sync ical to ipad without icloud or mobileme
i dont have mobile me set up on my imac and ther eis no icloud in my system preferences. How do I sync my ical from imac to ipad mini
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
There is no MobileMe any more - it closed three years ago - and your Mac cannot access iCloud. If you can upgrade to Lion, Mountain Lion or Snow Leopard that would be your best option provided you are not dependent on PPC programs (which do not run above Snow Leopard).
You cannot set up an iCloud account on Snow Leopard. If you have access to a Mac running Lion or above, or to an iOS device running iOS5 or above, you can set up an iCloud account but you will be able to make only limited use of it.
This page explains what you can and can't do, and lists some third-party programs which may be able to accomplish what you want:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudSL.html
Notes on upgrading from Snow Leopard:
The minimum requirement for iCloud is Lion 10.7.5 (Mavericks preferred): the iCloud Preference Pane does not appear on earlier systems - the MobileMe pane appears on Lion and earlier but is now non-functional - you cannot now open or access a MobileMe account.
To make use of iCloud you will have to upgrade your Mac to Lion, Mountain Lion or Yosemite, provided it meets the requirements.
The requirements for Lion are:
- Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor
- 2GB of memory
- OS X v10.6.6 or later (v10.6.8 recommended)
- 7GB of available space
Lion is available in the Online Apple Store ($19.99). Mountain Lion (10.8.x) is also available there at the same price (though it's reported to have been removed from sale in some countries so may well cease to be available generally) but there seems little point as the system requirements are the same for Yosemite (10.10.x) - which is free - unless you need to run specific software which will run on Mountain Lion only.
The requirements for Mountain Lion and Yosemite are:
- OS X v10.6.8 or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available space
and the supported models are:
- iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
- MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
- MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
- Xserve (Early 2009)
- MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
- Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
- Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
It is available from the Mac App Store (in Applications).
You should be aware that PPC programs (such as AppleWorks) will not run on Lion or above; and some other applications may not be compatible - there is a useful compatibility checklist at http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
