on 12/13/06 11:54 AM, Barry Rosenbaum at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I¹ve posted this question before, but there¹s never been a response. I¹m
> hoping someone will have some insight into how to address this problem, or to
> whom I can report it to get some help.
>
> I¹m trying to keep my iCal in synch with my Entourage calendar for two
> purposes:
> 1. To allow myself access to my calendar from other computers using .Mac
> sharing, and
> 2. To allow my family access to my calendar via ³publish²
>
> I only enter and delete calendar events on Entourage.
>
> I also synch Entourage with my Treo 700p using Missing Sync version 5.1.2 and
> the Microsoft conduits.
>
> From time to time, I find that certain calendar events are duplicated in both
> Entourage and iCal.
>
> I¹ve isolated the following characteristics of the problem:
>
> 1. It happens only with, and with all, events created as ³all-day events² in
> Entourage.
> 2. I categorize all events in Entourage, so the duplicated events show up as
> ³uncategorized².
> 3. When I view the Calendar in Entourage in list view, uncategorized events
> only, all the duplicated events show a time of 12:00am
> 4. I¹ve turned off sharing iCal via .Mac to try to isolate the problem, to be
> sure that it¹s not corrupt data on another Mac. This was after manually
> deleting all iCal information on all Macs, and restarting Sync Services with a
> full ³Entourage overwrites Sync Services² process. I¹m now convinced that the
> problem happens via Sync Services within a single computer.
> 5. I¹m fairly convinced that the Treo Sync is unrelated, although I can¹t be
> absolutely sure.
> 6. When this happened most recently, iCal was running when the system crashed
> (wouldn¹t wake from sleep). I also had a force-quit of Entourage (Database
> Daemon hang in Activity Monitor) while iCal was running. Upon restart, opening
> iCal led to the duplication of untimed events only.
>
> Is this a known problem? Is there someone who can help me with suggestions for
> prevention?
>
>
> I can¹t give you any insight just the idea that misery loves company. I do
> all my calendar entries on a Palm T3 and sync with Entourage using Missing
> Sync 5.1.1. I have had very bad luck with Sync Services so I stay away from
> that. I usually do a ³Handheld overwrites Mac.² The Palm loses connection
> the first 2-3 times but accomplishes the job the 4th time. Last time I did a
> 2-way sync and got duplicates of 715 events. There was no pattern to which
> ones. They were not the all day events. I am very frustrated at my inability
> to sync reliably. I got suggestions from the Missing Sync people but they
> didn¹t help. I did download, purchase and use the application UnDupe which
> worked like magic. But I sure wish I could figure this out. Apparently some
> people have no problem.
>
> Jan Chesne
>
