Unresolved discrepancies involving iCal .Mac Sync process

Hey Gang,
Without luck I've tried these steps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1200?viewlocale=en_US
And these steps:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6405071&#6405071
And unfortunately syncing calendars between my MacBook Pro, .Mac and my wife's MacBook has been on the fritz since at work we recently migrated to a groupware suite called Zimbra, which encompasses e-mail, contacts, calendars. Hmph.
Curiously, in my recent problem solving attempts, I discovered my web-based .Mac contacts and bookmarks aren't accurately syncing either. Does anybody even use web-based .Mac bookmarks? LOL.
Before dragging my entire issue onto the mat, are there folks out there who have encountered and have been able to solve the problem?
Thanks!
John

I think my problem has something to do with the entries here:
iCal > Preferences > Accounts >
That's where Zimbra puts my work CalDav account. My Zimbra calendars appear in their own Group in the sources pane of iCal. I tried deleting the Zimbra account to see what happens but it looks like Zimbra puts its account right back in there at the time of my next Sync. I'm not sure how that part works. So it appears as if there might be a conflict between iCal Groups and .Mac syncing...
Thoughts anyone?

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Thre facts:
I have a TREO600, a desktop mac, and a powerbook, both running Tiger 10.4.4.
Due to some other problems with syncing the TREO, I have purchased the Missing Sync from MarkSpace, and that works very well to sync the palm with the desktop.
I started syncing my two computers with .mac lately, and I have nothing but trouble. Nearly every sync throws up some conflicts, often about events that have long passed. I went through the long list of conflicts EVERY time this happens, but iSync seems to complain about new conflict nearly everytime I sync.
Moreover, it seems to duplicate certain (but not all) events on my iCal after it has synced with .mac.
This is super annoying. I have seen that there are many different posts on duplication already, but none of them seem to match my problem, though there definetly seems to be a general problem with iSync not being very good at checking for duplicates.
Any ideas how to solve this?
thanks,
marc

Because you are running the Missing Sync for Palm OS in a Mac OS X 10.4 or later environment, the synchronization of your data is a separate process controlled by .Mac Sync. In order to correct the issue, you should perform a reset, replacing all of the records on .Mac with the records from iCal and the Address Book, which should, incidently, be contemporaneous with your Treo 600 smartphone.
To do that, launch System Preferences and select the .Mac pane. Press the Advanced tab, then the Reset Sync Data… button in the lower left corner of the dialog box. Reserve the default directional data transfer from .Mac to your machine by pressing the right-facing arrow beneath the .Mac icon. This will shift directional flow so that data moves from your computer to the .Mac servers. You can keep the Replace: All Sync Data value in the drop-down menu above, or choose to synchronize only one data type [Calendars or Contacts] by selecting the appropriate value. If you synchronize them separately, you must repeat this process for the other data type.
This event will transfer a complete set of records from iCal and the Address Book to the appropriate storage locations on the .Mac servers, replacing the non-matching data currently stored there. It will not affect your continued use of the Mark/Space Contacts, Events and Tasks menu, and will not change the data stored on your handheld the next time you synchronize.

ICal crashes on startup after .mac sync

iCal now crashes upon startup. I tried to sync using .mac. During the sync process with .mac, iCal unexpectedly quit in the background. Now, each time I start up iCal, it crashes about 5 seconds after launching. I notice that each time I try to restart it, there are about 5 more colorful calendars all unnamed, on the left side of the window. Coincidentally, I have 5 calendars that I have created, all named of course. Each time I start, there are 5 additional unnamed calendars. I tried clicking on one of these calendars quickly before iCal crashed. I can actually delete one calendar after the other without iCal crashing for a period of time longer than 5 seconds. As long as I continue to delete these automatically formed, unnamed calendars, iCal will not crash. Once I am done deleting them, 5 seconds later, iCal will crash.
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By quickly setting my preferences to NOT synchronize calendar with other computers using .mac before it could crash, which took about 5 tries, and then deleting all of the new mailboxes that it automatically created AND deleting all existing mailboxes, I was able to prevent iCal from crashing.
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The fundamental issue here with synchronizing your calendaring data is that the iPhone, and its iTunes interface to the synchronization framework, are not intended by Apple to be synchronized to more than one Macintosh desktop or portable machine. This is true of all Mac OS X synchronization processes: a device like an iPhone is not meant to serve as a 'data carrier' between computers, and places your data at substantial risk.
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Anyone experiencing the same problem?
Any ideas?

