iPod Nano Calendar Notes...

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iPod Nano Calendar Notes...

Hey,
I read the iPod nano guide.
And it said:
" To import appointments and other calendar events manually:
1) Export Calendar events from any calendar application that uses the standart iCalendar format (filenames end in .ics) or vCal format (filenames end in .vcs). "

What programs save their filenames in .ics or .vcs ?

Thanks. : )

Posted on Oct 4, 2005 2:54 PM

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Answer 1

Eva Figura Author

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Oct 4, 2005 2:57 PM in response to Eva Figura

Ooh...
And when i save a document (ending with .ics or .vcs),
Do i just copy paste it in the Calendar Folder that you see when you connect your nano?
Or do i have to get in on my iPod using iTunes ?

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Eva Figura Author

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Oct 4, 2005 4:12 PM in response to Eva Figura

Any one ?

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Answer 3

Oct 4, 2005 7:28 PM in response to Eva Figura

Hi Eva,

iCal exports to .ics format. As for .vcs, try the following link:

http://www.aarweb.org/other/vCalendar.asp

It looks like most scheduling software (include MS Outlook) will export to .vcs files. Not sure how to add them to the nano calendar, though.

I'm hoping some smart person will come along and enlighten us both. 🙂

Regards,

David

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starry

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Oct 4, 2005 11:13 PM in response to David Carlsen

yes, the .vcs ones are from outlook. the vcalendar format is the one i've seen from evite, opentable, etc. when i'm adding events to my calendar.

sounds like you are using a mac though. because my nano has dumped events when i switch computers (i'm switching between two pc's, mind you), it might be worthwhile to use the ipod options menu in itunes to set which ical to sync to and to add all of your events to the ical directly (rather than dragging and dropping to your ipod).

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Answer 5

Oct 5, 2005 7:00 AM in response to Eva Figura

Hello again Eva,

I just created a work.ics file in iCal by exporting one of my calendars. I then copied it into the 'Calendars' folder on my nano. When I ejected the nano and went to calendars, a new calendar called 'work' showed up on the nano after a few seconds. It had all the appropriate appointments on it.

The catch is that the next time I went to sync my calendars, since 'work' wasn't checked in my prefs, it was deleted during the sync process.

Regards,

David

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Jeff--

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Nov 3, 2005 9:50 PM in response to Eva Figura

Barry posted this solution on another thread:

contact sync problems with iTunes you may be interested in the following fix:
I restored the Nano and downloaded iPodSync from http://www.ipod-sync.com/. I exported my outlook contacts as individual vCards.

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