Wow - I did not anticipate this. I am the author of the original tutorial, and I had no idea Rob finally posted this...

A few words - yes, you need to install the developer tools in order for gcc to work.

The most recent builds of Darwin CalDAV also include the CardDAV server integrated. I will update my tutorial accordingly as soon as I have time.

As for syncing with phones - iSync allows the synchronization of CalDAV calendars, but not of CardDAV address books. Still half-baked. I solved the address book problem with smart folders that show me all new contacts from my phone.

There is a comments section in the tutorial's bottom. I will try my best to help and to answer all questions.

As for the purpose of doing this: well, I did not have savings in mind. I just wanted to see if I could get it to work. And once I did, it proved to be more reliable than any other solution I tried. So if you are tech-savvy, have time and patience (and remember to back up everything before you start!) - it is worth it.

Oh, and yes - the computer acting as server does need to be on. I constantly remote-sync my laptop with my desktop using a VPN connection. I think you can achieve the same by using a dynamic DNS service and forwarding the specified ports (see the tutorial) from your router to the server - but this is a very insecure way. A more secure, much easier way, would be to forward the proper ports with an SSH tunnel. If you guys want me to add this to the tutorial, let me know.

thanx!

how do I install developper tools? is that the same as Xcode?

and: how do I do the following?
"Oh, and yes - the computer acting as server does need to be on. "

thanx

1. Yes, install Xcode.
2. Just make sure that after everything is up and running, the computer acting as the server is turned on whenever you are trying to synchronize from a different computer.

If the server computer is not on, or if you cannot establish a connection, everything will be saved on the client computer locally, and synchronized the next time you connect to the server.

excellent!

worked fine until the last thing to be done: where is HOME/Library? is that like Macintosh/Library oder is it <i>MyUserName</i>/Library?

tried copying your file into both locations (one at a time). logged out and in again.
When opening iCal there is an error saying:
"Der Server meldet einen Fehler.
Die Verbindung zum Server „192.168.1.37“ wurde abgelehnt."

Meaning: "the server says there is an error. the connection to the server 192.168.1.37 has been refused."

Any help possible?

And when I go into the terminal and want to run the server in calendar/CalendarServer using ./run the following error message appears:
Macintosh:CalendarServer yann$ ./run

Building PyXML...

Building PyKerberos...

Building PyOpenDirectory...

Building PyDirector...

Using python as Python

Starting server...
exec python /Users/yann/calendar/Twisted/bin/twistd -n caldav -f /Users/yann/calendar/CalendarServer/conf/caldavd-dev.plist -o ProcessType=Combined
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python/zope/__init__.py:1: UserWarning: Module twisted was already imported from /Users/yann/calendar/Twisted/twisted/__init__.pyc, but /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/Extras/lib/python is being added to sys.path
__import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__)
/Users/yann/calendar/Twisted/twisted/mail/smtp.py:10: DeprecationWarning: the MimeWriter module is deprecated; use the email package instead
import MimeWriter, tempfile, rfc822
/Users/yann/calendar/CalendarServer/calendarserver/tap/caldav.py:49: DeprecationWarning: mktap and related support modules are deprecated as of Twisted 8.0. Use Twisted Application Plugins with the 'twistd' command directly, as described in 'Writing a Twisted Application Plugin for twistd' chapter of the Developer Guide.
from twisted.scripts.mktap import getid
Another twistd server is running, PID 3923

This could either be a previously started instance of your application or a
different application entirely. To start a new one, either run it in some other
directory, or use the --pidfile and --logfile parameters to avoid clashes.

launchctl bsexec failed: No such file or directory
Macintosh:CalendarServer yann$


is there maybe a link to the first problem?

thanx!

When I wrote HOME/Library I meant that HOME is your home folder, meaning your username.

As for the errors - it seems that the first time you tried to connect to the server it was still not up and running, and the second time you tried to activate it it was already up...

When a connection is refused, it means that either the service you are trying to reach is not running, or that you did not specify the right port in iCal.

When you try to run the server manually, use the command:
./run -d

The -d switch sends it to the background.

now it functions all right!

in the downloaded file I had to change the path from home/CalendarServer/run to home/calendar/CalendarServer.

Maybe you want to correct this...

elsewhise everything is smoothly running. marvelous! I had been looking for such a feature for weeks!