Two different problems here:
Try one at a time:
Quit iCal. Delete iCal preferences in your User Library: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist ( you'll have to reset iCal prefs after)
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2 Macs, 1 iCal - Not syncing

I am at a loss. I've had to reset my .mac sync a number of times (had problems with iDisk and key chain). All is working except iCal. My home iCal doesn't keep updated to my work one. I have unauthorised my macs several times (and delted out .Mac stuff). Deleted ~/library/calendar and /app support/ical. Try and sync with a .mac overwrite but get a message that there are inconsistencies, reset from iCal. I have reset from my work iCal but home just won't do anything. I am stuck as to what to do.
Anypone got any ideas?
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20/02/2008 22:42:25 iCalExternalSync[1730] [ICalExternalSync ]Error: sync failed with: Unacceptable type of value for to-one relationship: property = "event"; desired type = CalManagedEventEvent; given type = CalManagedTask; value = <CalManagedTask: 0x24429f0> (entity: Task; id: 0x2442f70 <x-coredata://B4A4A372-00BA-4F7B-977A-D4CE26AC774B/Task/p1533> ; data: {
alarms = (
attachments = (
calendar = 0x245480 <x-coredata://B4A4A372-00BA-4F7B-977A-D4CE26AC774B/LocalCalendar/p5>;
completedDate = nil;
creationDate = nil;
dateStamp = 2008-02-20 22:42:25 +0000;
deleteSyncRecord = 0;
dropBoxLocation = nil;
dueDate = 2008-05-30 00:00:00 +0000;
hasAlarm = 0;
hasAttachment = 0;
hasDropBox = 0;
localUID = "local_1B6B98EF-EC7D-45BF-BE88-98EDB967967C";
notes = nil;
omitSyncRecord = 0;
order = 0;
path = "/Users/francisbrand/Library/Calendars/EA20BE7D-E8C";
priority = nil;
sequence = 0;
sharedUID = "BA679973-B450-4509-B0D0-47700B4585B6";
title = "Organisers' Meeting";
url = nil;
urlString = nil;
20/02/2008 22:42:25 com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer[1696] 2008-02-20 22:42:25.576 iCalExternalSync[1730:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]Error: sync failed with: Unacceptable type of value for to-one relationship: property = "event"; desired type = CalManagedEventEvent; given type = CalManagedTask; value = <CalManagedTask: 0x24429f0> (entity: Task; id: 0x2442f70 <x-coredata://B4A4A372-00BA-4F7B-977A-D4CE26AC774B/Task/p1533> ; data: {

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Hi Tayfit -
I searched this question and found a solution that worked for me on another forum here. I use OS 10.6.8 on an iMac with Intel Core, and an iPhone 4. I do not wish to use iCloud for syncing either. I had many duplication problems when I attempted to use iCloud, in contacts and in ical, so I deleted for days and dropped the iCloud. My iPhone does seem to sync with iCal on the iMac, but the iMac calendars didn't all sync with the iPhone. I use iTunes to sync. Here is what I did:
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I keep two computers synced via .Mac. Until just recently there's been no problem. My PowerBook runs its normal sync routine (and syncs properly with my Palm). When I try then try to sync my iMac it doesn't work, and this error message comes up:
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http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957
It is triggered though, by an issue involving iSync and your Palm device. iSync creates a default Unfiled calendar, into which all Palm-created events are transferred each time you synchronize. This particular iSync feature has behaved inconsistently since the evolution of iSync 1.5 to iSync 2, and subsequent releases have not corrected the strange behavior it sometimes exhibits. Your issue is an extension of those behavioral problems.
Assuming that the error message appears on your iMac, which is synchronized with .Mac Sync but to which you do not synchronize your Palm device, then you need to reset your synchronization data by opening the System Preferences application on your Powerbook and execute these steps:
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• press the Replace button
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Here's my situation, I've been a long time Palm user, and fairly recently (within a year) a new Mac user. I've always used the Palm Desktop on my PC in the past. I've had a Palm Vx for years, and fairly recently (within a year) I bought a Palm Zire 72 and a Sony Ericsson S170a cell phone. I also have an iPod Photo.
I really would like to sync up my address book, calendars, memos, maybe even photos, with all my devices. I tried using iSync, but nothing seam to work right, so I tried a million things, now everything is messed up.
For right now, I'm just trying to get my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the correect times, alarms, colors, and groups).
I'm really frustrated with trying to get the mac's iCal, the palm pilot, the phone to all have the same calendar info. I really like iCal, and the mac address book, and how well it works with the mail app. As well as subscribing to shared iCals. Especially the holiday ones! I use to have to enter all that info by hand, and have them "other" repeater. The Palm Desktop software's calendar and address book is pretty clunky compared to the Mac apps, or even the Palm Desktop for the PC. But everything is messed up now. I even tried the "missing sync" software and it messed it up even worse.
Several of my cal events are now GONE from iCal, my Palm Pilot, and my Phone! Many of them have duplicates, some have wrong times. Some have right groups, some don't. The ones that do have right groups, don't have any colors applied to them. If I create certain calendars on the mac and sync with the palm, the groups do not come over. If I create them on the Palm, the groups don't come over on the mac. Getting the colors/groups to match, and all 3 items to sync all at once is a nightmare as well. There were a million conflicts, and chose the correct ones, but some of them would NOT let me pick the one I wanted, it would just keep on saying "conflict".
What would AT LEAST get me back to the original info on the Palm and the Mac would be to restore from my Palm Desktop software, but I can't get to that because it looks like the missing sync software has messed the conduit/hot sync manager up. I can no longer get to my Palm Desktop condiut settings. I'd re-install the palm software to get it back, but I will probably loose all the data stored in Palm Desktop. This is the ONLY place that has the correct info right now. I'm varry warry about loosing that information. I use to have the PC copy, and the Palm Copy, and it was all right. The Palm Desktop has an import/export feature, but it doesn't seam to carry all the info (like notes attatched to cal events).
Also, has anyone tried to RESTORE a Palm Pilot not using the Palm Desktop software? When I had to reset my Palm, I tried using iSync or even missing sync to get all my apps, settings, calendars, address books, everything, but it never put the info back on the Palm. This info was always restored with Palm Desktop.
And let's just say I DO get back all my calendar items back into the Palm, and the Palm Desktop software up and running correctly. What is the proper way to do what I was trying to do in the begining? Which was "just have my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the right times, alarms, colors, and groups)." I don't seam to have too many problems with contacts. Except work/home fields seam to swap all the time.
What I'm running:
G4 PowerMac w/ Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.3)
Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8)
Missing Sync (v5.0.3)
Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1)
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iPod Photo 60GB
G4 PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.3) Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8), Missing Sync (v5.0.3), Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1), Sony

