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Apple Fix Removes iCal Schedules

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By ROB PEGORARO, The Washington Post

Published: February 25, 2008

After I installed the latest update from Apple, iCal showed up blank. Where did my schedules go?

The 10.5.2 bug-fix update to Mac OS X Leopard that Apple released recently seems to have a bug of its own: The iCal program included in OS X can seem to lose your calendars and to-do items.

To get them back, quit iCal, switch to the Finder, click the home icon in its left-hand pane and double-click your "Library" folder. Then double-click the "Calendars" folder to open that. Drag any files whose names include "Cache" into the trash. When you open iCal again, it should flash a message that it's updating your calendars; a moment later, your appointments and to-dos should reappear.

My new Palm Centro won't pair up with the Bluetooth in my Toyota. The phone sees the car, but the car doesn't return the favor.

Bluetooth is 10 years old, but phones and hands-free car kits can still have weird communication breakdowns. In this case, the Blue- tooth gear in some Toyotas may fail to detect Palm smartphones.

A 2005 Prius had this problem with a new Centro. After going through the pairing process as outlined in the car's manual, the Centro would say it was connected, but the car's info screen would report that it was still connecting. (Oddly enough, a second Centro worked right away.)

Postings in some online forums suggested this extra step: When the vehicle appears in the Palm's "Trusted Devices" screen, usually as "Hands Free," press the menu button and select "Connect." (This screen offers no clue that a menu could exist here - it's a terrible interface.) In my case, the entry for the Prius turned bold on the Centro's screen, and a moment later, the car's screen showed "connected."

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