iCal syncs between mobileme and iphone and ipad but not on my Mac. Help?

What operating system are you using?

It should have worked under that system. Do you have calendars listed under your MobileMe login name in the sidebar of iCal? if not, go to iCal Preferences>Accounts and see if your MobileMe account is listed there. If it isn't, see this page (don't worry about the fact that it's for Leopard) and follow the numbered steps at the bottom of the page:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4330

Only these calendars will 'sync' with MobileMe (in fact they are on MobileMe): 'On My Mac' calendars won't sync.

If you enter an event into one of these MobileMe calendars, when you have completed entering it do you see the rotating sync icon at the top of the sidebar (appears only for a brief time)? Does the event appear when you go to http://me.com/calendar?

If you enter an event at http://me.com/calendar does it appear in iCal (may take a few minutes)?

I understand that if you add an event on either mobile device it does appear at http://me.com?

If you enter an event into one of these MobileMe calendars, when you have completed entering it do you see the rotating sync icon at the top of the sidebar (appears only for a brief time)? Does the event appear when you go to http://me.com/calendar?

If you enter an event at http://me.com/calendar does it appear in iCal (may take a few minutes)?

You are not alone, I have the same problem, add or update from iphone or ipad and mobile me updates but not my imac or macair. add or update from imac or macair and it feeds throughout to all devices via mobile me.

Similar problem here but with a difference. My Macbook updates but my iMac does not. it is the one device that does not update.

I may have found the answer in another thread, folks. If I click on "Refresh All" the calendar on the iMac syncs. It worked here, anyway.

It's amazing how often I neglect to poke around in the enigmas of the menu bar menus. 😊 Starting there would have saved my morning.

After some discussions with mobile me chat support I have a elegant solution to the problem, to recap my problem was that mobile me ical was updating my iphone and ipad but not my macair or imac. To complicate the issue I also share some ical diaries with others who have add and update rights. The solution was on my imac to go to ical>preferences and delete the MobileMe account. Once deleted add the MobileMe account and all should be working correctly. I did find that you can not use the 1 minute update timer, with that set nothing happened, I am not sure why but suspect it could be some thing to do with my internet connection or clock, I did notice that with 5 minutes set it seems to actually be about 6 or 7 minutes for a new event to feed through to all locations. I have tested all my systems and some of the other users and all works as it should 🙂

Thank you for this elegant (if a bit bewildering) solution. Guess it needed a "fresh start".