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How can I get iCloud to sync between iOS 6.1.3, OSX 10.6.8 and OSX 10.8.3?

I am running both OSX 10.6.8 and OSX 10.8.3 on my iMac with iOS 6.1.3 on my iPod Touch.

Everything is checked ON in the iCloud settings where those are available, in iOS, OSX 10.8 and in iCloud.com on my OSX 10.6.8 system.

I either get no synchronisation, or a duplication of events. Apple Store Events which need to be clumsily downloaded from the website, double clicked on and hopefully added to Calendar, only randomly appear and rarely get announced. I can't see a pattern to anything.

It currently won't sync between iCloud.com and Address Book, Calendar etc on the Mac let alone with iDevices (my wife has an iPad as well), despite partially syncing previously.

It is erratic, obscure and totally unreliable as well as being a huge waste of my time.

If I follow the iTunes instructions as well as the iCloud.com instructions generally nothing happens.

In the Advanced pane of iCloud.com settings, I have selected the “In-app notifications” checkbox, and Saved. Doesn't work. Then I unselected and saved and closed iCloud.com. Then checked it all over again, still doesn't work.

According to the settings it says it is sharing with the iPod Touch, but nothing happens.

Previously a few events appeared belatedly at some later time, often after the event they were supposed to announce. Currently nothing is syncing.

Most frustratingly I can't sync my Address Book/Contacts so have to manually include all the contact info in all my individual devices and systems.

Has anybody got a surefire method of making the sync happen?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Apr 10, 2013 3:07 AM

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PeterBreis0807 Author

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Apr 10, 2013 3:49 PM in response to Csound1

Csound1 wrote:

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Push the calendars button (top left) and check to see which calendar they are in, your iPod can have more than one.

Done and checked all that. I have All Calendars Checked. You can see that it reports 11 calendars on the top of my iPod screensnap.

Peter

So, which of the 11 calendars are the items displayed contained in?

Do not use 2 connection methods, iCloud, or iTunes, both is a recipe for duplication after duplication.

11 calendars is all calendars.

I only used iTunes to push the sync because it wasn't syncing correctly. iTunes is a poor method, but the only one to hand if all else fails.

iCloud should be renamed HouseOfCards IMHO.

Peter

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 3:52 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

It says Single User $99.99.

That's new then, it was for 2 users, so now it's more expensive, but it still works.

I do have ML on my iMac. But mostly I run SL, Lion was a joke, no way I'd run that. I only run ML to get access to ML specific apps, of which there are unfortunately too many.

If you want to use SL and iCloud you will need some iCloud clients, I know of 2 that will run on SL. Soho and BusyCal (calendars only), there is no other path at this time (or ever as I don't see Apple adding iCloud support to SL) but more clients may appear sometime in the future.

ML is not the solution anyway as it is not fully syncing either.

iCloud is a Dav service, there is no sync. ML works perfectly with iCloud, my calendars and contacts are on 5 different devices, each one stays current and I can add or remove to any of them and it will replicate almost at once on any other (provided there is an internet connection) This includes Android, IOS Windows and Mac devices.

But with SL in the loop and multiple pathways involved I am not surprised that it doesn't work in your case.

Use Google instead.

PeterBreis0807 Author

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Apr 10, 2013 3:57 PM in response to Csound1

Csound1 wrote:

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

But the problem exists on ML as well.

I get only some Contacts and iCal events transferring.

You have set it up incorrectly and/or are looking at content (on your phone for exampe) that is not in the iCloud account.

Go towww.icloud.com and look at the data stored there, then compare it with the iCloud account content on your iThings and your Mac, take care to ONLY compare the iCloud calendar (on your phone for example) as the phone can and will display local calendars etc on one screen if you chose to view 'All Calendars' Repeat for all devices until you know what is where. (A simple method is to disconnect from iCloud on your phone eg🙂 and see if any data is left, if it is then it is not in the iCloud account)

You have to read what I wrote. It is an iPod Touch not an iPhone for a start.

I have set up iCloud as instructed in SL (iCloud.com) and ML (System Preferences) and I know perfectly well what is in the iCloud sync, not everything (but no duplication).

That is the problem I have outlined. It is not syncing fully from ML and currently not at all from SL but it must have earlier to get the data it has.

I must not be "holding it right"!

Peter

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 3:59 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

11 calendars is all calendars.

That does not address my question in any manner at all.

PeterBreis0807 Author

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Apr 10, 2013 4:02 PM in response to Csound1

Yes it does.

11 calendars is all calendars, I had them all checked in the iPod settings.

To double check I clicked on All Calendars and get exactly the same thing.

