Removing duplicate events in Entourage 2008

[orindabikecoach]

Due to an error involving iSync, I now have duplicate events in Entourage and iCal. Does anybody know a straightforward way to remove the duplicates?

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Due to an error involving iSync, I now have duplicate events in Entourage
and iCal. Does anybody know a straightforward way to remove the
duplicates?

yes and no... WHat I do is that I set a category to all my events in
ENtourge. Since categories don;t sync, the duplicates show up without
one. All I then have to do is to create a custom view in ENtourage to
display all events and sort them by category to select the duplicates
and delete them.

Now in your case it's probably too late if you didn't have a category
for all your events.

I read somewhere that there are some AppleScript that can do what you
need, but I unfortunately can't remember where to find them :-\

Corentin

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

I wrote a quick and dirty script that deletes duplicate events a while
back. It could use some refinement and additional usability
improvements, but I'm a busy guy. So until I get around to polishing it,
feel free to use it in its current state:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/jollyroger/RemoveDuplicateCalendarEvents
.zip>

I took a look at the script and it looks pretty nice. For
troubleshooting something with Exchange, I disabled SyncServices on my
Mac but I will give it a try as soon as I get a chance to re-enable
SyncServices and get duplicates :->

[...]

(Diane, feel free to add this one to the MVP site if you want.)

In the meanwhile, I'll add it to my page if you don't mind.

I'll have to check that the name of the script folder remains the same
in other languages too.... I'll post a warning on the page along with
the link,

Corentin

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

In the meanwhile, I'll add it to my page if you don't mind.

It's posted here:
<http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?p=158>

I'm trying to figure out whether the name of the folders remain the same
in French. Once I do, I'll adapt the script for French (and I might even
localize the dialogs) - again, if you don't mind.

You can always ping me at:
korventeed AT mvps DOT org

Corentin

 

[Diane Ross]

I wrote a quick and dirty script that deletes duplicate events a while
back. It could use some refinement and additional usability
improvements, but I'm a busy guy. So until I get around to polishing it,
feel free to use it in its current state:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/jollyroger/RemoveDuplicateCalendarEvents
.zip>


Note: The script currently doesn't discern between local and Exchange
calendars. And at some point I'd like to add the ability to optionally
export/save events to a folder on disk upon removal so that you can just
drag them back into Entourage later if you want them back.

(Diane, feel free to add this one to the MVP site if you want.)

It's available on the download page and the duplicates page. I need to get
you added to my Address Book so you can Cc me on items like this for
addition. Please contact me off list.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq_topic/duplicates.html>

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads.html>

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