Appointments sync 2 hours off

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Appointments sync 2 hours off

iCal ***** so bad in so many ways. I won't even get into the bizarre syncing issues that even the Genius Bar can't figure out. Right now my main problem is trying to sync appointments that actually show up at the correct time. For example, if I enter an appointment at 3pm on my laptop, then sync, it shows up as 1pm on my iPhone.

I recently moved - 2 hour time difference. I'm sure that's the problem. But my laptop and iPhone both show the same time. My laptop has the correct time zone in its settings and my iPhone, of course, uses localization and should know where I am.

Any ideas?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Jul 17, 2009 11:52 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 20, 2009 2:27 AM in response to ap0110

Hi.

Sorry I can't help, but just to comment that I'm having the same problem, only worse. My synced times appear 4 hours later in my iPod. My Macbook is set to 'Apple Europe' and my iPod is set to 'Berlin' where I work. Like you I recently moved. I was working in India (4 hours time difference!). Can anyone out there help!

Thanks

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Answer 2

Jul 20, 2009 2:53 AM in response to ap0110

Hi

I've just figured out how to solve the problem!

Open 'Settings' on your iPod, then 'Mail, Contacts, Calendars'. Scroll down to 'Calendars'. Open 'Time Zone Support'.(Make sure 'Time Zone Support' is 'ON'). Open 'Time Zone' and type in the city nearest to where you are. Make sure this is the same zone as your Mac. When you return to the iPod menu screen and open iCal there will be a short delay (spinning wheel) while the times are changed. The appointments should now show the correct time.

Hope this helps.

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Answer 3

ap0110 Author

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Jul 20, 2009 12:58 PM in response to davidp111

Nice work! That's sort of buried down in there. Thanks for finding it.

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