Peter

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 4:03 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

You have to read what I wrote. It is an iPod Touch not an iPhone for a start.

I have set up iCloud as instructed in SL (iCloud.com) and ML (System Preferences) and I know perfectly well what is in the iCloud sync, not everything (but no duplication).

SL can not be setup to sync with iCloud, whatever you may think. It has no clients (AB and iCal are not iCloud clients on SL) your statement above is incorrect.

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

You have to read what I wrote. It is an iPod Touch not an iPhone for a start.

Not relevant, it is either an iCloud client or it is not, phones pods and pads are exactly the same, they support iCloud, or they don't

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

That is the problem I have outlined. It is not syncing fully from ML and currently not at all from SL but it must have earlier to get the data it has.

Use Google. ML works, SL doesn't, the common factor here is the operator.

Old Toad

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Apr 10, 2013 4:13 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

As I understand Csouind1's question does every one of the 11 calendars have an event showing on your iPhone? Not is all of them checked/enabled.

Is this correct, Csound1?

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 4:14 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Are you saying that all 11 calendars are in the iCloud account (on the ipod), Not in the On My iPod account or some other online service, yes or no, you have not made that clear at all.

Here is a simple test. On your iPod: sign out of iCloud, any events that display in Calendars after that are in a different account.

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 4:15 PM in response to Old Toad

Old Toad wrote:

As I understand Csouind1's question does every one of the 11 calendars have an event showing on your iPhone? Not is all of them checked/enabled.

Is this correct, Csound1?

OT

iPods can have multiple sources for the calendars they display, iCloud can be among them, I just want to know WHERE these calendars are, iCloud, On My iPod, Google, Exchange etc are all candidates and all appear in the All Calendars view.

PeterBreis0807 Author

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Apr 10, 2013 4:29 PM in response to Csound1

The calendar events are missing from the iPad Touch. All calendars is all there is.

The events are present in Address Book (SL) which has 5 calendars and 2 subscriptions. All listed below.

My iPod Touch shows: 5 calendars, the 4 below + "Calendar".

iCloud shows: 4 (Home, Work, 2 Workshops) appear in iCloud. But not "Calendar".

Other shows: Birthdays.

Peter

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 4:32 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

Go to the iCloud website, enter one new 'test' event, then locate it on the clients, it should appear on one calendar in each client, if it does not there is no connection between that specific client and the Cloud server. If it appears on more than one calendar on any client note exactly where its locations are.

Csound1

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Apr 10, 2013 4:33 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

The calendar events are missing from the iPad Touch. All calendars is all there is.

The events are present in Address Book (SL) which has 5 calendars and 2 subscriptions. All listed below.

My iPod Touch shows: 5 calendars, the 4 below + "Calendar".

iCloud shows: 4 (Home, Work, 2 Workshops) appear in iCloud. But not "Calendar".

Other shows: Birthdays.

Peter

On the face of it the Calendar called Calendar is local to the iPod and is not on iCloud.

PeterBreis0807 Author

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Apr 10, 2013 7:13 PM in response to Csound1

Csound1 wrote:

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

The calendar events are missing from the iPad Touch. All calendars is all there is.

The events are present in Address Book (SL) which has 5 calendars and 2 subscriptions. All listed below.

My iPod Touch shows: 5 calendars, the 4 below + "Calendar".

iCloud shows: 4 (Home, Work, 2 Workshops) appear in iCloud. But not "Calendar".

Other shows: Birthdays.

Peter

On the face of it the Calendar called Calendar is local to the iPod and is not on iCloud.

It is also in iCal in SL. How would it make the leap and not go via iCloud?

I have booked a session with a "Genius" we'll see what eventuates.

Peter

Apr 10, 2013 11:40 PM in response to Csound1

Csound1 wrote:

Hi Roger,

It is also possible (but not free) to install Soho Organizer on Snow Leopard, then you can 'sync' iCloud contacts and calendars.

Indeed, and it's mentioned in my page which I referred Peter to:

iCloud and Snow Leopard

BusyCal no longer works on Snow Leopard (except for people who had the previous version, which is only available to them).

Apr 10, 2013 11:48 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

PeterBreis0807 wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

On the face of it the Calendar called Calendar is local to the iPod and is not on iCloud.

It is also in iCal in SL. How would it make the leap and not go via iCloud?

By being synced through iTunes. It can not be synced with iCloud unless you have followed the very specific and rather complicated steps for the hack, and you'd know if you'd done that. Other that that it will never sync through iCloud in Snow Leopard.

How can I get iCloud to sync between iOS 6.1.3, OSX 10.6.8 and OSX 10.8.3?