Syncing iCal: MobileMe vs direct sync?

Only some of my schedule gets synced. Also invites that I've accepted only sometimes get synced to iPhone. I've got it set to sync via MobileMe and when connected. Tried using one or the other but nothing seems to work.
Can I delete the iPhone schedule and start over? Or is there a better way?
It's becoming frustrating as I can no longer trust my calendar...

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1679
BTW, the *MobileMe On My iPhone > MobileMe Sync* forum is here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1264

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Am Mac OS 10.4.11. Am trying to sync my iCal (2.0.5) using iTunes (7.6) to my 5G ipod video. When I click on 'Sync iCal Calendars' and hit apply a message comes up saying that I don't have any calendars available. I click on open iCal and it opens. I can then go back to itunes and click apply. Nothing shows up on my ipod under calendars. Any ideas???

Similar problem, just arose (likely with the most recent updates). Running iCal 2.0.5, iTunes 7.6 and Address Book 4.0.6. Address book and iCal both have plenty of entries in them. Have selected to Sync iCal Calendars and also Sync Address Book Contacts (and have "All Contacts" and "All Calendars" selected, too, though even choosing them manually does not help).
Despite the fact that it says it is "Syncing iPod" and "Syncing contacts and calendars on iPod" when I click Sync, my iPod has no entries in the Extras/Contacts and Extras/Calendars area, when previously, all my calendars and contacts where there. I have been doing this on this iPod (new 8g Nano) for 6+ months without a hitch, and dating back much further than this with older iPods.
I even went so far as to copy my Users/xxxx/Libary folder and piecemeal it back in place, but this did not solve the problem.
Any help out there? Anyone else have this problem?

8900 won't sync ical

I have not had any problems at all with the software/phone for well over a year, and synching has been trouble free. After receiving a message on plugging my phone in to synch, that new software was available. I uploaded. Problem started.
Have since uninstalled re installed three times. Wiped media card, in case that was corrupt. Tried removing media card and synching.
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Similar problem, just arose (likely with the most recent updates). Running iCal 2.0.5, iTunes 7.6 and Address Book 4.0.6. Address book and iCal both have plenty of entries in them. Have selected to Sync iCal Calendars and also Sync Address Book Contacts (and have "All Contacts" and "All Calendars" selected, too, though even choosing them manually does not help).
Despite the fact that it says it is "Syncing iPod" and "Syncing contacts and calendars on iPod" when I click Sync, my iPod has no entries in the Extras/Contacts and Extras/Calendars area, when previously, all my calendars and contacts where there. I have been doing this on this iPod (new 8g Nano) for 6+ months without a hitch, and dating back much further than this with older iPods.
I even went so far as to copy my Users/xxxx/Libary folder and piecemeal it back in place, but this did not solve the problem.
Any help out there? Anyone else have this problem?

How to sync iCal

I have tried to do this 50,000 times before and it never works.I'm not an Apple geek. I don't even like Apple. I just want to sync my friggen iCal with my stupid useless Mac and get on with my life.

Open iTunes.
Select your device from list on the left
Choose the "Info" tab
Scroll down and check the box for "Sync iCal Calendars"
Click on "Sync" at the bottom right of the screen
Get on with your life ; )

Sync doesn't sync recent history, it just syncs whatever it wants

Android and desktop have firefox 16.0.2 and so there is no problem with different versions and different formats or whatever the difference are.
It syncs to my desktop properly I guess, I don't check everything to make sure it syneced everything so i don't know but I think on my desktop there is no problem.
The problem is that on Android the sync is just not working. I synced it many times after I sycned on my desktop and it doesn't transfer the sites i visited recently but only part of them, maybe several pages. Seems like it has a mind of its own in that it transfer what it wants and what it doesn't it simply does not sync...
Help?

iSync is only for syncing to non-Apple mobile phones via a Bluetooth or USB connection, and does give an error message if it cannot sync to the device it it trying to sync to.
If you are syncing using MobileMe and not syncing with a non-Apple mobile phone, then this forum is not applicable to your problem.
The only connection iSync has with syncing to MobileMe is providing a button in its preferences which allows you to Reset Sync History...

Is it possible to sync multiple mobileme accounts onto the iphone, syncing ical calendars for these multiple mobile me accounts ?

I am trying to sync two mobileme accounts into my iphone and each account have different calendars ( all being with ical NOT CALDAV).
Now, my question is can I sync these different calendars, belonging to different mobileme accounts, into the iphone? please assist me on this matter.
Basically i want to have a work calendar to share with my colleagues and a personal calendar to share just with my friends and family.

