IOS 5 iCal to IOS Device and iCloud Event Syncing

Please forgive the Mac/IOS 5 neepery here, but I ran into a problem using the iCloud service to move data from iCal, the calendar program on the Mac, to iCloud and down to my iPad. Specifically, while events created at the iCloud website or on my iPad would appear on iCal on my laptop, items created on my laptop would not go in the other direction.

Very frustrating.

I checked the Apple support forums and a lot of other users were having the same problem. So, I started playing around with things and found the simple solution.

When you create an event in iCal, you are offered a choice of calendars to assign it to. With the new system software in place, that list of calendars has added a new set, which duplicates all your other calendars (or at least the ones you set up in iCal). This new set is listed under iCloud.

When you create a new event in iCal, it defaults to the calendars which are native to your Mac. If you choose, instead, the matching calendar from the iCloud list, the event migrates up to the cloud and down to your IOS device seamlessly.

I hope this helps!

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