Can you restore deleted iCal data?

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Can you restore deleted iCal data?

I just started a new job -- with a Mac. I'm a Mac newbie and I'm having all sorts of trouble. My biggest issue is that the woman I'm replacing kept all the data I need to do my job in iCal ... but it's all gone. It must have been accidentally deleted. Is there a way to restore it?

mini Mac, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Sep 6, 2007 8:40 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 6, 2007 12:47 PM in response to I_love_my_PC

Welcome to the discussions, I love_myPC.

Not much chance, unless there was a backup, or unless it was synchronised somewhere. You could try locating the folder Library/Application Support/iCal in your home directory and, with iCal not running, drag it to the desktop. Then restart iCal. If the data has not been deliberately deleted within iCal, it might be repopulated by SyncServices.

AK

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Answer 2

Nov 8, 2007 10:19 AM in response to Austin Kinsella1

I found this discussion by searching the forum. I lost all my calendar data, and my backup was 6 weeks old.

Upon opening calendar, all the event data was missing. The calendar was blank.

I dragged the Source folder to the desktop and restarted iCal. All the calendar data was recovered! Great tip!

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Nov 8, 2007 2:58 PM in response to Claude Thomas1

Where do you find the Source folder. I don't see that there is one and I can't even get a calendar to open.

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Answer 4

Nov 9, 2007 2:11 PM in response to segue

Close iCal. Click on your user name in the Finder. Then, open the following folders

/Library/Application/iCal/Sources

Drag the Sources folder to the desktop.

Restart iCal, and sync should restore your calendar, if there is data in the Sources folder.

Worked for me

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Answer 5

Dec 6, 2007 9:11 PM in response to Claude Thomas1

(Sorry for posting multiple places but I'm trying to figure this all out tonight...)
So, I also have a 6 or 7 week backup of my files so I might try this to restore 3 years of iCal enties. But, I also have iCal data from July 07 on the laptop and desktop. Somehow in .mac Sync, the server decided (???) to sync the wrong way or delete the old entries and -- stupid me -- I agreed to sync the more than 5%. Now everything prior to July 07 is missing.

My question is what will happen if I follow this advice and restore my iCal to what's on my external drive from 6-7 weeks ago? Will it replace the iCal contents currently there from July 07 onward? And will I be able to sync to the desktop that also has the July 07 onward entries?

Thanks!

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Answer 6

Dec 7, 2007 7:44 AM in response to Paul Gellert

UPDATE --
Well, now I'm in my office and my office iMac G5 Power PC G5 (3.1) running Tiger (10.4.11) has all my entries in iCal going back to June 2003.

Should I try to replace the .Mac data from this machine now? Will it work??
I wonder if .mac is what made the data disappear in the first place given some of the discussions here.

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