Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
I recently installed Mountyain Lion (10.8.2) n my MacBook Pro. I never backed up iCal before installing Mountain Lion (never knew I needed to do that). Can I retrieve the data that is not showing when I opened iCal with the new operating software?
I also beleve I lost some folders in my mail program inthe upgrade.
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Bill Bordeaux wrote:
I recently installed Mountyain Lion (10.8.2) n my MacBook Pro. I never backed up iCal before installing Mountain Lion (never knew I needed to do that)
You should always backup prior to an operating system replacement, in fact you should always backup your data (unless it doesn't matter whether you lose it)
Is this a local calendar or online, if online is it iCloud or Google etc
Bill Bordeaux wrote:
I recently installed Mountyain Lion (10.8.2) n my MacBook Pro. I never backed up iCal before installing Mountain Lion (never knew I needed to do that)
You should always backup prior to an operating system replacement, in fact you should always backup your data (unless it doesn't matter whether you lose it)
Is this a local calendar or online, if online is it iCloud or Google etc
I know that now but there were no instructions to warn in advance and I'm not exactly a techie. Furthermore, some of the things I am supposed to be able to do to back up iCal according to Apple, don't seem to exist in the newer version; or at least are buried somewhere. Better insructions before downloading would be helpful. Years ago, Aple had copious notes tht came with new software. I don't see much of that now.
Bill Bordeaux wrote:
I know that now but there were no instructions to warn in advance and I'm not exactly a techie. Furthermore, some of the things I am supposed to be able to do to back up iCal according to Apple, don't seem to exist in the newer version; or at least are buried somewhere. Better insructions before downloading would be helpful. Years ago, Aple had copious notes tht came with new software. I don't see much of that now.
That's an excuse, it's your data, if you want to keep it then back it up. Time Machine works with you having to make choices, and you already have it, use it.
And you never actually answered my question, are these missing calendars local or hosted, yes or no would be good, accompanied by the host(s) name(s)
I had no iCloud until upgrading to Lion so I'm sure it was local befoee the upgrade.
That's not good enough, there will be different methods of recovery and I need to know which. Are the calendars still in iCal (even if the data is not in them)
Go To Apple>System Preferences>Mail Contacts and Calendars, open it and take a screenshot of the accounts, post it here.
Yes, the calendars are still in iCal. The home and work items are missing but the birthdays are still there. Now the home and work items are listed as in iCloud, however.
Please post a screenshot of the accounts pane in Mail>Preferences, also post a screenshot of Mail, Contacts and Calendars (1st page) in System Preferences>Mail Contacts and Calendars.
And if the Home and Work calendars are missing how can they also be in iCloud?
The calendar is there but all the items I had posted for the past year are missing so it's a blank calendar, escept for birthdays. The screen shots are posted below I included a third one showing what the screen looks like in iCal
iCal:
OK, go to www.icloud.com on the web and check the calendars, they should contain the same entries as the corresponding calendars in iCal, do they? (ignore Birthdays, we'll come to that later)
Except for the birthdays, the calendars do appear to be the same. The only events recorded are in the month of September for both. Today, I have added things to December date that do not appear in icloud but that's the only difference. The other months are essentially blank in both calendars.
Bill Bordeaux wrote:
Except for the birthdays, the calendars do appear to be the same.
Then the iCloud calendar is working, the birthday calendar is a subscription so subscribe to it wherever you need it.
Understand that only events on the iCloud calendar appear on iCloud devices, if you have a Google calendar (and you may) it is accessible in iCal (if you entered it there) and Googles website, it is not going to appear at www.icloud.com.
iCal data recovery
