Palm Desktop (XP) to AddressBook (Mac) and iCal (Mac)

Switching to the iPhone (moving contacts calendar email)

Exporting Contacts:

(Windows XP) Palm Desktop
Contacts / All / File / Export vCard (*.vcf)

• extn won't hurt
• DOS (CRLF) won't hurt

(MacOS) Address Book
File/Import *.vcf
(This process loses group info)

Yahoo Addresses
erase
import *.vcf (may lose ~3% of contacts)
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Exporting Calendar:

(Windows XP) Palm Desktop
Calendar / File / Export as *.dba (not *.cal)

Yahoo Calendar (.dba > .csv)
erase calendar
import *.dba
export (Desktop)Yahoo.csv

Google Calendar (.cvs > .ics)
Settings, Settings, Erase calendar
Other calendars, Add, Import calendar (Desktop)Yahoo.csv
My calendars, Settings, Export
(/Downloads)*.ics

(MacOS) iCal
Delete current calendar (on left)
File/Import *.ics

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1. Export as Datebook (.dba) from Palm Desktop on your PC.
no spaces in pathname
use Date (not Cal) format

2. Yahoo Calendar, Import .dba loses data:

reminders
custom reminders are not imported
repeats are unreliable:
test source repeated weekly from July 19 to Aug 19,
but dest contained only Aug 1, 15 (even though each said "repeats weekly")
dest is exported (two separate events)

3. Export Yahoo Calendar to .csv
"Export to Outlook" (CSV is Outlook)
Open w/Excel to check entries/rows

4. Google Calendar, Add, Import .csv

5. Export as iCal file (.ics) from Google Calendar.
Manage calendars, Private Address, ICAL

6. Import the .ics file in iCal (Mac only?)