Tom Hart
Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:58:06 -0700
Jim, Are you using Exchange Server at all? I use Entourage 2008, Exchange Server 2008 and an iPhone and I have good synch, even when I use Office notifications. If your only need for iCal is to run the Dynamo printer, then maybe you could just do a periodic synch between Entourage and iCal. Also, I am not sure why you are doing a Laptop<->Desktop synch, why not just let each synch with Exchange Server? -- Tom Hart t...@thhpc.com
> From: Jim Robertson <james...@sonic.net> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <Entourage-Talk@lists.letterrip.com> > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:09:05 -0400 > To: Mac-L list <ma...@lists.listmoms.net> > Cc: "Entourage:mac Talk" <Entourage-Talk@lists.letterrip.com> > Subject: Entourage vs. iCal and Address Book for an iPhone owner > > I'm a long term MS Entourage user. I've railed against the single "database" > file structure forever (but I've heard that it probably will go away in the > next release). > > I don't use calendar notifications because the Office Database Daemon screws > up my desktop<->laptop synchronization routine, which works only if the > files don't change on the computer not in active use at the moment (every > event alarm changes the "database" file). > > Recently I've started using an iPhone 3G. I synchronize my contacts and > calendars on it with Entourage. Usually that works, but occasionally all the > events on the iPhone get duplicated in Entourage (I suspect the daylight > savings time change may have triggered the latest instance of that). > > I also use some applications that depend on Apple's Address Book; e.g., Dymo > Label. So, on my Mac Pro, I use Sync Services to keep Address Book and iCal > in Sync with Entourage's Book and Calendar. That also gives me event > notifications, which come from iCal. > > Apple's programs don't support "categories" the way Entourage does. In order > to differentiate personal from work appointments by color, for example, in > iCal I'd need to use multiple calendars, but Sync Services dumps all > Entourage events into one "Entourage" calendar so I can't do that. > > Having to prune my calendar by hand after the recent duplication of hundreds > of items caused by an iPhone sync made me revisit the question of just > dumping Entourage completely yet again. However, there still seem to be > limitations in iCal that make me hold off. For example: > > 1. In iCal, an event that spans several days but ends at a specific time on > the last days isn't displayed as a banner spanning its entire duration; its > calendar display is confined to the day it starts. > > 2. In iCal, timed event don't show their start time on the "Month" view; > just a bullet before their title. > > People with needs such as mine have discussed using BusySync and Google > Calendar as the intermediary for keeping calendars in Sync. If I gave up on > Entourage, I think I could sync multiple calendars simultaneously to solve > at least SOME of my display issues in the month view. > > I've read recently that synchronization using the iPhone and Entourage > should be much better now because of the iPhone's support for Exchange > Server. I'm about to put a Windows Server 2008 Small Business Edition Server > in my office, and since I'll be the administrator of that I can carve out > the ability to do my personal Personal Info Manager synchronization on that > platform if it's the ideal solution. > > So, does anyone have opinions? > > Thanks so much, > > Jim Robertson > -- > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:entourage-talk-...@lists.letterrip.com> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:entourage-talk-...@lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>