You are correct. This used to work in the past although admittedly I haven't tried it for some time as it was of no direct use for my purposes.
If the goal is to see another MobileMe account's calendar(s) on your iOS device then an alternative would be to share the calendar(s) in question to yourself.
Example:
Assume you currently have MobileMe user account A on your iPhone.
Login to MM user account B with me.com which has the calendar you wish to have access to on your iPhone
Click on Calendars
Click on the Share button for the calendar you wish to see added to your iPhone.
Type in the MobileMe email address for MM user account A and set it for read & write access
Login to MM user account A on me.com
Go to calendars and accept the invitation to join the calendar you sent from MM account B
Go your iPhone (you may need to turn it on and off to make the calendars refresh ) and check your calendars, you should now have the other calendars added to your MobileMe account A's calendar
Note: You can repeat step # 3 for each of the calendars you wish to see on your iPhone.

How to sync iCal between iPhone and MacBookPro without MobileMe?

Hello,
How can I sync iCal between iPhone and MacBookPro without MobileMe?
I'm still using MobileMe, but I will stop soon.
I'm using my iPhone in India a lot to create new events or to add new contacts. At the end of the day I would like to able to sync it with my MacBookPro without using MobileMe. Internet Connection is often very bad in that area. The iPhone I only use without UMTS and all that Data Transfering stuff. Best for me would be to sync directly by wire or Bluetooth if possible. If you have a solution with and without Internet Connection, that would be very helpfull to me.

On the Mac, in iTunes with iPhone attached, click on the iPhone section. Go to the "info" tab. There you will see a list of items that can be synced. Make sure that "sync addressbook contacts" is checked, along with the appropriate choices under it.
Don't know what else to say, it works fine here.
Hope this helps.

Added calendar in iCal not synced to MobileMe

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
The server responded with
“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.
How can I add a new calendar to iCal that will sync with MobileMe?

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.

Missing a calendar in iCal after syncing with MobileMe....

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"You need to replace your calendar information on MobileMe." If this computer has the most current information, click replace. If the most current information is on another computer, click Fix Later and replace your information from that computer...
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Message was edited by: Peter Kaiser

Sounds like exactly the same problem I have. Have Black MacBook and iPhone 3Gs synced to MobileMe and everything works. I set up a White MacBook (both MacBooks are 10.5.8) with new HD, formatted, new install of Leopard, new application installs, ran software update until all are current, then ran Repair Permissions.
Then turned on MobileMe sync. Safari bookmarks, Mail, Contacts, etc all sync fine and near real time for changes. iCal on computer is completely blank--didn't even update the 4 named calendars. I reset iSync history and tried replacing data on computer with MobileMe content. Nothing. Then reset iSync history again and tried merging all data. This time it said there was over 3,000 calendar events to add. Sounded good. But nothing happened.
Looks like I can create a new event in iCal and it syncs to MobileMe, then delete in MM and it updates on MacBook. But zero existing events in MM show in iCal on MacBook, even when I edit one and resave it.
Update: I sent a message to Apple at www.apple.com/feedback.
Message was edited by: Rich Bullock

ICal not syncing w/ mobileme

iCal has stopped syncing with Mobileme. When I try to sync I get the error message "Calendars could not be synced due to inconsistent data. Confirm that your computer's data is valid, then reset Calendars on MobileMe in System Preferences." I have unchecked Calendars in Syst Prefs, synced, rechecked, and synced and it does not work. How can I resolve this and sync it?

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.

When I receive appointments by email and accept them they go into the enourage "on my mac" ical calendar which is not synced with mobileme. How do I change where appointments are put ?

When I receive appointments by email and accept them they go into the enourage "on my mac" ical calendar which is not synced with mobileme. How do I change where appointments are put ?
Or how can I choose where the appointment is put ?
I use the mobileme sync services so the ical calendars that are synced are those in the "[email protected]" group.
Please help !
Nick

Actually you can't drag the appointment to ano calendar - its says "You can’t make changes to this invitation., Only the organiser can change this event"
Also if you double click on the received appointment and open the window the only calendars shown that you can select are the 'on my mac" ones, and not the sync'd ones.
Any ideas welcome !!
Nick

Ical not syncing to mobileme after upgrade

upgraded to new mobileme calendar. i cannot get my calendar to show up in mobileme. i have already tried resetting and syncing from my computer to mobileme. stuff on my computer calendar still does not show up. it will sync from mobileme to the computer. so do i just do all my calendar stuff on mobileme from now on?

I've put everything over to my MobileMe account in iCal, restarted my computer, made sure my account info is correct in iCal for MM, and it's syncing, but it's SO SLOW I've been at this all day and it's synced maybe 1.5 calendars. They aren't big at all. The biggest calendar I have is about 150 events and it's a baseball schedule. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process? It doesn't seem like it should take this long!

