Strange? it works for me. I dunno why it would only export what you have selected.
Take care. On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > Hi Sarah, > That is what I did but the resultant calendar backup file is only 203 bytes > which is not big enough to include all my calendar entries. I thus wonder if > is just the calendar day I am looking at. That is why I did a select all > before the calendar export but that made no difference. Am I missing some > preference option or the like? > > Are you using icloud to sync your iCal with some other device? Exporting of a > calendar may work differently if icloud is involved. The other possibility is > that as an Apple developer I am running a prerelease level of Mac OS which > might have iCal problems. > > Re your other Email about imap. I have discovered that gmail offers a > facility to forward mail it receives on an account to some other Email > address while leaving the original Email unchanged on the gmail account. That > means I can forward all my wife's Email to my Email address and move or > delete it freely with no effect at all on what my wife does with it (and vice > versa). > > All the best.... > > Paul Hopewell > On 19 Jan 2012, at 17:03, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> go to file, export and export the file as a ICal bacvk up. I do this every >> week or so as I'm having issues wiht my ical and creating events. >> >> Take care all. >> On Jan 19, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Paul Hopewell wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have recently lost my calendar and had to recreate it from scratch. that >>> was tedious and error prone! I thus now want to periodically backup my iCal >>> calendar (I only have one) so that I can restore it in case of disaster. So >>> I tried to export the calendar but the resultant file is suspiciously small >>> (203 bytes) and so cannot contain my entire calendar. I also tried select >>> all before exporting the calendar but that made no difference. >>> >>> I am sure I did this in the past and it all resulted in a largish file. >>> >>> Possibly relevant is that I am now using icloud to sync my iMac and iPhone >>> calendars. I did not do that in the past. >>> >>> So how can I backup my complete set of calendars so that I can restore them >>> in case of disaster? >>> >>> Many thanks. >>> >>> Paul Hopewell >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>> at either the list's own dedicated web archive: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> or at the public Mail Archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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