Thanks for the help all. I think I'm getting to the bottom of it. Part of the problem was duplicate iCal accounts (no idea how).
Phil -- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] W: www.philward.biz W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish W: www.thegalleons.com W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 • Freelance writer and product designer. • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. On 25 Jun 2012, at 21:57, Russell Brown wrote: > First off I'm no expert. > > Your mission, Phil, should you choose to accept it.... > > What I'd try is backing up Calendar on iMac. De-linking iCloud but don't > delete. Then after you've done that it should be safe to delete everything > off the iMac (having saved your backup to desktop or somewhere). Check icloud > to ensure no duplicates there. If there are, sort them out (maybe on the > ipad). Then relink (ie set up iCloud for calendars again) on the iMac. iCloud > syncs with calendar and with any luck you are cooking with your own choice of > fuel. Then if all is actually well you can trash the backed up calendar file. > > But I am not an expert! > > I suspect you are not alone so you might like to remember that GIYF. > > Good luck! > > Sent from a device of sorts. > @drbrown1970 > > On 25 Jun 2012, at 21:40, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good spot Russell, that's definitely part of the problem. My iPad diary lost >> its duplicates when I switched off iTunes syncing. It's not fixed the >> "local" iMac though (where iTunes is running) and the vast majority of diary >> entries are made. The diary there presumably got its duplicates from iCloud >> (which in turn came from iTunes), but how do I now get rid of those? >> >> "Curiouser and curiouser", said Alice – although I suspect her language >> would have been a little more extreme should she have been wrestling with >> iCould. >> >> Phi >> >> >> -- >> Phil Ward >> >> Skype: aphilw >> E: [email protected] >> W: www.philward.biz >> W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish >> W: www.thegalleons.com >> W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons >> W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 >> >> • Freelance writer and product designer. >> • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. >> • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. >> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >> >> On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:37, Russell Brown wrote: >> >>> Make sure you are "syncing" for want of a better word through iCloud and >>> not iTunes. Good way to get loads of duplicated duplicates in a multitude >>> of duplicated calendars... >>> >>> Sent from a device of some kind >>> >>> On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:27, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> My early experience with iCloud all seemed reasonably trouble-free and I >>>> was feeling pretty smug. I might have known. I've just upgraded my old >>>> iPhone 1 to an iPhone 4 so can now add it as an iCloud "client", and >>>> suddenly I have every entry in my calendar duplicated (and I'm far too >>>> busy already. I simply can't to go to every meeting twice). Can anybody >>>> suggest what I might have done wrong? Oh, and how to fix it? >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Phil Ward >>>> >>>> Skype: aphilw >>>> E: [email protected] >>>> W: www.philward.biz >>>> W: http://soundcloud.com/philberish >>>> W: www.thegalleons.com >>>> W: http://thegalleons.bandcamp.com/album/the-galleons >>>> W: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-galleons/id520549816 >>>> >>>> • Freelance writer and product designer. >>>> • Exclusive UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. >>>> • Consultant Designer of the Acoustic Energy AE22 nearfield monitor. >>>> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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