A calendar is visual representation of time, often charted by months, weeks, or days. Often, a calendar app will help one organize events on a calendar, and sometimes provide alerts or reminders as well.
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How do I enable the Debug menu in Calendar?
The following command entered in Terminal will enable the Debug menu in iCal (Lion):
defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES
I would like to accomplish the same thing in Calendar ...
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How do I stop iCal from launching Mail.app?
I do not use Mail.app, instead using Postbox 2 for all my email needs. I do use iCal for my calendaring, syncing it with my Google Apps accounts.
Whenever iCal wants to send a reminder, it tries to ...
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Hide specific calendars from Notification Center
I currently have five Calendar events displaying in Notification Center at a time. However, I have one specific calendar that I'd like to hide from it, as it has too many events for the ...
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10.8 reminders snooze duration
When I get either a Calendar or Reminders notification, I have the option to 'snooze':
I would like to be able to say something like 'remind me in 10 minutes' or 'remind me in 2 hours' (much like ...
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Can I create a private calendar appointment with an iPhone?
I understand that private is an Exchange concept, but I was hoping Apple would have implemented this feature since they are making use of ActiveSync. If the option is available it is certainly not ...
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How to select calendar with “Quick Event” in 10.7 iCal?
I really like the "Quick Event" mask in iCal under OS X lion: insert event name, start time, date and you're ready! except for the fact that sometimes I'd like to add an event to a particular calendar ...
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What advanced calendar scheduling can Siri do?
I just found out that Siri can do complex calendar schedules, such as scheduling something for every three days. The calendar app has a very limited interface for complex scheduling, so I'm wondering ...
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Google Calendar sync not working in Mountain Lion
Last week my OS X Calendar stopped syncing to Google Calendar. Past events are still there, but new events aren't pushed to Google anymore.
I already tried deleting Calendar's/iCals Cache and ...
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Transfer reminders from iCal to Google Calendar
I switched from iCloud to Google calendar. I already transferred all my calendars via export/import to Google Calendar. Now I'd like to transfer my reminders from iCal/iCloud to Google Calendar. How ...
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Setting custom reminders for birthdays in ios calendar
When a contact is associated with a birthday in ios contacts app, I see that person's birthday appear as an all-day event in the calendar app. However, I don't see how to update the event so that a ...
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Is it possible to suppress hidden calendars in iOS 5's notification view?
I like seeing my upcoming appointments in the notification view, but I have several subscribed calendars that I generally keep turned off, but keep around so I can reference them when necessary. ...
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Alert time discrepancies when synchronizing calendars between iOS 6 and OS X 10.8
Mac running OS X 10.8.2 and iPhone running iOS 6. There is an issue synchronizing the alert times of events created on Calendar. Both devices are set so that the default alert times are 30 min before ...
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Hide 'On my iPhone' calendar when syncing with MobileMe
Ive now switched back over to MobileMe for all of my calendar stuff.
I was wondering though, if I go to 'Calendars', it also displays a calendar 'On My iPhone'. I don't think I would ever want to ...
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How can I use iCal and the iPhone calendar when I am travelling?
I often move between Ireland, Germany/Switzerland (same timezone) and Israel.
I use MobileMe, iCal and (two) iPhones.
The problem is that Apple's calendar applications seem to assume that everything ...
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Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail Contacts/Calendars sync?
I'm looking to setup with iCloud, and I'm concerned with their desire to sync my contacts, calendars, and bookmarks. While I'm fine with the bookmarks, I am legitimately concerned about contacts and ...
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Can I synchronize my iPad calendar with a similar online calendar?
My question is a little vague, I'm sorry. I'll try to make it clear.
I recently bought my iPad, and I fell in love with the calendar. I would like to start using it as my main calendar application, ...
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How can I add more then one calendar from a same google account?
I have my default google calendar synchronized with my iPod-touch, and I would like to add other calendars from the same account, is there a way?
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Can't quit app launched through launchd
As it says in the title, "Can't quit app launched through launchd"—or more precisely, I can quit it, but it then automatically restarts again.
Background: I prefer to use BusyCal, not iCal, but ...
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How to prevent calendar alerts from becoming Drafts (???) in Mail.app?
I don't know the rhyme or reason to it yet, but random calendar event notifications in Lion turn into drafts in my Mail.app drafts folder. I usually find these when I wake the machine up after it's ...
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How do I limit calendar notifications to certain calendars?
In Calendar, I have a number of "iCloud" calendars that I share with my wife. ("Family", "Me", "Her", etc.) so we can see when we're both free/busy.
While I do want to see her whole schedule on my ...
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Use iCloud calendar and contacts with non-Apple devices
A friend wants to sync his calendar (also his contacts if possible) with a non-iPhone device.
Is there a way to connect a device to iCloud via Exchange or CalDav. If so where could the specific ...
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iPhone Birthdays vs OSX birthdays
My OSX calendar app is configured show all the birthdays of my contacts (they are displayed as this special calendar with the parcel icon in OSX). It seems that iOS (6, on iPhone 5) does that too but ...
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How do I sync an iCal calendar across Lion, Lepoard, and iOS 5?
My Dad wants to be able to sync his iCal calendar across a Lion MBP, a Leopard MB, and an iPad running iOS 5. Since the Leopard MB doesn't support iCloud, I can't use that. How can I sync an iCal ...
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Why won't my iCal calendars display in the same window?
For a while (long enough that I almost finished writing a very long SE question about it), I thought Google Calendar wasn't syncing with iCal. Then, I realized that it in fact was, but all the ...
