Entourage-iCal sync services problems

[Larry McQueary]

Hi,

I seem to be having a problem getting the "Entourage" iCal calendar to show
up after I enable calendar syncing from Entourage. I am running MacOS 10.4.6
and Entourage 11.2.3 (060209) on a new dual-core Intel iMac.

I have tried various permutations/combinations of killing SyncServer,
deleting ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices, and unregistering my
iMac and replacing .Mac data with my computer's data (and vice versa!), and
of course checking/unchecking the sync preferences in Entourage.

I just cannot get that special eponymous/magical Entourage calendar to show
up in iCal. Hence I get no synching.

Anyone know how to start fresh (again)? It seems like Entourage is the
offender, but no matter what I do, I can't force it to recreate the
"Entourage" calendar in iCal.

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Larry

 

[Diane Ross]

I seem to be having a problem getting the "Entourage" iCal calendar to show
up after I enable calendar syncing from Entourage. I am running MacOS 10.4.6
and Entourage 11.2.3 (060209) on a new dual-core Intel iMac.

I have tried various permutations/combinations of killing SyncServer,
deleting ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices, and unregistering my
iMac and replacing .Mac data with my computer's data (and vice versa!), and
of course checking/unchecking the sync preferences in Entourage.

I just cannot get that special eponymous/magical Entourage calendar to show
up in iCal. Hence I get no synching.

Anyone know how to start fresh (again)? It seems like Entourage is the
offender, but no matter what I do, I can't force it to recreate the
"Entourage" calendar in iCal.

All suggestions welcome.

There is an iCal bug that has been reported where some or all calendars
don't show up in the Calendars list. The following steps (which reset iCal)
should fix the problem:

Disable calendar syncing in Entourage
Quit Entourage
Quit iCal

Delete:

~\library\preferences\com.apple.iCal.AlarmScheduler.plist
~\library\preferences\com.apple.iCal.helper.plist
~\library\preferences\com.apple.iCal.plist

Next delete the contents of

~\library\application suport\iCal

Relaunch iCal
Relaunch Entourage
Enable calendar syncing in Entourage

 

[Larry McQueary]

Thanks, but I had already visited the FAQ
(http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/sync_services_ical.html) before
posting.

Unfortunately, I have followed that precise set of steps numerous times and
my Entourage calendar in iCal fails to re-appear.

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Larry