ICal / MobileMe To Dos & iPhone syncing over mobile networks: Solution!!!

I have been after a solution to use the to do list in iCal on my Mac @ home and the MobileMe Calendar web page while at work & away from home AND have it sync OTA with my iPhone. There hasn't been a solution that I have found for this until now! I have tried Things and OmniFocus, but in my opionion they are both too bloated for my needs. I want a simple todo list with due dates, notes, priorities and URLs, that I can use on desktops as well as mobile. The iCal / MobileMe to do list is perfect for this, but until now there hasn't been a way to keep the same todo list on my iPhone and keep it in sync everywhere.
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Brilliant! The perfect solution for me, and only costing the price of the Appigo todo iPhone app!
If anyone would like more detail on how this was all done, let me know and I can go into more detail.
Just need to find something similar for note syncing now, and I'll be sorted.

Thanks for the excellent information on Appigo ToDo and Sync. This is great way to fulfill the unexplainable absence of this feature from Apple's own application suite (MobileMe, iCal, To Do items).
I downloaded Sync and the iPhone app. Configuration was a snap. I'm still working from a trial membership of MobileMe...with this feature working I'm just about ready to pony up and get a full membership.

Sync issues with iCal/MobileMe/Google

Seems like I've come across something rather sticky....
History
I have a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 3G. For the first few months of having the phone, syncing worked like a charm... no complaints. I then decided that I needed to get my Appointments etc up online for my colleagues to view as I travel out of the office so went into my Google account and activated the calendar feature, adding GoogleMail as a new calendar in iCal. No problems so far.
Things seemed to work fine for a little while. A few weeks later (or long enough that I didn't see any correlation), my iPhone sync reverted back to an earlier state of my iCal calendars, including deleting a couple of new calendars I'd added in the meantime. Nothing was affected on my laptop btw. Google had gone completely berko as well. So basically no new additions in iCal were turning up on my phone.
I then thought, hey I'll try out MobileMe and see if that solves things. Answer = nope. After setting up the account on the iPhone, this old "ghost" calendar decided that it would also sync to MobileMe as well as the iPhone. When I added new things online or on the iPhone, they would both update each other, but never iCal on the laptop.
So I'm sitting here today pretty much over it, trawling the net for answers. I come across a post that says to simply delete the following folder: user/library/calendar - btw i did backup before i did this!
I do this, empty trash, then reopen iCal. Blank Canvas!
And then, after about 20 secs, the old "ghost" calendars pop up out of nowhere, with everything intact from about 2 months ago. I turn off airport, disconnect ethernet and repeat the process. Same thing happens... so somewhere on my laptop is a buried file that is finding it's way into iCal, and also overwriting all sync data just for iCal. Address Book and Mail seem to be doing just fine with MobileMe.
The reason I guess why I think it's Google interfering (wouldn't be the first time) is that it's the odd one out when the "ghost" returns... I would've thought that deleting the Calendars folder would wipe everything out, but I'm sure when I went through the original GoogleMail thingy, it would've buried something somewhere at the time.
So any help would be greatly appreciated. It really is driving me absolutely batty!!
Cheers

And it looks like I've just answered my own question!!
Just found this post online, followed all the steps, rebooted, sign out then signed back in to MobileMe, re-registered the laptop and Bob's-your-uncle.
So if anyone needs help, just follow these easy steps....
The report shows that you have some data corruption. You should be able to resolve this by resetting Sync Services:
* Open iSync (in /Applications)
* Go to preferences
* Click Reset Sync History
* Try syncing again
If that fails to resolve the issue, try replacing the database:
* If you haven't done so lately, make a backup of your iCal calendars (iCal File menu > Back up iCal)
* Quit out of all open programs
* Make sure that nothing is syncing (Spanning Sync, .Mac, iSync)
* Move these two folders to the trash:
~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices (~ refers to your home directory)
~Library/Application Support/iSync/SyncLocalCopy (~ refers to your home directory)
* Restart
* Open iCal and give it a few minutes to write out the new database
Please let us know if that doesn't address the problem or you have other questions.
That didn't work in my case, so I ran another report (contained within the Spanning Sync Application) and sent it to them a second time. What they suggested next fixed the problem for me.
I'm still seeing the same errors in the new report. Lets try clearing your calendar cache:
* Quit out of iCal if it's open
* Delete this file:
~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Cache
(~ refers to your home directory.)
* Delete the contents of this folder:
~/Library/Calendars/Calendar Sync Changes/
(~ refers to your home directory.)
* Open iCal
* Wait at least five minutes until after it finishes "Upgrading Calendars"
* Sync!

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