iCal entries eliminated after applying Office for Mac 14.3.2 and Mountain Lion 10.8. updates

20. March 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Outlook for Mac · Tags: , , ,
I updated Office for Mac 2011 with 14.3.2 and Mountain Lion with 10.8.3 today (3/20/21013).  Interestingly, all data in iCalendar, which I have to maintain to sync with my iPad, was erased (Note: I do not sync using the Cloud.  I use iTunes. I don't use the Cloud).  Entries which had been made in iCal but had never been entered in the Office 2011 calendar suddenly show up in the Office 2011 calendar.  It is as though the entire contents of the iCal had been transferred to Office 2011 calendar and the iCal file erased.  Also, as part of the update, discrepancies between the Apple Address Book application and Office 2011 Contacts were highlighted and I was asked to choose the correct entry.  Both Address books files seems to be in tact.

I've searched the internet for any explanation of what changes these two updates might have had in them but haven't come up with anything relevant to what I have experienced.  I was disappointed by the changes to the OS X system (Lion) that eliminated syncing my iPad with Outlook for Mac using iTunes.  I had to transfer my address book and contacts to Apple programs to be able to sync.  Now it seems that path has been eliminated for my calendar...at least unless I transfer all my calendar entries back to iCal...which turned out to be a PITA.

Does anyone have an explanation?  The best outcome would be that these new updates somehow gives me a way to sync Outlook contacts and calendar with my iPad, but I am not optimistic.  If syncing is not an option, Is there a good way to download my Outlook calendar to iCal?

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