I just wiped out my ENTIRE Entourage calendar syncing it with iCal. Please Help!

[tricia.okin]

Hey there. I'm using Entourage 2004 and I foolishly decided to try
syncing it with iCal using the Syncing pane in the Preferences Menu
pictured below.

http://www.trisho.com/mac/entourage_hell.jpg

When I opened iCal to have it sync there was a dialogue with three
choices and I chose the one that would have seemed to do the least
damage. I can't remember now. The problem is, it wiped out my ENTIRE
Entourage calendar. I didn't find this out until now when I brought
the computer out of sleep. The last 4.5 years are gone. Absolutely
nothing is there and the Office Notifications doesn't even start up.

Is there anyway to retrieve this at all? Can I rebuild the database or
something? Anything? The kicker is iCal isn't even showing my dates
from Entourage even though it started a new colour/calendar for it.

Please help!

Thanks so much,

t.o.


P. S. How do I post an image here?

 

[Diane Ross]

When I opened iCal to have it sync there was a dialogue with three
choices and I chose the one that would have seemed to do the least
damage. I can't remember now. The problem is, it wiped out my ENTIRE
Entourage calendar. I didn't find this out until now when I brought
the computer out of sleep. The last 4.5 years are gone. Absolutely
nothing is there and the Office Notifications doesn't even start up.

Is there anyway to retrieve this at all? Can I rebuild the database or
something? Anything? The kicker is iCal isn't even showing my dates
from Entourage even though it started a new colour/calendar for it.

Sorry, but once the data has been erased there is no way to retrieve.
Anytime you are using a new feature that can add/erase data it's always a
good idea to work with backups until you are familiar with process. From
what you are saying, you don't even have an old backup of your Entourage
data. I won't bother to chastise you as I'm sure you doing enough of that
for yourself.

Try reading " Basics for How Sync Services Works". The options are discussed
along with how the entire process works. Hopefully, that will clear up your
questions.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/sync_services_basics.html>