[zl9600]

The only program that's given me problems in moving my data over is iCal. I bought a new PB, and rather than using the assistant to move all my programs, I did a fresh install of all software. For programs like iCal, I *thought* i could just drag over all my i Cal .plist files (alarm, scheduler, etc), my iCal folder in Appication support folder in my LIbrary, and the Cache.

But all i get are my themes, no calendars. And the date on my icon is all skewed (a font/suitcase problem?)

Wondering if anyone can help me find the missing file I need to transfer, or what I did wrong.

Thanks.

[Chuckit]

~/Library/Calendars, I think.

[Randman]

Did you ever use Backup and/or iSync? You could use either or both to reinstall the data that way.

[zl9600]

no, isync didn't work on my old pb. i basically had been copying files (all the .plist and app support files) to an external HD.

I still have my PB with the working iCal and data on it.

Is there a step I can take to get it into my new PB?

Thanks!

[zl9600]

oh, by the way, chuckit: i did pull /library/calendars folder. that didn't do it either.

THANKS guys for replying so fast.

[Superchicken]

There should be an option in iCal on your PowerBook for Exporting, under File.

do that for each cal, and then drag them onto the iCal and you're done.

I love iCal. That said if you'd just transfered your whole library it should have worked.

[zl9600]

Thanks for the replies. While I never figured out exactly what went wrong, I ended up just copying my calendars (and not the libraries) to an external usb stick, and then i dragged the files from there right onto iCal, and boom--the calendars showed up, all data intact!

I wish other programs were as slick as iCal when it came to moving data around. Thanks for the help, all.