Q: Reminders and Calendar are not syncing with iCloud on our Mac Pro after upgrade to El Capitan
Reminders and Calendar are not syncing with iCloud on our Mac Pro after upgrade to El Capitan. On all the other machines everything is working flawlessly.
On the Mac Pro I am able to see the iCloud group in Calendar, but it stays empty. When I switch to WIFI connection from ethernet I get the following error message:
"Your calendar couldn’t be refreshed.
Calendar couldn’t connect to cal.me.com. Make sure you’re connected to the Internet, and then try again later."
Can anyone help?
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11), Server 5.0.4
Posted on Oct 2, 2015 1:55 PM
Hi Stephan!
Losing all your calendars after upgrading is a bit of a shocker, isn't it! Well possibly good news for you here. I fixed mine relatively easily by wiping the data from the Calendar app on my Mac and replacing it with my Calendar data on the Cloud. I did this by deleting my main iCloud account from "Internet Accounts" in "System Preferences", then adding it back in after a Restart. Worked for me!
Now Stephan, I don't mean to teach you to suck eggs but how to do it step-by-step is:
1. VERY IMPORTANT: Go online to your iCloud account and make sure your calendar looks right on the Cloud. If it does, continue. If not, restore from a back up from before it went wrong then do the following. Crucial that your Calendar's iCloud data is right as this is what is going to be replacing the calendar on your Mac.
2. Go to "System Preferences", then "Internet Accounts", then delete your main iCloud account by clicking on the "-" button at the bottom of the Accounts list on the left.
3. You'll be asked whether you want to delete and/or store the data for the apps listed on the right. Assuming that your online Calendar looks right, keep copies of everything EXCEPT CALENDAR because it will save time later. As for your Calendar data, It will say that you have a copy of your Calendar data on the Cloud so do you want to save a copy or delete it so just go ahead and delete the copy on your Mac.
4. Your iCloud should be disappear from the list but will say that mine didn't. It stayed in the list but greyed out and gave me an error code. However, it was gone from the "iCloud" window in "System Preferences" which was good, so ignored the error, quit all apps, shut down all windows and restarted my Mac.
5. When it wakes back up, go back to "System Preferences", "Internet Account" and add your iCloud account back in there by clicking on the "+" button at the bottom left and adding your account information back in via the iCloud button at the top right. Note: For me, it was still on the list but greyed out and labelled "Inactive" but the next step worked anyway... It told me the account was already there, I said ok, then it changed from greyed out back to normal type and put itself back at the top of the list of Accounts on the left.
8. Finally, click on your iCloud account in the list on the left and turn all the apps back on in the righthand column, including Calendar. Give it a couple of minutes to put all the data back where it should be and "Voila!", your calendar should have downloaded ALL your information back from the Cloud!
Good luck and let me know how you get on!
Andy (O:
Posted on Oct 2, 2015 11:02 PM