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Re: Publishing iCal Calendar

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2016-04-18, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Word files are still just individual files that contain all of the
> information. That's not the case with calendars. Have a look in
> ~/Library/Calendars some time and you'll see just how complex the data
> is compared with simple Word files. ; )

You're right. If I could find "the iCal file" I could hope to open it
over my network to solve my problem. I did look at ~/Library/Application
Support/iCal for "the iCal file" and there was nothing in that folder
that even updated when I made a change to my calender. Now I know where
the data are stored. Thanks, even though that knowledge doesn't help me.

> > 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.
> 
> That's going to be a problem no matter what sort of files you use in
> your file sharing methodology. Cloud-based sharing with iCloud is *much*
> more preferable to manual file sharing: my calendar is up to date on all
> of my devices and computers all of the time without any manual
> intervention from you. It mostly Just Works™.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> That you've gone this long without upgrading your hardware is
> commendable. Macs have long lives, but eventually the hardware becomes
> so old that it no longer supports newer functionality. At that point you
> get to make the decision to either live without newer features or
> upgrade your hardware.

Yep, that's the decision. In my case the main problem is that nobody's
updating browsers for PPC Macs and web site developers aren't developing
for my antique browsers. Also, the machine is acting a little flaky and
I'm concerned that it might decide to give up the ghost at some
inopportune moment.

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
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                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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