Apple's calendar application, bundled with every OS X installation. Renamed to "Calendar" in 10.8 Mountain Lion.
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Sync errors between iCal and Google Calendars
For the most part iCal and Google Calendars via CalDAV just work for me. But irregularly, throughout the day, iCal will start bouncing in my dock and display a warning like the following:
What I ...
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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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Disable page curl animation in Lion's iCal
I can live with the skeuomorphic skin of the new iCal, but the useless page curl animation when switching months is both slow and jittery. Is there any way to disable it?
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iCal No Longer Runs Scripts?
I have some automated tasks in the form of AppleScripts which I would schedule to run overnight via an iCal event. The event would simply be set to "run script" at "0 minutes before the event" and ...
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When sharing calendars on iCloud, how do I show other people that I'm occupied, but not why?
Now that I will be able to share iCal calendars (e.g. on iCloud, MobileMe), for events that are marked as private is there a way to make other people only see that I am occupied at a certain time but ...
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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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Can I silence alarms from shared calendar (on a calendar-by-calendar basis)?
I use iCloud to share a family calendar with my wife (she owns the calendar, I am the sharee). She likes to make sure she gets plenty of alarms for events on the family calendar so she doesn't miss ...
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Problems with Google Calendars and iCal in Lion
I'm not sure WHY it is so hard to get calendar syncing to work right, but it does seem to be one of the problems of our age. I thought maybe finally with iCal 5 syncing with google calendars would ...
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How do I stop email reminder from iCal?
I'm using Google calendar, and I subscribe to my Google Calendar from multiple computers. Whenever I set an event with (an) email reminder(s) on Google calendar, I'll get multiple emails because (1) ...
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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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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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What do the numbers after an invitee's status in iCal mean?
After the text describing the status of an invitee in iCal (in the context menu for the invitee) there is a number. For example I nearly always see numbers like 1.1 or 1.2:
and occasionally I see ...
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Printing full calendar invitation?
I use OS X Mail and iCal connected to my company's MS Exchange server. Sometimes a co-worker sends a calendar invitation (using Outlook) with lots of agenda details in it. I'm trying to find a good ...
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Can I set OS X to automatically open ICS files in iCal?
Can I configure OS X so that the default open action on an ICS files is to open it in iCal?
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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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iCal and Google Calendar Syncing
Is there a way to sync my iCalendar to my Google Calendar? I use the iCal application as my primary calendar resource, and I need to share that data via GoogleCalendar with my colleagues and I cannot ...
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Is there a way the be alerted of changes to a shared iCal calendar?
I've created a calendar in iCal that I share with colleagues, who I have given permission to edit. Everything works fine except that I see no way to receive alerts or notifications when they make ...
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How can I use Sparrow to send iCal e-mail notifications instead of Mail.app?
I am really annoyed how iCal uses Mail.app to try to send e-mail notifications. It always pops up Mail.app and I do not want it to at all. How can I make iCal use Sparrow instead to send e-mail ...
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Why are my events disappearing in iCal after upgrading to Lion and how can I fix it?
I have several calendars synced using MobileMe and after upgrading to Lion it is often the case that a day's worth of newly added events all disappear. This generally happens when I am in another ...
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iCal sending decline e-mails when it purges old calendar entries
I have iCal version 4.0.4. I have enabled the "Delete events 30 days after they have passed" preference option. When iCal purges these events, it is sending a decline e-mail to the event organizer.
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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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iCal DAV The Server Responded with an Error (HTTP 302) after sleeping
Often when my Macbook Pro Retina has been asleep, I get the following upon waking up:
It is irritating because I get the bouncy iCal icon in my doc and have to dismiss the error message every time. ...
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Mail.app in Lion - is there a way to create tasks from email?
I'm not sure if I haven't seen that in earlier versions of Mail.app, but I would really love to have the ability to create a task in iCal from an email - and that this task could link to the original ...
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Exclude hours from Calendar?
Is it possible to lock the position, or delete the options for earlier or later, of the Calendar app on OS X? I don't want anything before 8am or after 10pm, but the calendar moves too easily, so I ...
