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Disabling iCloud

I no longer have any devices to sync with my mac but have an active iCloud account. I have archived on my mac my address book , ical calendars and bookmarks. Those are the current active iCloud functions. I would like to turn off iCloud and transfer my archives to their respective applications and convert them to "on my mac."

When I uncheck these functions in icloud they remove the data as described but when I restore with the archives they reappear in icloud and the headers in the apps say icloud. What am I doing wrong?

Posted on May 5, 2012 7:18 PM

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May 5, 2012 10:04 PM in response to Ferd II

No after trying to follow the instructions in HT4901 and failing to get the data restored to "on my mac" I used my backup clone to restore back to where i was. That is to say my contacts and and calendars are still icloud accounts. I exported my contacts as an archive. Maybe that is why I ended up with an iCloud account. Never got to ical. HT 4901 refers to calendars and reminders. Again, is the sequence in my last post correct?

Thanks


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May 6, 2012 8:07 AM in response to Ferd II

Following the instructions in HT4901 I have successfully imported all my calendars but one. When I double click on the "Work" calendar I get a dialogue box with a progress bar that says Importing ical data. It seems to be in an infinite loop. I have to force quit the app to get it to stop. The calendar refuses to import. It is both curious and strange.

May 6, 2012 2:22 PM in response to hpr3

hpr3


Quit or Force Quit iCal.

Then remove the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. Drag the .plist file to your desktop.. Also go to your HD/Users/yourusernam/Library/Calendars Folder and remove any files with "Cache" as a part of the file name. Log out/in, or restart and check iCal for functionality.


To find the correct Library Folder for Prefernces/Calendar, select Finder>Go and depress the Option key.

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