Comments on: iCal Server (CalDAV) to Mobile Me and my iPhone

By: Jamelle Adnan

Jamelle Adnan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:05:43 +0000

When trying to get my ical subscription (google calendar) to synch with mobile me, i’ve run into this error with the above script:

error “iCal got an error: Can’t make missing value into type text.” number -1700 from missing value to text

at this line:

set newEvent to make new event at end with properties {summary:theSummary, location:theLocation, start date:theDate, end date:theEndDate, allday event:theAllDay, description:theDescription}
– make new event at end with properties theProperties

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Jamelle

By: Sid Boswell

Sid Boswell — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:54:55 +0000

Since iPhone 3.1 you no longer need to run this script. “Subscribed” to calendars now sync via iTunes (but not Mobile Me). So you just need to enable your “subscribed” to calendars in the iTunes Info tab and unselect those that are synching via Mobile me so you don’t have dups. Then your local calendars sync automagically and your remote calendars sync every time you sync to iTunes.

By: Sid Boswell

Sid Boswell — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:08:40 +0000

@Todd Brannam @A McKee I don't seem to have a problem with recurring events. I wonder why mine work just fine. I have also been meaning to make this bi-directional, but got sucked up in an iPhone development course from iTunes U. Like my blog, I'll get around to it eventually....

By: Jim Lindsay

Jim Lindsay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:01:41 +0000

Great script. Thanks.

By: A McKee

A McKee — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:48:38 +0000

@Todd Brannam Indeed, recurring events are not copied. Thanks for the code, though - it's quite helpful! If only recurring events could be copied as well. *hint hint*

By: Todd Brannam

Todd Brannam — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:18 +0000

For some reason recurring events don’t seem to get copied – or is it just me?

By: Sid Boswell

Sid Boswell — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:40:12 +0000

We are using an old Quicksilver machine for our Leopard Silver so no Slow Leopard for us. We are considering investing in a mini to act as a server if Snow Leopard is worth the upgrade.

By: ygbr

ygbr — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:05:46 +0000

I can’t wait for Snow Leopard Server ( probably at WWDC 2009 ), rumors say that there will be native support on iCal Server 2 ( new caldav specs) for both internal iCal’s and iPhones full sync over the cloud and loads of new features and performance improvements! Stay tuned in June

By: Sid Boswell

Sid Boswell — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:57:24 +0000

Leopard Server is pretty slick. Like most Apple products it’s designed around useability. We have it running on an old Quicksilver desktop. We are a pretty small company and use it for individual calendaring, group calendaring, room reservations, hosting an internal wiki, and VPN. Prior to the Leopard Server we ran a doku wiki and a mediawiki on an Ubuntu server (running on an old iMac blueberry) and used a VPN switch from DLink. We really like the wiki and even our tech neophytes are very comfortable using and editing entries, it was just sort of a bonus as we were dying for a calendaring application.

By: Josh - Vinyl Cutter Expert

Josh - Vinyl Cutter Expert — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:56:01 +0000

That’s pretty clever. How do you like Leopard Server? I love OS X for all my desktop stuff, Im curious enough to try it server side I think.