[maemo-users] [maemo-users] Contacts on N800

[From: Andy Mulhearn]

On Wednesday, February 07, 2007, at 01:14PM, "Andy Mulhearn" <unxmully at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>On Wednesday, February 07, 2007, at 12:52PM, "Luca Donaggio" <donaggio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Both Contacts and Dates use the Evolution Data Server which is built in on
>>IT OS>=2006. So Contacts share the same data as the built in contacts app
>>from Nokia, for example.
>>You can import a calendar from a desktop Evolution installation (default on
>>every Linux GNOME desktop) by simply copying its calendar.ics file over the
>>same file on your N770/800 and rebooting the device (to let EDS rescan its
>>database).
>
>I will try anyway but do you know if it works with a iCal calendar from OSX?
>
>I tried once but didn't do the reboot so perhaps that's why it didn't get picked up.
>

Just tried with an old copy of my Mac Calendar and it works as you suggest and I can now see my calendar in Dates on my n880. 

Nice :))

OK, so being picky, I have to copy the file to a specific directory that file manager doesn't brows to and then reboot but as my personal diary doesn't change that much, that's not what I call a major hardship.

Andy