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Better syncing online.  I want to use multiple computers to edit the same calanders, and have them update automatically.  Right now, I can only 'Subscribe' to calanders, but I cannot edit them.

iSync enables this via .Mac or a WebDAV server.  I use it all the time.

Also the ability to view 'schedules' online.  Like I could publish certain calanders that display my work / school schedules so other people can see when I'm occupied.  It would need an interface that can be viewed but not necessarily subscribed to.

You can publish iCal calendars, again, to .Mac or to a WebDAV server.

I can understand that people would like to see Apple make this not so dependent upon .Mac, but one must remember that they make money selling that as a service.  So, having exclusive services like these available only to subscribers increases the appeal.

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That's all I want..
Can't be that complicated..

Better syncing online.  I want to use multiple computers to edit the same calanders, and have them update automatically.  Right now, I can only 'Subscribe' to calanders, but I cannot edit them.

iSync enables this via .Mac or a WebDAV server.  I use it all the time.

You mean you can have a calendar on multiple computers and edit it? How do you do this? How does iSync do it with WebDAV? I just checked and there's no way to do it without using .Mac. Is there a way to fool your Mac into thinking your personal WebDAV server is .Mac?

The New Guy wrote:

Better syncing online.  I want to use multiple computers to edit the same calanders, and have them update automatically.  Right now, I can only 'Subscribe' to calanders, but I cannot edit them.

iSync enables this via .Mac or a WebDAV server.  I use it all the time.

You mean you can have a calendar on multiple computers and edit it? How do you do this? How does iSync do it with WebDAV? I just checked and there's no way to do it without using .Mac. Is there a way to fool your Mac into thinking your personal WebDAV server is .Mac?

Yes, it does work through iSync and .Mac.

As for foolin iSync into using a personal WebDAV server instead of .Mac, it is apparently not possible, as iSync does not use WebDAV for it's authentication.  My apologies for misspeaking.  I had read a setup sometime ago for fooling Backup, and mixed the two in my head.

However, I did read one interesting suggestion that used an iPod as the vehicle for iCal synchronization between local machines.  I don't know if this would help you.

otter wrote:

Yes, it does work through iSync and .Mac.

As for foolin iSync into using a personal WebDAV server instead of .Mac, it is apparently not possible, as iSync does not use WebDAV for it's authentication.  My apologies for misspeaking.  I had read a setup sometime ago for fooling Backup, and mixed the two in my head.

However, I did read one interesting suggestion that used an iPod as the vehicle for iCal synchronization between local machines.  I don't know if this would help you.

Then basically what we said earlier stands.  We'd like a way to sync (preferably over the internet) that doesn't need .Mac.

Thanks, though, for looking into it. 

The New Guy wrote:

Here's one: Smart Calendars

It would be awesome if you could take a specific event from a calendar on the Internet and add it to a calendar on your local machine, and refresh them all at the same time.

For example: If you like to watch Iron Chef and Lost, you can find the FoodTV calendar on the 'net and select the Iron Chef event to add to your TV calendar and find the ABC schedule and get the Lost event and ad that to your TV calendar, and they both dynamically update at a set interval.

You can already do that, it's called subscription. check out iCalshare or even Apple's own iCal page. Of course, it has to be in the supported format which is .ics.

Thunderstruck wrote:

The New Guy wrote:

Here's one: Smart Calendars

It would be awesome if you could take a specific event from a calendar on the Internet and add it to a calendar on your local machine, and refresh them all at the same time.

For example: If you like to watch Iron Chef and Lost, you can find the FoodTV calendar on the 'net and select the Iron Chef event to add to your TV calendar and find the ABC schedule and get the Lost event and ad that to your TV calendar, and they both dynamically update at a set interval.

You can already do that, it's called subscription. check out iCalshare or even Apple's own iCal page. Of course, it has to be in the supported format which is .ics.

Actually, no. You can subscribe to a calendar, but you can't pick events across multiple calendars and subscribe to *just* that event on the calendar, having it import into a specific calendar on your Mac.

I imagine such a thing wouldn't be difficult to implement. After all, .ics files are just XML. Given that each iCal event has a unique identifier, you could send an HTTP request for the .ics, look up the event, and import the event into a calendar. The only problem is possibly overloading the HTTP requests on the server if you have a lot of events spread over a lot of calendars.