Transferring "On my Mac" calendars to "iCloud"

Ok, I must be really thick here, where is synchronisation in System preferences?

I go in to System prefs > iCloud > which then shows everything from "email" to "find my mac" ticked.

I untick "Calendars and reminders" (i get a warning that this will delete from my Mac) > ok.

I then log in to icloud which shows me a calendar icon with an empty calendar.

I go back to Systen preferences> iCloud> retick the box I unticked. I get a timer saying "setting up".

But after all this everything is still the same. My iCal works fine, synchs with my iPhone fine, but the calendar in icloud is still blank. Interestingly if I enter an appointment in the empty Icloud calendar, it immediately appears in my Ical on the Mac and on the Iphone. But still can't get all my current data in Ical/iphone i.e. appointments , birthdays into Icloud.

Just don't see a merge / synch option??

Help please?

Scoop

Daniel Ebeck wrote:

It wasn't working for me, but is now.

Open iCal.

Go to Sys Prefs >> iCloud.

Turn off Calendars.

Go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID.

Check that the calendars are not present.

Go back to Sys Prefs and turn Calendars back on.

Choose Merge.

Wait whilst it "Upgrades" your calendars.

Once it has fininshed, check that they appear on the iCloud.com calendars.

Go back to iCal and click the Calendars button to see them all listed under iCloud.

I had a problem previously where it either hung whilst upgrading or the process finished without moving the calendars. I just tried it again and it worked.

I just used this same method on my iPhone. Thank you Daniel!

Maybe you can help me. At first I was having the same problem, then followed your directions and now the calendars are showing up under icloud calendars on icloud.com. But all of the events I had on my mac under these calendars is now gone, so there's nothing showing on the actual calendar itself. All my events disappeared when I initally sync'd my iCal to iCloud. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks !

T.Y.!!!!!! how simple was this?! wasted hours before finding this post!! All events synced.

This is my gripe about Apple: when I have a problem, I search forever to find an answer, & feel like I'm on my own to figure things out using the internet. Maybe I'm not searching correctly - but there's got to be a better way, in light of the fact that I live an hr. & a half from a genius.

You can copy the appointments to the iCloud calendar, when all are copied delete the local calendar(s)

I gave up on iCloud. It is a big Cluster****. Don't do it! I lost all my calendars. No biggie! Great instructions and a seamless update Apple!

This worked perfectly. Thanks!

Worked Perfectly for me too! Thanks!

Thank you! Worked perfectly!

This fixed my issue perfectly.

My issue: I wanted the iCal events imported from Outlook that were "On My Mac" to sync to my iCloud so that they could be dispersed to my iPhone.

Thanks Ebeck

You can't use Outlook 2011 with iCloud contacts and calendars, they are not compatible.

I have no idea what you did with the On My Mac calendar (can you see it in iCal or Calendar on your Mac)

Isn't that what I said previously

You can't use Outlook 2011 with iCloud contacts and calendars, they are not compatible.

What exactly is your question?

Thank you! Helped me so much

Hi,

I've tried this but I am obviously missing something as I don't get a "merge" option. Where is this?

Thanks

TL

When you turn on synchronisation in System Prefs, a dialogue box pops up asking if you want to merge or overwrite the calendars. Choose Merge.