Re: So does Entourage 2008 sync Exchange tasks and categories?

On 2/7/08 6:12 PM, in article ee888b5.75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"superp72@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:

> Is there a solution to SYNC, Calender, Categories, Colours, Tasks, Email, etc
> from my MAC running Leopard 10.5.1 to a MS Mobile Windows 6.0.?

It's a Leopard bug:

When syncing calendars on Leopard using any sync software it's possible for
the iCal sync program ("iCalExternalSync") to get confused and stop syncing.

The primary symptom of this bug is that updated events stop appearing in
iCal, but continue to show up in other synchronized devices and
applications.

For example, if you use Spanning Sync to sync Google Calendar with iCal and
also use iTunes to sync iCal with your iPhone, events from Google Calendar
will sync to your iPhone but not to iCal. The bug is fairly rare but can
affect any user at any time. And when it does strike, it continues to
happen, making it appear that nothing is syncing to iCal at all.

This bug is more likely to happen when you've enabled the "Show Birthdays
calendar" option in your iCal preferences. If you are affected by this bug,
you may be able to solve the problem simply by disabling this option in
iCal. Note that once you do so, you'll still need to "reset info on this
computer" in the Spanning Sync pref pane in order to force events to
re-sync.

Another fix (although potentially only temporary), is to reset Apple Sync
Services:
� Open iSync (in /Applications)
� Select Preferences from the iSync menu
� Click "Reset Sync History..."
� Wait for the reset to finish
� Try syncing again



--
Diane, Microsoft Mac MVP (MVPs are not Microsoft Employees)
Entourage Help Page
Entourage Help Blog




Diane,

I'm not convinced that is the full story. I have the configuration you describe. iPhone, iCal, Address Book, Spanning Sync to multiple Google Calendars and Entourage 2004 and have all this Synced to a second Mac using .Mac. I have absolutely no syncing issues with this configuration. If I install Entourage 2008 the whole sync services screws up. I get duplicated contacts, duplicated or missing events and/or no syncing in iCal. Removing Entourage 2008 and changing absolutely nothing else results in everything coming back to life (after resetting Sync Services) Reinstalling Entourage 2004 and still all is well. I retried Entourage 2008 again and yet again the whole system fell apart.

It may be a Leopard bug but the trigger is Entourage 2008 on my system. Right now 2008 is removed from my system and I using Entourage 2004.

What a wast of effort...
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