Anyone figure out how to setup iCal on the iPhone to use both your personal Mac-based iCalendar and a shared iCal from someone else? Used to be able to sync when through iTunes. Now with over-the air MobileMe, I can only get one at a time. The initial wired sync through iTunes did have both. Apple's help pages do mention this "unexpected result" but have no solution.
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Shared Calendars
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I don't have an answer for you, but I was hoping that one could share calendars between mobileme users (like members of a family). If that worked, I would jump my family to MobileMe in a heartbeat. We desperately need family calendar that syncs to all of our iPhone & iPod touch devices! Google Calendar has the sharing, but not the sync/push. (I also dislike their web mail interface.)
So, is is possible to share calendars between mobileme users?
So, is is possible to share calendars between mobileme users?
I have an email into Apple's MobileMe support people, just waiting for a reply. With the new iPhone support for separate, colored calendars, it actually makes sense to have shared calendars on the device.
I'll definitely post any response I get from apple here
I'll definitely post any response I get from apple here
Please let us know what support responds with. I would love to get MobileMe for my wife and I, but it needs to "work" for us.
We want to have separate email and contacts, but we want to have a shared calendar that we can both make add/update/deletes to.
- Jason
I thought i could run two MobileMe accounts on the iPhone. One for everything personal, and the other pushing just the calendar to share. Turns out you can only sync one account at a time.
My solution is to register at http://live.mail2web.com and then use the exchange support on the iPhone to share the calendar. Viola, you have a free shared push calendar.
email from MobilMe support
Here is the [disappointing] support email I received yesterday from Apple.
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Hello,
The issue you reported was related to the ongoing transition to MobileMe
from .Mac. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this
transition.
If you're still experiencing an issue related to your MobileMe
account, please check the MobileMe System Status which is available here:
http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme
Also, please see these articles for more information about MobileMe:
.Mac to MobileMe transition FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1932
MobileMe Mail: http://www.me.com/mail
MobileMe Contacts: http://www.me.com/contacts
MobileMe Calendar: http://www.me.com/calendar
MobileMe Gallery: http://www.me.com/gallery
MobileMe Mail iDisk: http://www.me.com/idisk
MobileMe Account: http://www.me.com/account
We hope you enjoy MobileMe.
Sincerely,
MobileMe Support Team
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Which of course didn't answer my question. They made it sound like the shared calendar pushing was only unavailable during the switch. Well, the switch now seems complete, and I can't find shared calendar pushing.
From looking at other forums and threads, it seems that shared calendar pushing is impossible at this time--at least, without using third-party options.
Here is the [disappointing] support email I received yesterday from Apple.
----------------
Hello,
The issue you reported was related to the ongoing transition to MobileMe
from .Mac. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by this
transition.
If you're still experiencing an issue related to your MobileMe
account, please check the MobileMe System Status which is available here:
http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme
Also, please see these articles for more information about MobileMe:
.Mac to MobileMe transition FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1932
MobileMe Mail: http://www.me.com/mail
MobileMe Contacts: http://www.me.com/contacts
MobileMe Calendar: http://www.me.com/calendar
MobileMe Gallery: http://www.me.com/gallery
MobileMe Mail iDisk: http://www.me.com/idisk
MobileMe Account: http://www.me.com/account
We hope you enjoy MobileMe.
Sincerely,
MobileMe Support Team
--------------------
Which of course didn't answer my question. They made it sound like the shared calendar pushing was only unavailable during the switch. Well, the switch now seems complete, and I can't find shared calendar pushing.
From looking at other forums and threads, it seems that shared calendar pushing is impossible at this time--at least, without using third-party options.