Calendar: iPhone doesn’t sync with iCal or MobileMe

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Calendar: iPhone doesn’t sync with iCal or MobileMe

I’ve only had my iPhone a few days so forgive the question:
I’ve set up everything correctly (I think) and my Contacts and Calendars etc all sync’d to iPhone. However, I entered an event on my iPhone at 3 o’clock this afternoon, and neither my iCal calendar, nor the calendar under MobileMe have updated.
I’ve gone into MobileMe preferences and even clicked ‘Sync Now’ and now half an hour later still neither is showing this new event. I thought they were supposed to sync up every 15 minutes?
What might I be doing wrong?
Thanks,
Andy

Dual G5, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Oct 22, 2008 10:38 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 22, 2008 10:42 AM in response to Andrew Stewart4

Are you syncing contact information and calendar events direct with the Address Book and iCal on your Mac via the iTunes sync process, or do you have over the air syncing enabled for this data with your MM account settings on your iPhone?

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Answer 2

Oct 22, 2008 10:49 AM in response to Allan Sampson

Hi- I’m trying to sync ‘over the air’; I was under the impression that it all happens kind of automatically. My emails come through to my phone all day, so I assumed that Contacts and Cals would update ‘all by themselves’!

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Answer 3

Oct 22, 2008 10:58 AM in response to Andrew Stewart4

I realize what you are trying to do, but what are you doing in regards to syncing contact information and calendar events with your iPhone?

If you are syncing contact information and calendar events with the Address Book and iCal on your Mac via the iTunes sync process, this means you don't have over the air syncing enabled for contacts and calendars for your MM account preferences on your iPhone.

On your iPhone, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Select your MobileMe account.

Is Contacts and Calendars on?

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Answer 4

Oct 22, 2008 11:02 AM in response to Allan Sampson

On iPhone- Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Bookmarks are all turned on.

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Answer 5

Oct 22, 2008 11:04 AM in response to Andrew Stewart4

UPDATE:
The item has just appeared in my MobileMe calender on my Mac! (via Safari).
However, iCal still hasn’t updated.

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Answer 6

Oct 22, 2008 11:27 AM in response to Andrew Stewart4

UPDATE 2:
The event has just arrived in iCal as well now.
Seems a bit odd, as I entered the event into iPhone at about 3 this afternoon and it’s now 7:30pm. But it’s there now so I guess everything is set up as it should be - I haven’t touched anything. I’ll see how things go over the next couple of days.
Thanks for your help anyway!

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Answer 7

Oct 30, 2008 12:05 PM in response to Andrew Stewart4

I have the very same problem.
I got a G5 2*2GHz which does not show iCal changes from my iPod Touch, but they are visible on my Intel based MacBook Pro. How bisarre!
I have turned OFF the birthday iCal events since this has been known to cause locking of the iCal calendar. But now it still seems like iCal is not responding in the G5.

How many years do I have to wait for synching to work properly...???
(I got a MobileMe account with all devices turned on, but the iPod is not in the list)

Thanks ful for any suggestions.
Claes N.

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Answer 8

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Oct 31, 2008 11:10 PM in response to Andrew Stewart4

You might run through
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1672
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1865

Of course make sure you manually export your address book/ical/bookmarks/keychains before starting just in case things get strange. (help files have info).

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