Unable to sync Mac (10.9.5) to iCloud and iDevices but the reverse works

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Unable to sync Mac (10.9.5) to iCloud and iDevices but the reverse works

My problem is simple. I just added a calendar to my MBA (10.9.5) and attempted to share the calendar with my family.

After my family did not receive an e-mail to sync with the new calendar, I looked at my iCloud account. The new calendar is not listed on my iCloud account either.

I went through all of the basic and advanced troubleshooting guides on apple.com and other third-party sites to no avail. Yes, my calendar is listed under iCloud. My calendar is set to sync with my iCloud account in System Preferences. I am logged into my iCloud account on my Mac. I followed all of the settings listed on Apple's support pages. I even cleaned out my calendars and logged out and then logged back in to my iCloud account on my Mac.

I did try a reverse test. I added a calendar in iCloud. Miraculously, it synced immediately with my iDevices and my Mac. In sum, iCloud will sync with my iDevices and Macs, but my Mac will not sync with iCloud and my iDevices.

I really do not want to enter all of the information back into iCloud. Suggestions on how to solve the problem?

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), null

Posted on Sep 17, 2016 2:38 PM

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Answer 1

JAMiller Author

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Sep 19, 2016 7:11 AM in response to JAMiller

Ok, after an hour of frustration (my iCloud account is sent to Push), I logged out of my iCloud account and then logged in again. Of course the restore did not include the new calendar, so I imported my backup. The calendar now shows up. This is a serious flaw that Apple needs to correct.

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Csound1

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Sep 17, 2016 2:51 PM in response to JAMiller

It's a flaw at your end, I have no problem at all with entering on iCloud, directly or from the Mac. Make a change on the Mac and it is reflected on iCloud a moment later. And now that you have marked your problem as solved I would not expect many others to look at it.

So if you still have the problem start a new thread, don't mark it as solved unless it is.

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Answer 3

Sep 17, 2016 3:37 PM in response to JAMiller

Yes, I think I have a similar problem... I just upgraded my phone and, upon syncing with iCloud, somehow my phone calendar is on my Macbook and my macbook calendar is on my phone.

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Sep 17, 2016 3:40 PM in response to IfthismesseswithmyAppleID...

I would really like to see a "Push" option for iCloud. I have to log in and out of it because of using a data limited hotspot and it throws a fit every time I log off or log on. If there was some way I could tell it to pull only specific data from the cloud, that would be awesome.

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