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Surgical Diversions » iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:34:40 +0000

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Surgical Diversions » iCal - Exchange Time Zone Fix - Chapter 3 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:42:33 +0000

[…] updated the iCal-Invite-Fix script again. This time to allow for adding multiple Exchange servers to the script so that you should […]

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:30:00 +0000

The script has been updated to allow for multiple Exchange servers using a single script. Re-read the instructions. It comes at a slightly more complex set-up.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:51:11 +0000

The script has been updated again. This time to allow for an unattended import of the METHOD:PUBLISH invite. I'm pretty sure the invites all get imported to the first local calendar you have. In my case it's the Work calendar.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:18:15 +0000

Guy, I don’t think you can import the invites into a CalDAV share. It doesn’t work for me here either. All of mine get imported into my local calendar as well. I look at this as a limitation of iCal.

I just synch this local calendar to my iPhone too.

By: Guy Barton

Guy Barton — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:58:12 +0000

Hi Andy,

In what way should I format the Calendar name to get it to save it to my CalDAV calendar? I have a calendar called "Work" on the CalDAV share, but the script still saves to the local "Work" calendar instead.

Thanks again.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:23:27 +0000

C-

Unfortunately you can only correct the Exchange Server's timezone so that it will work correctly with iCal. But each Exchange Server that you must deal with should be in a fixed location. To solve your particular problem you will need multiple copies of the iCal-Invite-Fix script.

What you will need to do is have one copy of the script for each Exchange Server. Make the corrections for that Exchange Server in the script and then rename the script to reflect the location. Then a new Mail rule for each script that changes the following:

If all the following criteria are met:

Attachment name ends with ".ics"
From equals Exchange Server

then

Run the AppleScript

Something like that should work and you'd only have to set it up once for each Exchange Server. Unfortunately we can only work with the files we get. Trying to get your Exchange Server admin to do something it likely very difficult.

By: C

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:41:08 +0000

Hi there,

I am receiving invites from various time zones as I am a consultant and travel a lot. Is there a way to make the Exchange Server timezone dynamic or to read it from the invite so that I don't have to change it (which wouldn't be practical as I often don't know what timezone their server would be in)?

Many thanks!

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:57:32 +0000

Fixed the script to move the saved .ics attachements to the Trash. It seems that AppleScript's save attachment command doesn't save replace the file that already exists.

Thanks Martin for finding this quirky bug.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:41:24 +0000

Andrew - glad it’s making your life better. Any little bit I can do.