Birthday calendar on iPhone

[anjinha]

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but my birthday calendar isn't being synched to my iPhone.

Is this a problem with MobileMe? It used to sync fine through iTunes...

 

[anjinha]

Can someone please just tell me if this is normal?

 

[msmith2112]

It's normal.

 

[anjinha]

That's too bad, but at least I don't have to restore my iPhone to try to fix it... 😀 Thanks.

 

[icewing]

Uh...what's a birthday calendar?

 

[Vandam500]

There is no birthday calendar that I know of, just a calendar😀

 

[msmith2112]

Yeah, i'm ready for Apple to fix this "bug". There is no reason that the Birthday calendar shouldn't sync like the rest of the categories.

 

[dalvin200]

The Birthday Calendar is a "subscription", and subscriptions are not synced with the iPhone (for some reason)..

The only way around it is so export the calendar, then re-import it .. making it a normal calendar type (ie, not a subscription), then then that will sync to your iPhone...

Only thing is, it won't automatically update if you add/update/delete birthdays in the address book, so you have to re-export and re-import again etc..

 

[anjinha]

The Birthday Calendar is a "subscription", and subscriptions are not synced with the iPhone (for some reason)..

The only way around it is so export the calendar, then re-import it .. making it a normal calendar type (ie, not a subscription), then then that will sync to your iPhone...

Only thing is, it won't automatically update if you add/update/delete birthdays in the address book, so you have to re-export and re-import again etc..

I hadn't thought of that. it's not a perfect solution but it's better than nothing. Thanks. 🙂

 

[phillymjs]

If you have MobileMe...

...you can publish the Birthdays calendar to it and then subscribe to the published version on the iPhone.

I just tested it, and it works*. Changes are published quickly and the iPhone picks them up.

*10.4.11 on the computer with the calendar and address book, iPhone 3GS. YMMV.

~Philly

 

[alFR]

No need, even if you're syncing your other calendars through MobileMe you can sync the birthdays calendar through iTunes under OS 3.0. Be nice if it would sync via MobileMe but after all, how often do birthdays really change?

 

[jkozlow3]

...you can publish the Birthdays calendar to it and then subscribe to the published version on the iPhone.

I just tested it, and it works*. Changes are published quickly and the iPhone picks them up.

*10.4.11 on the computer with the calendar and address book, iPhone 3GS. YMMV.

~Philly

True...I do this as well.

However, there doesn't appear to be a way to have birthdays trigger an alarm, which makes them practically useless for me. I don't go into my calendar daily and I've missed a couple of birthdays as a result of not being reminded 🙁