sync services Power PC applications no longer supported." How do I get rid of message?

Lion no longer supports PowerPC apps. If this is Microsoft Office 2008 (Entourage 2008) then you should disable the syncing services. (I don't have Office 2008 installed anymore so I don't know exactly what it's called anymore.) If you have Microsoft Office 2004 or earlier, then it can't be run on Lion at all since Lion removed Rosetta, which is what allowed a PPC app to run on an Intel based Mac.
Also, I believe Microsoft removed sync services from the current Outlook 2011 (which replaces Entourage) so even upgrading to a newer version of Microsoft Office will not get you back that calendar sync feature. Supposedly Microsoft is working on a new syncing system, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

I recently installed a new hard drive in a MacBook 2007 and then 10.6.3. I'd like to be able to Sync iCal to the calendars I have created on other devices (new iCloud account and an ME account). I can't upgrade to 10.7 or 10.8 because the MacBook is 32bit

I recently installed a new hard drive in a MacBook 2007 and then 10.6.3. I'd like to be able to Sync iCal to the calendars I have created on other devices (new iCloud account and an ME account). I can't upgrade to 10.7 or 10.8 because the MacBook is 32 bit. Just looking for a workaround as this is not a primary device.

You should update to the latest version of Snow Leopard, 10.6.8 - you can download it here; however it's still not compatible with iCloud and though you can connect to access your email you cannot access any other of iCloud's facilities.
However some people have been able to set up calendar syncing by using the method detailed here - this is an unsupported hack and may not be reliable, and may stop working at some future point. I've not tried it: use at your own discretion.
To access the email:
Entering iCloud email settings manually in Snow Leopard or Leopard
Are you sure you can't upgrade to Lion? It requires an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which you may well have, though it also needs 2GB RAM so you might need to add additional RAM (might not be worth it for what you want). The published specs don't mention 32 or 64 bit. You can buy Lion by ringing the Apple Store at the number at bottom left of this page.

Iphone sync creates duplicates

AHHH Itunes syncing confuses me. First it created duplicates tracks on my Iphone when I synced it to my itunes library on my mac pro. Then it deleted, somewhat randomly it appears, music I had purchased on my mac form the itunes library there. I'm obviously not managing the settings regarding syncing very well. How do I delete the duplicated tracks on my Iphone?

Um... that does not contain "duplicates".
It's just a view that shows you everything that's in your other albums and events in one place...

Can't sync events created on the iPhone back to Outlook or iCal

after upgraded my two iPhones to 1.1.4 I cannot sync events created in the iPhone back into Outlook on my Vista machine or iCal on my Macbook (for the second iPhone). I searched the forum but found no answer other than a RESTORE... I already needed a RESTORE in one of the iPhones as music data got corrupted after upgrade (it created a huge OTHER file.
1.1.4 fixed bugs and added quite a few!
any advice out there other than RESTORE? As always the helpful agent from apple support suggests restoring the iPhone and denies anybody else having issues.

The first question I wold have to trouble shoot your problems is: Do you have an active open account on Outlook? Do you have more then one account active on outlook? When you connect your iPhone to iTunes and go to the second Tab...What boxes do you have selected? Are you set up to Auto or Manual Sync?
Currently I have one active account in Outlook that is displaying my MSN account that was IMAP'd through izymail.com. All of my sync modes are set to manual so that I can control what and when my sync occurs. All of my boxes are checked in the second tab to sync to the outlook account that I have established. If this does not help then please answer the questions above so that I or someone else can assist you further.
Good Luck

Syncing iCal reccuring events created before DST

I have a problem with my iCal reccuring events created before the transition to Daylight Saving Time. On my iPod nano they appears to stay as if they were still before DST shift (in non-DST time zone). For instance, if I have a weekly meeting at friday 5:00 PM, I expect it to be 5:00 PM independently of whether I'm in a DST-shifted time or not. On my iCal everything seems to be fine: the meeting is still 5:00 PM, but my iPod nano thinks that the reccuring meeting should be DST-independent (6:00 PM).
Temp workaround: Settings > Date & Time > Set Time Zone > Set a time zone without DST. However, after syncing, the timezone will be resetted to DST anyway.
Hope this issue will be fixed in future iPod software releases.
iBook G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.5) iPod nano 4GB white, s/w 1.1.1

I am having the same or a similar problem.
I use iCal on Snow Leopord and can't seem to get calendar events to sync when created in iCal with my BB or those created on the BB to show in iCal.
I use gmail, and have gmail added as the only account in iCal.
When I connect my BB via USB, Desktop Manager indicates that one of the selected calendars is read-only and can only be synchronized from my computer to my device. How do I correct this?

Syncing iCal using .Mac causing duplicate events

I just got a new PowerBook laptop with Leopard. I also have an iMac running Tiger.
I synced the new PowerBook and iCal looked great. Then I added a couple of events on the PowerBook and synced again with .Mac.
The next time I synced my iMac, I had literally hundreds of duplicate events.
I went through and deleted all the duplicates and synced the iMac to make sure .Mac would be clean without duplicates.
The next time I used the PowerBook and synced it, I ended up with duplicates on the iMac again.
I was keeping my iCal synced with my old laptop running Tiger and never had this problem.
Does anyone have a fix? Help!!!

I stumbled on this discussion and am chiming in because I've just upgraded to Leopard on my home laptop, and this a.m., after trying to sync iCal on my work computer (running 10.4.11) with my .Mac account and my home computer, iCal has crashed repeatedly when the "Resolve Conflicts" window comes up.
Interestingly, all of the "conflicts" actually appear to be identical duplicates, although I can't be sure because it's crashed before I can get beyond the 3rd or 4th "conflict" every time.
This is the first time I've tried to sync the calendars between the two computers since I installed Leopard over the holidays. Because I work for a big university, it'll be a while until they update the system on my work machine...
Anyone else experiencing these duplication-related crashes? I'm wondering if I'm going to have to wipe one of my calendars clean.

Calender sync creates duplicate entries!!

Everytime an update comes out out for either iphone or itunes, my calender sync creates duplicate entries. One of them is being duplicated for atleast 7 times.
Please guide me to resolve this issue and if there is a feedback for developers, they should try to resolve this issue in future updates.
Thanks.

Hi and welcome to the BlackBerry Forums
I never hear this, but try this.
If you have all the correct data in outlook, my suggestion is wipe the device (all the data is erased) and synch the device again.
To wipe the device go to menu, options, security options, general options, press menu, and wipe handheld.
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