It was only a matter of time before iCal, .Mac, and Plaxo caused a catastrophe. This afternoon, out of nowhere, my iCal calendars were duplicated three times. Figuring it was Plaxo’s doing I removed those calendars (from Plaxo) and within seconds it nuked everything in iCal. After a quick trip to Time Machine, iCal was restored to working order and I told Plaxo to reset its sync point. This got iCal and Plaxo working again.

After an iSync my Nokia N75 had two copies of each calendar entry. iSync’s Reset Device option didn’t work and I wound up with three duplicate entries. Nowhere could I find a method to delete calendar entries from the N75 so I started poking around Symbian’s Sync feature. It wasn’t long until I realized Apple’s iSync held the answer.

I removed the N75 from iSync and re-added it which presented a pop-up menu for handling a first-time sync. The best selection was Replace All Data on Device and with fingers crossed I clicked on Sync Devices. A few minutes later the N75’s calendar was back to normal.

In short, try iSync’s Remove Device instead of Reset Device when attempting to delete badly synchronized data from your mobile.

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