Transfer macbook pro addresses to ipad?

Question

I've been told that I can transfer my address book and calendar from MacBook Pro (10.6.8) to my iPad (6.1.2), but I've had no luck so far. When I go to itunes, it tells me that calendar and contacts are being transferred by air with icloud. I don't have icloud on my MacBook, and the items that are being transferred are facebook type things or contacts from facebook. What do I need to do?

Answer 1

Getting closer is great and being able to sync the password across devices says that you're almost there. Yes, you will need to upgrade to at least 10.7 for the iCloud sync to work like you're looking for it to. Don't allow the past issues of others to discourage you from doing this. You have to understand that there are millions of Apple device users in the world and just a small hand full occasionally have issues. Moving to 10.7 should resolve all of this. HAVE FAITH!! lol
If you decide not to upgrade to 10.7, you can try the following as I know of a few people who have done this successfully.
Open iCal in Snow Leopard (if is up to date, it should be Version 4.0.4 (1395.7).
Select 'Preferences' from the iCal Menu.
Go to the Accounts tab.
Click the + sign to add a new account.
Select the 'CalDAV' option under the Account type.
Enter your 'User name' which is your iCloud .me email address.
Enter your iCloud 'Password'.
Now comes the tricky part; the 'Server address'. See below.
It will be of the form pXX-caldav.icloud.com (the XX would be numbers of the dedicated server). I was able to determine this value by sending an invite to another one of my other email accounts and clicking the 'Accept' button. This will open the reply in a web browser. If you look at the long URL, at the end there is a pXX value and that's the dedicated server.
Once that is done, the calendar will show up iCal. However, a few minor updates will need to be done so that it behaves just like in Lion's iCal.
Click the 'Server Settings' tab for your new calendar and update the 'Server address' with your pXX-caldav.icloud.com.
Next you need to update the 'Server path'. The way that it was configured is based on the MobileMe configuration and it needs to be updated to the iCloud. The value that MobileMe has is/principals/users/1.XXXXXXXXXX/ (The XXXXXXX is the dedicated number for your account. Update the path to /XXXXXXXXXX/principal/.
Update the 'Port' to 443 and select the 'Use SSL' option if is not selected.
Restart iCal in Snow Leopard. The Calendar will refresh.