Entourage (which doesn't have separate calendars outside Exchange, but categories) syncs all its events to an "Entourage" calendar in iCal, and does not see events in other iCal calendars.
So if you create a new event in iCal in some other calendar, it won't sync to Entourage. Change its calendar to "Entourage", and it will. Entourage's Labor Day holiday will create a new Labor Day holiday in the iCal "Entourage" calendar. It won't see that you already have another Labor Day holiday in a "Holidays" or some other calendar. So you end up with two. Some people use multiple categories in Entourage. More or less for this reason*, the Entourage developers chose not to treat an event's primary category (the one that sets the color) as equivalent to its calendar in iCal. (If they did, then the event would lose its secondary categories when synching back to Entourage if you updated it in iCal.) (*It goes a little deeper. In Entourage, categories are attributes of events and other objects. In iCal, it's reversed, where events are attributes, or elements, of the calendar they belong to. This makes for serious incongruities when synching between the two apps.) Most people use only one category per event and wish that Entourage synched events to a calendar of the same name as that category (or a "None" calendar). But it doesn't. So synching really only works well when you treat Entourage as your prime calendar (and address) application, creating all your events there first. Then it will always sync to the "Entourage" calendar in iCal. You can avoid seeing duplicate holidays by choosing to display only the Entourage" calendar in iCal. (Uncheck all the others.) That way, if you *do* create a new event in iCal, you'd also be creating it in the "Entourage" calendar, so it will also sync. Most people don't really want to use both Entourage and iCal. But they do want to sync to a phone or other device. That works well if it's one-way. But to work the other direction, you also need to have a phone like the iPhone which also has separate calendars, and you remember to use only the "Entourage" calendar there too, making all new events in that calendar, and displaying only that one. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - 2004, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > From: "Roger S. Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Entourage Mac Talk <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:20:24 -0400 > To: Entourage Mac Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Entourage-iCal Sync Problems > > I am having sync problems with Entourage and iCal. > > I am running: > Entourage 2004 11.4.0 (all updates) on MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo with Mac OS > 10.4.11 (all updates). > iCal 2.0.5 (all updates) > iPhone 3G 2.0.2 (all updates) > > > > 1) Entourage does not receive iCal events... except sometimes when it does. > However, iCal always receives events from Entourage. > > How do I get Entourage to see the iCal events? I have the Entourage prefs > set correctly ("Synchronize events and iCal and .Mac"). I turned the > Entourage pref off, then on, and then told Entourage to "merge Entourage and > iCal." I know that the Entourage sync service runs occasionally, because > the fans spin up, and process monitor shows me that Microsoft Sync Services > is using 99% of some resource. > > > 2) iCal is reporting double events. > > For example, iCal reports 9/1 as Labor Day twice. One instance is through > iCal's Labor Day holiday event, and the second is through Entourage's Labor > Day holiday event. > > There is supposed to be only one Labor Day on 9/1/08. > > How do I get the two programs to show one of everything? > > > Thanks/Roger+ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com > Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
