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Problem: My iMac, MobileMe and Omnifocus working just fine. I'm able to sync to iCal, sync to the server and sync with MobileMe. My MacBookPro, I'm unable to sync to MobileMe (it says not synced no matter how many times I try to sync the calendars). I'm unable to load the iCal Sync preferences in Omnifocus and therefore I can't sync from Omnifocus to iCal.

Step 1: Contacted Omnigroup. Sent me a stock response to a webpage to check if I'm setup properly. Since I can't setup properly to begin with, that's a wash. Its Saturday, what shall I try next.

Step 2: Reset sync data and unregister/register the computer. Wipe out the data in MobileMe.
Try to sync. No change.

Step 3: Turned on the Console and watched as I attempted a sync to MobileMe with just the calendar. Errors abound. Two in particular. One says that the port is invalid, the other says the database is locked. Hmm. What if SyncServices is corrupted and causing the whole issue - how to rebuild it?

Step 4: In user account>library>Application support. Throw SyncServices in the trash or move it to your desktop. Reboot.

Step 5: Sing a happy song, all is well again. I can sync to MobileMe, I can load all my calendars in Omnifocus preferences, I can set the context syncing to iCal, I can sync to iCal!

Step 6: Happiness. My iPhone syncs over the air with the data in MobileMe. Both my computers sync nicely to MobileMe and with one another's data. Both computers can sync with Omnifocus data on MobileMe.

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