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Reid Stairs


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Every time I sync my iPad with Mac it adds a set of duplicated calendars with my email address attached.. Eg. I have a 'work' calendar and it adds a duplicate called work(xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx)
Then I have to manually delete them all. What's up with that and how do I change it?
 
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You have BOTH "on my Mac" AND "iCloud" or "MobileMe checked when you sync.

If you're on iCloud, just uncheck all references to the local calendars.
 
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chas_m said:
You have BOTH "on my Mac" AND "iCloud" or "MobileMe checked when you sync.

If you're on iCloud, just uncheck all references to the local calendars.
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Hi,
I too was having this problem. I unchecked the "on my Mac" calendar on my iPhone and it deleted some recent additions that I had put into iCal on my iMac and synched over iCloud. My problem has been that iCloud will sync iCal just one way; if I add an appointment to Calendars in my iPhone it doesn't sync it to iCal on my iMac and is hit and miss the other way.

Some points:
I don't have Mail syncing over iCloud
I still have some remnants of my Mobile Me account kicking around in my iMac which was a confusing disaster in my opinion, and I deleted the account off my iPhone after iCal problems.

Do you know whether these points would have anything to do with my current predicament because to be honest, since I uploaded iOS5 and went iCloud 4 days ago I am less than impressed and am beginning to think I would be better off without it?

EDIT Apologies, should I have upgraded to Lion first also?
 
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chas_m said:
You have BOTH "on my Mac" AND "iCloud" or "MobileMe checked when you sync.

If you're on iCloud, just uncheck all references to the local calendars.
Click to expand...

Thanks. It worked. I was just nervous about unchecking 'on my mac' ... afraid it would somehow eliminate all my calendars. I guess I just have to trust the cloud! :\
 
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pendlewitch said:
Hi,
I too was having this problem. I unchecked the "on my Mac" calendar on my iPhone and it deleted some recent additions that I had put into iCal on my iMac and synched over iCloud. My problem has been that iCloud will sync iCal just one way; if I add an appointment to Calendars in my iPhone it doesn't sync it to iCal on my iMac and is hit and miss the other way.

Some points:
I don't have Mail syncing over iCloud
I still have some remnants of my Mobile Me account kicking around in my iMac which was a confusing disaster in my opinion, and I deleted the account off my iPhone after iCal problems.

Do you know whether these points would have anything to do with my current predicament because to be honest, since I uploaded iOS5 and went iCloud 4 days ago I am less than impressed and am beginning to think I would be better off without it?

EDIT Apologies, should I have upgraded to Lion first also?
Click to expand...

Answer to my own question about Lion is YES I should have upgraded. I did last night and everything is more manageable and syncing is good.
 

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