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Sharing iCal with multiple users
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Penfield, NY
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So i use iCal all the time, as does my wife. When fast user switching came out, we were very enthused. BUT, we can't seem to find a way to share a calendar. If one of us puts something into iCal, the other one would obviously like to be able to see that under their account, and add to it if nessecary. Is the ONLY way to get this done by getting a .Mac account? If so, seems kinda bogus.
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Specs:12" PowerBook-1.33GHz, 768 PC2700, Airport Express, Panther (10.3.9), iSight, 15GB 3G iPod
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: :ИOITAↃO⅃
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Do this:
1. Create a folder /Users/Shared/Calendars
2. move your and your wife's calendars there. (Change the names from "Home" to "Frumpy-Home" and "Wife-Home" or somesuch.)
3. delete your /Users/Frumpy/Library/Calendars folder, and your wife's.
4. Open the Terminal, and type
ln -s /Users/Shared/Calendars ~/Library/Calendars
5. Do the same from your wife's account.
that should do it.
If you want to not just see one another's schedules, but have one in common (say, a calendar named 'Shared'), then create a new calendar (or copy a blank one), and change the permissions using Get Info so that it is world-writable.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Penfield, NY
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Soo, i was going along following these directions when i noticed that if i actually FOLLOWED these directions i would be erasing all of my calendars! Not to mention, can't there be an easier way that typing some crazy command in the terminal?
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Specs:12" PowerBook-1.33GHz, 768 PC2700, Airport Express, Panther (10.3.9), iSight, 15GB 3G iPod
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by Frumpy:
Soo, i was going along following these directions when i noticed that if i actually FOLLOWED these directions i would be erasing all of my calendars! Not to mention, can't there be an easier way that typing some crazy command in the terminal?
Frumpy what Mithras said is correct. He is only getting you to delete your calendars from your home directory when they have been copied into the shared users folder (just don't miss this step). This is the reason for the shared users folder, it makes it easy(er) for users to share the same itunes library, etc as well.
The step 4 from Mithras creates a symbolic link in your home directory that ical automatically follows to the new shared calendar location.
I don't know of any easier way to do it than via the terminal.
There are alternatives to .mac for ical publishing if you wanted to share this way. See http://www.icalshare.com for lots of ical info. Here is a free host they mention: http://icalx.com/
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