Why is synchronizing calendars such a pain

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Why is synchronizing calendars such a pain

For about 10 years I am in the Apple ecosystem and never ever found a way to synchronize my calendars in a neat, more or less intuitive and straight-forward way. Sometimes -after hours of trial and error- the synchronization between my Apple devices works .... until the next software update of IOS or MACOS. Then you know you have to start all over again to check which calendar data has been corrupted or is missing. Not to mention the events that occur 3 or 4 times in one day in 2 or more calendars.

I am using an iMac, iPhone and iPad and to be compatible with non-Apple devices I also use Google Agenda.

Posted on Dec 15, 2019 6:40 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Dec 15, 2019 7:13 AM in response to hanyvo

If you use iCloud synchronizing calendars is about the easiest thing to do, have you turned on iCloud on all of your devices and set it up? I have an iPad, iPhone, iMac, MacBook Air and can sync and my wife has a Mac mini, iPad & iPhone and we can easily sync all calendars across all of the devices.

Please refer to iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud

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Dec 15, 2019 7:34 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Hello,

Thanks a lot for your reaction and for sharing your experience with synchronizing calendars. I already use iCloud since it was possible to do so, and just checked the settings. Apart from Photos, Mail and Siri I already had set al the apps to use with iCloud. So no change needed, so far.

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rkaufmann87

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Dec 15, 2019 7:56 AM in response to hanyvo

Then the next step is to ensure they are all looking at the same calendars. For example on the Mac open Calendar, View, Show Calendar List and ensure the same calendars are checked on each device. Also ensure you want to just check your calendars (not a family member) ensure you are using the same Apple ID for all devices.

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hanyvo Author

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Dec 22, 2019 1:59 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Sorry for my late reply.

Thanks anyway for your hint which made me look at the calendars, whether they are looking through the same "window". They weren't. Synchronizing is done now with iCloud, and it looks like they are seeing each other now.

Hans

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Why is synchronizing calendars such a pain

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