Birthdays entered in Contacts appear on Birthdays Calendar on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. When I try to add a new Birthday to an existing Contact this change appears on the Contacts in all three platforms but only shows in my Mac Calendar

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Birthdays entered in Contacts appear on Birthdays Calendar on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. When I try to add a new Birthday to an existing Contact this change appears on the Contacts in all three platforms but only shows in my Mac Calendar

Birthdays already entered in existing Contacts appear on Birthdays Calendar on my iPad, iPhone and Mac. However when I tried to enter a new Birthday in an existing Contact, where no Birthday had previously been included, although this appeared under that contact on all three devices it only appears in the Birthdays Calendar on my Mac. Can anyone help please? I have only just noticed this today but cvannot be sure it hasn't previously been wrong.

Posted on Mar 17, 2014 1:30 PM

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 1:38 PM in response to gimletwasbro

You might try refreshing the calendar on your iOS devices. To do this, open the calendar app, tap Calendars at the bottom, then pull down the center of the screen and release. If the changes still don't appear try giving it some time to see if the change will update your calendars later.

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Mar 17, 2014 1:44 PM in response to randers4

Thanks for this. I've just tried it but to no avail, at least not yet. I'll leave it awhile to see if it appears later. Will report back in any event.

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 1:45 PM in response to gimletwasbro

OK. If the change doesn't appear, you may need to uncheck the birthday calendar on your iOS devices, then check it again to restart things.

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Mar 17, 2014 1:49 PM in response to randers4

I'm afraid I've already tried that (and I've just done it again on both ios devices) but to no avail I'm afraid.

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 1:51 PM in response to gimletwasbro

Do your contacts reflect the added birthday?

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Mar 17, 2014 2:00 PM in response to randers4

Yes, on all 3 devices but the only Calendar where it is reflected is on my Mac. As an experiment I've also just tried amending the date of an existing Birthday in Contacts on my iPhone. Although this change was reflected under Contacts on all 3 devices once again the only place that the Calendar has reflected the change is on my Mac, the iPhone and iPad still reflect the original date.

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 2:05 PM in response to gimletwasbro

Try giving it some time then. I seem to recall reading in one of the support articles that changes can take up to an hour to push to your devices.

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gimletwasbro Author

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Mar 17, 2014 2:29 PM in response to randers4

It's been well over an hour since I made the change but I think I'll now leave it overnight and see what tomorrow brings. Thank you for your help.

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 2:32 PM in response to gimletwasbro

I just found a support article that says "changes will be reflected within a day" so there's still hope. See http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2676.

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Mar 17, 2014 3:09 PM in response to randers4

Thanks for the info. However I've just tried, as a last resort, powering off both my ios devices and hey presto, the missing Birthday has appeared in all my calendars! Thank you for your support and help, your time spent was very much appreciated

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randers4

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Mar 17, 2014 3:10 PM in response to gimletwasbro

Interesting, thanks for the follow up. And you're welcome.

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Aug 1, 2014 1:26 AM in response to gimletwasbro

Thank, had the same issue. Tried everything (deactivating contacts, calendars), the reboot helped 🙂

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