ical & isync problems

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ical & isync problems

Hi I'm having issues with isync and/or ical. A few Days ago my ical just wouldn't work. Three hours with Apple support fixed that (the last agent sorted it out in 25 mins:-). I didn't do anything with it for a few days and now isync runs but takes minutes before it will respond to keyboard/mouse input and refuses to sync my phone, With an error that says "No writable calendars found:Before you can synchronize your calendars, you need to open a calendar application that supports synchronization and create at least one writable calendar." I've rest synch history, deleted devices, deleted and added new calenders to no effect. Before I get to Apple perhaps someones had this happen?

The System Messages Log shows the following:
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM iCalExternalSync[296] SyncServices precondition failure in [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM iCalExternalSync[296] [ICalExternalSync ]Encountered [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM iCalExternalSync[296] [ICalExternalSync ]NSException name:NSInvalidArgumentException reason:[ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].com.apple.iCal[293] 2008-03-10 09:59:03.802 iCalExternalSync[296:10b] SyncServices precondition failure in [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].com.apple.iCal[293] 2008-03-10 09:59:03.804 iCalExternalSync[296:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]Encountered [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:03 AM [0x0-0x1a01a].com.apple.iCal[293] 2008-03-10 09:59:03.806 iCalExternalSync[296:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]NSException name:NSInvalidArgumentException reason:[ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 9:59:41 AM [0x0-0x1b01b].com.apple.isync[302] 09:59:41.904 [iSync:302] ERROR (.active-object): Exception while awaking com.apple.typhoon.localCopySync from bootstrap:
10/03/08 9:59:41 AM [0x0-0x1b01b].com.apple.isync[302] : * -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: com.apple.ical.calendars.Node)
10/03/08 10:04:24 AM iSync[302] * -[NSCFArray initWithObjects:count:]: attempt to insert nil object at objects[0]
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM iCalExternalSync[339] SyncServices precondition failure in [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM iCalExternalSync[339] [ICalExternalSync ]Encountered [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM iCalExternalSync[339] [ICalExternalSync ]NSException name:NSInvalidArgumentException reason:[ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM [0x0-0x23023].com.apple.iCal 2008-03-10 10:04:57.125 iCalExternalSync[339:10b] SyncServices precondition failure in [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM [0x0-0x23023].com.apple.iCal 2008-03-10 10:04:57.127 iCalExternalSync[339:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]Encountered [ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema
10/03/08 10:04:57 AM [0x0-0x23023].com.apple.iCal 2008-03-10 10:04:57.128 iCalExternalSync[339:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]NSException name:NSInvalidArgumentException reason:[ISyncConcreteManager registerSchemaWithBundlePath:]: No schema bundle at /System/Library/SyncServices/Schemas/Calendars.syncschema

and

10/03/08 9:54:38 AM [0x0-0x12012].com.apple.isync[265] 09:54:38.264 [iSync:265] ERROR (.active-object): Exception while awaking com.apple.typhoon.localCopySync from bootstrap:
10/03/08 9:54:38 AM [0x0-0x12012].com.apple.isync[265] : * -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value (key: com.apple.ical.calendars.Node)

There's other stuff but I've copied what I think is relevant..

Help please?
Thanks!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2), 4GB, 250GB

Posted on Mar 9, 2008 4:19 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 18, 2008 9:45 AM in response to zeev1269

I've just got the exact same problem. Wish I could help...hope someone can

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Mar 18, 2008 3:37 PM in response to tobsenmilch

Hi
I solved it by trashing everything to do with iCal and iSync, reinstalling both, then restoring ~/Library/Application Support/iSync and ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices from a TimeMachine backup. The key seems to be in what's in ~/Library/Application Support/iSync and ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices; because iSync and iCal worked fine in another account on the same iMac.

Hope that helps somewhat.

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andas

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Mar 26, 2008 2:04 AM in response to zeev1269

Thanks zeev1269!
I tried your method, but felt lazy and did not want to do any reinstalls. I went back one day in time machine (I knew it worked then), restored and replaced the folders ~/Library/Application Support/iSync and ~/Library/Application Support/SyncServices. Afterwards it worked just as before. Make sure to keep a backup of your calender though in case something goes wrong.

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