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Is it possible to add iCloud Reminders to iCal calendars?
In iCloud, each Reminder is placed in a named list (called a "List" in the details dialog, and a "Calendar" in the context menu in iCal), but there seems to be no way to assign a reminder to an ...
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Synching iPhone with internet calendar (.ics)
Looks like my issue has been around for a while (iOS 5.0.1 (iPhone 4s) unable to synchronize with Internet Calendar File (ics)) — has anyone come up with a fix yet? I am trying to sync my iPhone ...
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How can I hide **some** birthdays in iOS Calendar?
I have entered the birthday for several of my Contacts, and these birthdays show up in Calendar. I know that I can enable or disable all birthdays by selecting or deslecting "Birthdays" from Show ...
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Is it possible to turn off the iPhone Calendar invitations badge/list?
Is it possible to turn off the new invite badge and the list of new invitations within the Calendar application on the iPhone?
My boss has his assistant review his invitations and accept/deny them ...
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Calendar alert sound on the iPodTouch isn't loud enough is there some “mobile” way to make it louder?
Calendar alert sound on the iPodTouch isn't loud enough is there some "mobile" way to make it louder?
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Why do some calendar events shift in time when daylight saving time goes into effect?
Recently the UK changed from winter time to summer time, I have noticed that the timing of some of my calendar appointments (Google Calendar via Google Sync) have also been shifted forwards by an ...
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iOS: how can I disable calendar alerts?
Is it possible to disable alerts coming from the Calendar app? I am talking about the on the screen pop-ups that come before the start of an event. You can turn off the alert sound in the Preferences, ...
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How do I connect the location of a calendar event with the iPad maps app?
I would like to be able to either navigate from a calendar event to its location within maps, or view all upcoming events on a map. Preferably, both.
How do I connect the location of a calendar ...
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How can I have Calendar use an audible alarm for alerts?
Today I missed an event alert because I stepped away from my desk for a few minutes. What settings would affect whether Calendar Alerts have an audible alarm? Is there a way to force an audible alarm ...
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Siri and birthday events
One of Apple's calendar features on every device is that it takes the birthdays from the contacts and show them as a separate birthday calendar. This is a nice feature, but has a huge drawback in my ...
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Contacts in a calendar appointment
I've noticed that I can add contacts to a calendar appointment. What is this useful for? Will they be notified of the appointment? What can they do with the appointment? What is the whole purpose? I ...
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Is there a dashboard widget for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange calendar?
Does there exist a dashboard widget which displays my Outlook/Entourage and Exchange calendar?
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How to enable Subscribed Calendar to be in read/write mode? [closed]
As today, any Subscribed Calendar is added as Read Only to the iCal Application
to confirm that. just double click in a day with the subscribed calendar selected and you will get this annoying popup ...
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What's the most complete calendar app for iPhone?
I (and I think many of you) would like to find an iPhone calendar app that lets the user add an new event by touching the hour (no the day-view mode) and delay an event, instead of needing to enter, ...
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What can be done about the calendar app closing itself on an iPad?
I have been using my calendar fine but this afternoon when I click on the tile it briefly opens (1 sec) and then closes itself. I have waited 30 mins, I have turned iPad off & back on and still no ...
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iPhone calendar app is stuck on Add Event page
In Calendar app, I clicked the + button to add an event. When I'm done filling all the event details out, I click the blue Done button in upper right corner. It adds my event but it won't leave the ...
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Name does not appear in top right corner in iCloud and incorrect time zone is set
The times in my iCloud calendar are all wrong.
The answer I found to fix this is to click on my name in top right hand corner — only problem is that my name does not appear there and I can find ...
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How can I use Gmail to sync my calendar between Mac OS X and Android?
I've recently bought an HTC Desire and I'd like to sync my calendar from my MacBook Pro (Os X 10.6.6) with the calendar from the phone. I suppose it would be easiest to do it over Gmail, but I'm not ...
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Does the iPod Touch calendar support every other day scheduling?
Does the iPod Touch calendar support every other day scheduling?
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How can I sync my google calendar with my work exchange calendar with my iphone calendar?
Basically I'd like changes in all of these to be reflected on my iphone... but it would be cool to have all three completely synched.
Google Calendar:
- has multiple calendars (some public, some ...
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iOS 6.0.1 thinks all calendar events are invitations
Ever since installing iOS 6.0.1, it appears that all my Google Calendar events appear as invitations. Is this happening to anyone else? Is there any way for me to fix this?
The only events that don't ...
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Calendar with 24h
I have a Mac set in English (US) with an US keyboard. I'm european so I want to have 24h in my calendar and not AM and PM. How it is possible to enable that? I enable that for the hour of the ...
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How to remove extra iPhone calendars?
I'm using my university's exchange server to sync my calendar, contacts and todos with my iPhone (iOS 5), and this is working perfectly.
However, there are (besides the "Birthdays" calendar) two ...
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iCloud share group of calendars?
I've been using icalx.com to sync all my many calendars as a single group. When I turned on iCloud, all my calendar group structure completely disappeared and I see no way to re-add it. Is there any ...
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Why isn't iPhone syncing Calendar items with Outlook?
I am trying to set up a new (Verizon) iPhone to sync Contacts and Calender entries with Outlook 2007 on a Windows Vista Ultimate PC. The Contacts sync both ways, and calendar entries created in ...
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How can I diagnose or fix the CalendarAgent occupying a whole CPU on Mountain Lion?
Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion I see the CalendarAgent process occupying a large amount of 1 CPU on my late-2008 MacBook Pro. To fix this (as suggested by a Google result) I tried ...
