How transfer iCal, Address Book data to Tiger

[rot@ti.org]

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to Snow Leopard, but the computer has some hardware problems and I need to send it in for repair (it won't wake up or boot). It is entirely backed up with Time Machine, and I would like to transfer the calendar and contact data from it to my PowerBook that is running OS X 10.4.

I managed to export an icbu file (iCal) and abbu (Address Book) file from the MBP, but when I try to add them to the PB's iCal and Address Book, I get an error message. The raw data in the Library folder seem to be in a different format as well. Is there any other way to transfer the data?

 

[aristobrat]

For iCal, try Export -> Export, which should make a more generic .ics file (instead of the .icbu file, which I guess stands for ical backup, which makes some sense that an older version can't read it).

For Address Book, select them all and try Export -> Export. I think that creates a file for every contact, but it's in the generic format that the old version should be able to read.

Or sign up for a free 60-day trial of MobileMe and let it sync it between your computers. I think it'll work with 10.4, but not totally sure.

 

[rot@ti.org]

I'll try that if I can get the MBP to wake up. If I can't, are there any ways to convert the backed-up files to Tiger-level formats?

 

[aristobrat]

Crap, I missed the part about the MBP not booting. So much for reading comprehension.

Do you have any friends or family with newer Macs that you could use to load the newer files and export in the more generic ones?