The tests in this chapter are specific to the Calendars database. Read “Common Steps” for how to turn on data change alerts before running these tests.
These are common steps specific to this chapter:
To perform an initial merge sync, choose “Merge data on computer and device” from the “For first sync” pop-up menu on the iSync window.
To force slow sync, launch Syncrospector, select the device from the Clients table, choose Slow Sync from the Sync Mode menu, and sync the device.
To add a timed event, double-click a day in Month view in iCal and choose the type of alarm from the “alarm” pop-up menu, and then set when you want the alarm to fire.
To add a recurrent event, double-click a day in Month view in iCal and choose how often you want the event to occur from the “repeat” pop-up menu.
To add a all-day event, double-click a day in Month view in iCal and select the all-day option in the Info drawer.
To add a recurrent all-day event, add an all-day event in iCal and choose how often you want the event to occur from the "repeat" pop-up menu.
To add a multi-day all-day event, double-click a day in Month view in iCal. Then select the all-day option and type the start and end dates (spanning multiple days) in the event's Info drawer.
To delete fields on the computer, select an event in iCal and edit the field in the Info drawer. To delete a recurrence rule, choose None from the “repeat” pop-up menu. To delete an alarm, choose Remove Alarm from the alarm pop-up menu. To delete text in the Notes field, click in the Notes field, press Command-A, and press the Delete key.
To modify a repeat rule, select the event in iCal and choose another menu item in the "repeat" pop-up menu.
Timed Events from Device
Recurrent Events from Device
All-Day Events from Device
Tasks from Device
Recurrent All-Day Event from Device
Recurrent Multi-day All-day Event from Device
Birthday Event from Device
Many Events and Tasks with Large Notes
Last updated: 2007-07-11