Transferring iCal files directly from one computer to another

HI,
I like to transfer files directly from my work computer to my home computer over the internet or using a flash drive. According to the support page, there should be .ics files in the Library>Calendars folder that can be transferred. I modified iCal yesterday, but there are no files in the Library> Calendars folders! Any suggestions on where they may be. It seems strange that you HAVE to have a mobileme account to transfer your calendar this way.
Thanks for any help,
ellen and her cats

Wow, what a quick response! Thanks, Limnos. I guess it was bleeding' obvious, and I should have thought of it before. Such a simple solution!
On a related matter, I also have just realised that the iTunes iOS backups are saved on the internal computer drive in a folder called MOBILESYNC rather than on an external drive, thus chewing up a lot of capacity on my SSD. Others reading this response may be interested to know that it is easy to have iTunes save the iOS backups to any external drive using a symbolic link in this directory. Go to
http://support.digidna.net/hc/en-us/articles/203504123-Storing-your-iPhone-Backu ps-on-an-Alternate-Location
for the details.
However, note that iBooks will NOT let you use this work-around, pathetic app that it is.

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