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Re: Publishing iCal Calendar

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2016-04-17, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> > Doc O'Leary <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'll try an analogy. I have a number of Word files containing useful
> > information. If I'm on the "other" computer and want to look at the
> > information in one of these files, I simply connect the two computers
> > over my local network, locate the file, and open in in Word on the
> > "other" computer. Violà! I can read everything in the file. This is the
> > capability I'm looking for.
> 
> Calendars are databases full of rich information which isn't quite the
> same as Word documents, and you need to take that into account. If you
> want to share your calendar with another iCal user thgouth simple file
> sharing and copying, then you can Export the calendar (look for Export
> in the File menu), copy the exported file to another computer, and
> import it there (File menu again).

I was just an analogy. Anyhow, I have to disagree, JR. Word files are
rich with information beyond simple plain text.

Thanks for your suggestion about Export/Import, but I was already aware
of that. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve my problem. If I'm downstairs
and there's an exported file for me to look at, then it is possibly not
up to date. If I go upstairs to export the calender, to get an
up-to-date file, why bother? Since I'm there, I can just look at the
"master" calendar on the computer where it's maintained.

Regarding Export/Import, I tried that once and it didn't work. My old
computer is PPC, my new one is Intel. The Intel iCal said it didn't
recognize the format of the file exported from the PPC machine. I didn't
investigate further. (Is this a recognized problem with a conversion
utility that solves it?)

> > It sounds like that can't be done with an iCal calendar. Strange.
> 
> Manual file copies for sharing seems so laborious, clunky, and 1990s to
> me. I don't get why anyone would actively avoid having their calendar
> (and contacts, photos, music, bookmarks, etc) automatically shared on
> all of your devices without you having to lift a finger. That's what you
> get by default with the latest Apple operating systems.

I agree that manual file copies for sharing are laborious and clunky. I
don't know about 1990s. In any case, as I described above, they don't
solve my problem.

It's clear to my that my PPC G5 is near the end of its life. That
saddens me. The PPC ISA is brilliant; I understand it well enough to be
able to program it in assembly and I will hate to leave it. Intel
produced generations of chips with clunky ISAs. I admit that I'm not up
on them now; maybe the most recent Intel chips are decent.

Charlie
-- 
Nobody in this country got rich on his own.  You built a factory--good.
But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for.  You hired workers we
all paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.
But take a hunk and pay it forward.  Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

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Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-12 13:42 -0700
  Re: Publishing iCal Calendar dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-04-13 11:40 +1200
    Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-13 01:06 -0700
      Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-13 16:09 +0000
      Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Ed Anson <EdAnson@comcast.net> - 2016-04-13 20:53 -0400
        Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-14 16:34 +0000
          Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-16 00:07 -0700
            Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-16 15:09 +0000
              Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-17 00:33 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-17 02:06 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-17 11:00 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-04-17 16:01 +0000
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2016-04-17 16:07 +0000
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-17 19:03 +0000
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-18 00:39 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-18 16:40 +0000
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2016-04-19 01:05 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-19 15:16 +0000
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