How to sync iCal between iPhone 5S and MBP (Retina) without losing data?

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How to sync iCal between iPhone 5S and MBP (Retina) without losing data?

I have two active Apple products - an iPhone 5S, and a MBP 13" Retina.

I would like to sync the iCals on these two devices - but the last time I tried to do so, the syncing process deleted some of my (very important) data from my MBP and basically wiped off everything to replace it with the data from my iPhone's iCal (which I wasn't using).

My active iCal is the one on on my laptop - how can I sync it and make sure that I'm not going to lose my data from my MBP's iCal?

MBP iCal Preferences

Signed into iCloud

iPhone iCloud settings

Not synced at all

My questions

Is there a way to back-up my iCal on my MBP in case syncing it erases all of my appointments?
Is there a way to make sure that my data on my MBP is not wiped off, and it is the one that will be reflected across my devices?

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2

Posted on Aug 11, 2014 11:40 AM

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braden85

Community Specialist

Aug 13, 2014 7:26 AM in response to connietanms

Hi connietanms,

Here is an article that will help you back up your iCal data:

How to back up iCal calendar data

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2966

I would recommend that you back up your iPhone as well:

iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

Here is one more article that will help you finalize this procedure and will give you the best steps to importing your iCal events into iCloud so they can be synced to both of your devices:

iCloud: Manually importing data from Calendar or iCal to iCloud Calendar

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4967

Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!

-Braden

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