Import iCal Calendars into Entourage 2008?

[sbarrmed]

I have checked the "synch" buttons in Preferences in Entourage, but dates entered in iCal do not transfer into Entourage 2008. Is this possible? If so, how do I "synch" my calendars between iCal and Entourage so that all info is the same in both?

 

[Diane Ross]

I have checked the "synch" buttons in Preferences in Entourage, but dates
entered in iCal do not transfer into Entourage 2008. Is this possible? If so,
how do I "synch" my calendars between iCal and Entourage so that all info is
the same in both?

Entourage only syncs *one* calendar and matches it one-to-one to a calendar
in iCal (called Entourage). In order to see events created in iCal in
Entourage, you'll have to assign these iCal events to the "Entourage"
calendar that shows up in iCal itself.

See these pages for more help with Sync Services.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/syncservices/ical.html>
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/syncservices/>

 

[Gerd Bierbaumer]

I had the same issue, but it was resolved when I deleted all
"Entourage"-calenders in Ical and let ONLY ONE "Entourage"-calender in it.
Rgds Gerd

 

[Fred Davenport]

I am also having HUGE issues trying to get iCal and Entourage to sync properly.

Have one Entourage calendar in iCal.

Have checked & selected the Sync Services in Entourage and still NOTHING.

Why is something so simple, but yet very, very important to us users so incredibly hard to accomplish.

 

[William Smith]

I am also having HUGE issues trying to get iCal and Entourage to sync
properly.

Have one Entourage calendar in iCal.

Have checked & selected the Sync Services in Entourage and still
NOTHING.

Why is something so simple, but yet very, very important to us users
so incredibly hard to accomplish.

Hi Fred!

If you weren't aware already, only the iCal Entourage category will sync
with Entourage. If your iCal events aren't part of that category then
they won't sync to Entourage.

A set of steps that usually works for me:

1. In Entourage --> Preferences... Sync Services disable all syncing.
2. Open iSync from /Applications and select iSync --> Preferences... and
click the Reset Sync History button.
3. Wait about five minutes.
4. Return to Entourage and re-enable Sync Services. Allow Entourage to
overwrite other sync sources.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[AndyO]

I believe that Entourage is one of those enigmatic products that makes
the very difficult seem easy while the most mundane functions
frequently are difficult to impossible to take advantage of. Ever try
linking an event or action to a random contact? That's a lot of fun.

 

[Fred_Davenport]

Andy,

Thx much

Was that an answer or another slap at MS 2008?

Fred

 

[Michael S. McCollough]

Hi Fred!

If you weren't aware already, only the iCal Entourage category will sync
with Entourage. If your iCal events aren't part of that category then
they won't sync to Entourage.

A set of steps that usually works for me:

1. In Entourage --> Preferences... Sync Services disable all syncing.
2. Open iSync from /Applications and select iSync --> Preferences... and
click the Reset Sync History button.
3. Wait about five minutes.
4. Return to Entourage and re-enable Sync Services. Allow Entourage to
overwrite other sync sources.

Hope this helps!

Well, more logically, you would think syncing with iCal would mean that you
would not have to leave Entourage to look at your day. Nothing like
organizing Work and Home calendars then, hey, "Let's add another one called
Entourage" which says nothing about the events or anything about my day. Hm,
meeting tomorrow at 3pm, that seems like an "Entourage" meeting, let me put
it on my Entourge calendar.

I have used Windows office products for years, the quality of this product
is terrible compared to Office 2007. I can open documents with Mac Word 2008
that crash the program (specifically documents with tables in them and other
documents with HTML in them). The same documents in Word 2007 (Windows) work
fine. Most of the time, when I open Mac Word 2008, it will sit for almost a
full minute before the document opens and control is returned to the
application.

Macros? Don't even get me started on that. This is not Office for Mac, this
is an office type program for Mac. If you are going to make a cross-platform
product, you tend to want to make it somewhat similar on all platforms. I
have to have Office for Windows to do all of our business functions due to
VBA code in some of our Excel spreadsheets. I was really hoping I could
complete me switch. I can't even write the VBA code in applescript on my
computer and maintain the VBA code/Applescript code in the same document.
There is no way to work together in the Office with this product.