Where to start? Maybe with some background about the synchronization process.
What Apple hasn't explained outside of the developer community is that you are not actually synchronizing applications [like iCal or the Address Book] or servers [like .Mac] or devices [like your mobile handset or a Palm organizer] when you initiate a synchronization. What you are really doing is triggering an interaction with one or more of these and the SyncServices engine, which maintains what is termed the 'truth database'—or simply, the 'truth'—to which is pushed, or from which is pulled, the current state of data maintained in fields and records for one or more specific data types. Because of the way this process works, it is not necessary to have all synchronized devices available or attached when a synchronization event occurs.
You can synchronize your SONY Ericsson S710a, a process which exchanges the most current data maintained in the truth with it, and hours later, plug in your iPod, an action which will trigger iTunes to pull the latest data from the truth and write it to the iPod, updating your contact and calendaring records. The same is true for other applications, servers and devices.
While it all seems clumsy and confusing, it is actually a huge step forward in making synchronization nearly automatic, almost transparent, and virtually mistake proof. It's clear that there is some distance to go before those objectives are achieved, but SyncServices is actually a huge improvement over the prior synchronization technology in iSync 1.5 and earlier.
That said, there are bugs in SyncServices, and in the applications written by several developers to take advantage of it, along with issues in at least iCal, and probably the Address Book, that complicate what you are trying to achieve. It's possible to do, and once working, should work nearly flawlessly. But, it takes some planning to get there.
First, a word about backing up your data. It's a good idea to periodically back up contact and calendaring records using the facilities built into iCal and the Address Book which appear in the File menu of each application. These options make easily restorable local snapshots of your data. Should something go terribly wrong with a synchronization event, you can immediately restore your iCal or Address Book data from these files. In addition, it's a good idea to have a more comprehensive backup plan in place, using Backup and .Mac, Backup and rewritable media, and so on.
To synchronize photos, music and other media files, you'll need to use the Missing Sync for Palm OS. iSync just does not support anything beyond contact, calendaring and task data. To begin the process, you should simplify your device pool, initially concentrating only on getting a complete, accurate set of contact, event and task records pushed to the truth from the Address Book and iCal, and onto your Palm.
You will have to take an inventory of where the best records reside, and insure that you get them into iCal and the Address Book before attempting to synchronize your Palm, because to do it properly, initially, you will have to overwrite the data on your Palm, replacing it with records from iCal and the Address Book. If you're going to edit them by making additions, changes and deletions, perform all of those in iCal and the Address Book until you have synchronized your Palm device or devices with them. Backup before performing the initial synchronization, and be sure to overwrite each Palm device the first time.
If you want a historic snapshot of the data on either Palm device before doing this, first follow the instructions provided by Mark/Space to use the standard Palm conduits instead of Mark/Space Contacts, Events and Tasks, and be sure to set each Palm conduit to Palm overwrites handheld in order to transfer the data from your Palm Vx and Zire 72 to the Palm Desktop. Once there, those records can be exported as vCard and vCal files, and easily imported into the Address Book and iCal if you wish to do that. Edit them as you see fit, once they have been transfered. If you elect to do that, you must thereafter turn off these Palm conduits and reconfigure the Missing Sync to use the Mark/Space conduits, again choosing to have your computer replace the contents on each Palm device on the first synchronization.
Once you've achieved a 'balance' with the records in iCal, the Address Book and your handheld organizers, you can reset the records on your mobile handset. iSync alone performs this function, and later synchronization events with your SONY Ericsson S710a will always be manually triggered, and performed using iSync, not the Missing Sync. Reset once, and subsequently synchronize.
Anything else you want to add to the mix—.Mac Sync, for example—you can then add, initially performing a reset of your .Mac data, then subsequently synchronizing.
Synchronization of your iPod is handled by iTunes and only pulls data from the truth, so it need not be reset, as it cannot write changes to the truth which would adversely affect your other devices.

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