synchronizing iCal on several Macs

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Robert - 18 Oct 2006 17:19 GMT

I am running OS 10.3.9 with iCal 1.5.5 on a G3 B&W and OS 10.4.8 with
iCal 2.0.4 on a G4 iBook. Synchronizing is done thru .Mac which works
fine except that times do not match.

Appointments in iCal 1.5.5 are two hours earlier than in iCal 2.0.4 !!!
And some appointments start at the same time on both computers.
After publishing my calendar at .Mac I find other time differences.

In System Preferences both machines run in the same time zone.

What can I do to keep all calendars in sync?

TIA - Robert

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Warren Oates - 18 Oct 2006 19:05 GMT

> What can I do to keep all calendars in sync?

We keep one as a master, and do a backup, and then import it into the
other computers. It's a bit clunky, but it works.

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Robert - 19 Oct 2006 16:49 GMT

>>What can I do to keep all calendars in sync?
>
> We keep one as a master, and do a backup, and then import it into the
> other computers. It's a bit clunky, but it works.

Thanks for this solution, Warren.

I found that linking iCal to it's own time zone (Preferences > (Advanced

>) Turn on Time Zone Support) on each machine did the trick.

Now time on machine#1 = time on machine#2 = time on
ical.mac.com/user/calendar

Thanks again - Robert

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