iCal wont sync due to inconsistent data

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iCal wont sync due to inconsistent data

I get an error message saying... Calendars could not be synced due to inconsistent date. Confirm that your computers data is valid *+(not sure how to do this)+* then reset Calendars on .Mac in system preferences. *+( I have done this and had no luck)+*
I have also gone into isync and reset my sysc history and then re-synced... having all my computer data be replaced by the .Mac data. i get the same error.

I have 3 machines that should all be synced. I have just done a clean install on all machines in the following order:
a mac mini, a Powermac G5, and my Macbook. The macbook is the problem machine. the other 2 systems are synced perfectly.

Any advice?

Macbook CD 2.0, 2GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Oct 27, 2007 10:26 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2007 10:44 AM in response to Christopher Dolan

Figured it out...
on my G5 i reset the .MAC data with the G5 data... the I went to my MacBook and i reset the macbook data with the new .MAC data...

ALL IS GOOD NOW!

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Answer 2

LukeXI

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10 points

Oct 27, 2007 6:30 PM in response to Christopher Dolan

Well done sir! This worked for me too.

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Answer 3

NMAL

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Oct 28, 2007 12:14 PM in response to Christopher Dolan

Thanks! This worked for me as well.

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Answer 4

Nov 7, 2007 7:41 AM in response to Christopher Dolan

Not working for me... Even when I tried to reset .Mac with info from Mac. 😟

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Answer 5

Nov 8, 2007 9:33 AM in response to John Chen

Nor for me...I even deleted this 'Synch Services' folder in ~/library/Application Support and it still gens the same message. What's crazy is that this is only on one account. Another account on the same machine works fine, as does my MacBook....and yes I do have the family pack 😉

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Answer 6

Dec 2, 2007 3:26 AM in response to Christopher Dolan

I tryed, reseting .mac with all the data ion my macPro, and then reset the Powerbook with all ne data, but no luck here.

Any other idea's besides clean install of Leopard

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Answer 7

hagbo

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Dec 2, 2007 9:31 AM in response to Patrick Savelberg (Private)

A clean install of Leopard didn't help me.
I have a Macbook Pro with now clean installed Leopard and a Macbook with Tiger. The sync with dotMac didn't work due to inconsistent data. I tried it twice.
Who has any idea? I importet every single calender in the ical of the Macbook Pro. Even after that the sync didn't work due to inconsitent data. Whatever that means, because both ical work fine just can't be synchronized.
Any help would be great!!!

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Answer 8

cos mac99

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Dec 3, 2007 2:58 PM in response to Christopher Dolan

same here. I have 4 Macs, all have Tiger. After I upgraded 1 of them to Leopard, all ability to sync the other 3 was gone. I have tried resetting .Mac data with the data from the Leopard Mac, that did not work. I tried resetting .Mac with data from the Tiger Mac, that did not work. I've been on hold with Apple Support for 1 hour and counting... You think they would have tested this.

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Answer 9

Dave Sag

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Dec 7, 2007 5:50 PM in response to hagbo

I suffered the same - see a possible solution here though http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1215916&tstart=0

apparently you must have TimeMachine running to be able to sync calendars. mmhm

dave

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Answer 10

Dec 8, 2007 9:53 AM in response to Christopher Dolan

add me to the multitude who can't get iCal to sync. I went inot sys pref and tried removing the computers from sync and resetting them, didn't work... any other ideas would be helpful, but it looks like this needs to be debugged on Apple's end...

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Answer 11

Dec 11, 2007 2:03 PM in response to Faveuncle

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301378

I reset my computers on .Mac, THEN followed the procedure on the above link... it seems to have worked...

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Answer 12

Edd2

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Jan 20, 2008 10:25 PM in response to Christopher Dolan

Dude,

Thanks!!!
I did two clean installations on my 2 MBPs to leopard starting Friday night and Finishing tonight. I opted to not migrate data because I wanted to leave all my messy Tiger stuff and start again.

My first MPB must be the dominant one on .Mac because

MBP-2 >> .Mac >> MPB-1 didn't work .. if it weren't for your reply I wouldn't have tried the other way around and would have just given up until next weekend.

Thanks.

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