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How can I merge 'to dos' from SN iCal to 'reminders' app on ML

Hi,


This is a question RE a clean install of ML ... moving from SL (which I did a few months back).


I have since noticed that there are a number of older 'to dos' that I need to refer to from before the upgrade. None if these were transferred over, b/c I did a clean install and rebuilt the system manually from my backups. I.e before I upgraded I exported my mail and calendar files (and still have a copy of them) and was wondering if there is an easy way for me to get all my to dos out of the old iCal?


I am worried that whatever I do now may put all my mail/etc out of sync (I use a few google accounts and store vaious mail on my Mac from other accounts).


In sum, now that Mac has moved to Reminders for to dos, is there any way I can import my older to dos into the new 'reminders' app do I can have them all in one app again?


Or - are there any other suggestions ... apart from throwing in the towel and just going to MS Office?


Cheers,

Mark.

iCal-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 19, 2013 6:56 PM

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User profile for user: JungleTaxi Cabbie
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Posted on Jul 21, 2013 11:56 AM

In iCal, select the calendar that contains the To-Do items, and use File -> Export. Transfer the resulting .ics file to your Mountain Lion system, and double-click the said file. You should be prompted as to what calendar you want to import the events into. After choosing a calendar (choose New Calendar if the events already exist in the Calendars app to avoid problematic duplicates) and importing the calendar events, it should prompt you about importing To-Do items to the Reminders app. That should be all there is to it!


Once the process is complete, you can delete the newly-created calendar in the Calendars app to remove duplicates if necessary.

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User profile for user: JungleTaxi Cabbie
JungleTaxi Cabbie
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Jul 21, 2013 11:56 AM in response to markyd

In iCal, select the calendar that contains the To-Do items, and use File -> Export. Transfer the resulting .ics file to your Mountain Lion system, and double-click the said file. You should be prompted as to what calendar you want to import the events into. After choosing a calendar (choose New Calendar if the events already exist in the Calendars app to avoid problematic duplicates) and importing the calendar events, it should prompt you about importing To-Do items to the Reminders app. That should be all there is to it!


Once the process is complete, you can delete the newly-created calendar in the Calendars app to remove duplicates if necessary.

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User profile for user: Eric Root
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Jul 21, 2013 3:28 PM in response to markyd

In Snow Leopard, add your iCloud account to Mail. This will link your To Do list in Mail to iCloud and the To Do items should appear in Reminders on iCloud. In Mountain Lion, sync Reminders to iCloud and hopefully you will get what you want. It works for me. I had a lot of trouble when I synced Address Book. Multiple Duplicates were created which was a pain to fix.


Snow Leopard iCloud - Address and iCal


Snow Leopard iCloud – iCal


Snow Leopard iCloud – Mail

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How can I merge 'to dos' from SN iCal to 'reminders' app on ML

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