There is my once per decade complaint. I like my Mac a lot, but Office for
Windows is more mature, the Mac business unit needs to work more closely
with the Windows Office business unit, Entourage looks like something that
should be running on Gnome Linux.

 

[Ed Kimball]

Well, more logically, you would think syncing with iCal would mean that you
would not have to leave Entourage to look at your day. Nothing like
organizing Work and Home calendars then, hey, "Let's add another one called
Entourage" which says nothing about the events or anything about my day. Hm,
meeting tomorrow at 3pm, that seems like an "Entourage" meeting, let me put
it on my Entourge calendar.

I have used Windows office products for years, the quality of this product
is terrible compared to Office 2007. I can open documents with Mac Word 2008
that crash the program (specifically documents with tables in them and other
documents with HTML in them). The same documents in Word 2007 (Windows) work
fine. Most of the time, when I open Mac Word 2008, it will sit for almost a
full minute before the document opens and control is returned to the
application.

Macros? Don't even get me started on that. This is not Office for Mac, this
is an office type program for Mac. If you are going to make a cross-platform
product, you tend to want to make it somewhat similar on all platforms. I
have to have Office for Windows to do all of our business functions due to
VBA code in some of our Excel spreadsheets. I was really hoping I could
complete me switch. I can't even write the VBA code in applescript on my
computer and maintain the VBA code/Applescript code in the same document.
There is no way to work together in the Office with this product.

There is my once per decade complaint. I like my Mac a lot, but Office for
Windows is more mature, the Mac business unit needs to work more closely
with the Windows Office business unit, Entourage looks like something that
should be running on Gnome Linux.

I agree. Be sure to give your feedback to Microsoft through the Send
Feedback command on the Help menu or at
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx?product=entourage

 

[AndyO]

I guess I'll have to go with "B"

I've been using MS Office forever but I am earnestly trying to figure
out a way to move over to the Apple native apps. I'm tired of
wrestling with the MS products. One problem with that is that
Entourage really does a decent job of tying everything together,
particularly with its use of Projects which I use extensively. I am
currently beginning to experiment with a product called Bento which is
a Filemaker product that almost accomplishes what Entourage does.

 

[Diane Ross]

I
have to have Office for Windows to do all of our business functions due to
VBA code in some of our Excel spreadsheets. I was really hoping I could
complete me switch. I can't even write the VBA code in applescript on my
computer and maintain the VBA code/Applescript code in the same document.
There is no way to work together in the Office with this product.

VBA is coming back, but we will have to wait until Office 2010 is released.

In defense, but not an excuse, MacBU has been hit with major under the hood
work. The change from Classic to OS X and now the change to Intel. All of
this is work that does not add any new features or bug fixes. I understand
that they are increasing the staff at MacBU so hopefully we will see more
progress in a shorter time period.

In the mean time, be sure to send your feedback to Microsoft to let them
know you want to see more parity between versions.

Send feedback to Microsoft .

When working in Office, you can use the ³Send Feedback² option under the
Help menu in all of the Office applications or visit
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx>

 

[Fred_Davenport]

Diane,

Thank You. Appears you are saying that we need to wait for MS 2010 before the export/import/syncing of Entourage works the way we expect it to.

Planning on going back to iCal and Address Book for my calendar and contacts, so I can easily sync with my iPhone.

This is a real shame and disappointment that two tech/media giants do not provide us with easy syncing for our PDA's/iPhones/Blackberries/Treos

Fred

 

[Diane Ross]

Thank You. Appears you are saying that we need to wait for MS 2010 before the
export/import/syncing of Entourage works the way we expect it to.

No, I was saying VBA is returning in 2010. I'm confident the sync issues
will be ironed out in the near future. Hopefully the next Leopard update
will show a lot of improvement. You might not know, but Entourage 2008 now
uses Sync Services rather than it's own conduits.