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Re: Publishing iCal Calendar

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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. ; )

> 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.

-- 
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JR

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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
            Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-16 16:28 +0000
              Re: Publishing iCal Calendar David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2016-04-16 12:26 -0500
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-16 19:31 +0000
              Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-16 13:27 -0700
                Re: Publishing iCal Calendar Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-16 18:18 -0700
            Re: Publishing iCal Calendar "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-04-19 00:20 +0000

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