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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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Restoring Lion/iCloud iCal from Time Machine
Well I managed to delete my calendar, which was being synched via iCloud with my Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
Can I repopulate my iCal calendar from a Time Machine backup? ~/Library/ contains a folder ...
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Why does iCloud have a different timezone for my calendar events than my devices do?
I set an appointment on iCal from 19:30 to 22:00. In the iCloud calendar it shows as 18:30 to 21:00. In iCal on Macbook Pro, on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 it shows the correct time i.e. 19:30 to 22:00!
I ...
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What's a good “todo” widget for Mac OS X 10.6?
I'm considering small widgets like QuickCal, Anxiety, DoBeDo, etc. Integration with Mail/iCal would be great. What's your favorite?
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How do I stop iCal from always asking for a password?
I have several (webcal) subscription calendars on my iCal. Two of them require passwords stored in my keychain. At regular intervals, iCal will ask for my keychain password. Is there a way to set ...
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Is there a way to match calendar colors without MobileMe? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the colors of calendars on iOS5
I have an iPhone 4 that syncs with iCal through Google. However, the colors for the calendars are different on the ...
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How do I delete an iCal event without sending notifications?
If I try to delete an event on iCal, it offers me these options:
Cancel
Delete and Notify
What if I want to delete without notifying?
I'm running iCal 5.0.2 on OS X 10.7.3 using an Exchange ...
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1answer
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iCal and Google Calendar creating double notifications
I have a Google Calendar set up. I have set it up to send me E-Mail when an appointment is imminent.
I connected the calendar with my new MacBook Pro's iCal.
Now, both Google Calendar and iCal want ...
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2answers
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iCal events on the desktop; Dashboard widgets vs. GeekTool vs.?
Over the last few years I've become very dependent on the Amnesty Widget Browser and a little Dashboard widget called "iCal Events" to embed a well-styled list of upcoming iCal events into my desktop ...
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Outlook for Mac 2011 - How to sync with iCal (Google Calendar)?
This seems to be a common problem, but I couldn't find any solutions.
I want to sync my Google Calendar with Outlook 2011
I tried this solution:
Sync Google Calendar with iCal
Then sync iCal ...
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How do I get iCal push notifications working?
If I update an event on my iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3.3, it is updated correctly on the MobileMe calendar web site, but not on iCal – I have to refresh the latter manually. I took a look at my system ...
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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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Syncing Contacts and iCal between multiple macs and iOS?
I have a two macs, an iPod Touch and an iPad, so 4 devices in total.
I wonder if there is a way to sync contacts and ical calendars between these devices automatically (or in case of the iPod/iPad ...
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How to change Mac OS X iCal's calendar color for Microsoft Exchange server account?
I'm using iCal for managing my schedules in my company. And my company is using Microsoft Exchange server for schedules. When I added the company account to iCal, it set the calendar color as orange. ...
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What is the lightning bolt icon in iCal?
I've gone through this document, but it's for iCal 3.0, Lion has 5.0+.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iCal/3.0/en/symbls.html
Here's what it looks like, I'm not sure if it's a bolt or ...
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Is there a way to add To-Do's to iCal from the iPhone?
Is there a way to add To-Do's to iCal from the iPhone?
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Alarms not working for iCal calendar synced with Google account
I have, in iCal two accounts: one local, one synced with my Google account. In the last 3 weeks or so, the alarms on the synced account have stopped working -- that is, I'll create an event, set the ...
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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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Why does Mail.app automatically add iCal events from invitations I receive?
I sometimes receive emails with .ics file attachments. Mail.app automatically adds these events to my iCloud Calendar as soon as I preview the message.
How can I disable this behaviour and only add ...
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Import iCal data from other mac
I need to consolidate two iCal installations: the data from my old laptop should be merged into my new laptop’s iCal data.
I tried exporting the old iCal data and importing it on the new laptop. ...
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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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How do I quickly change the current calendar being used for new events in Lion?
I have different calendars for various types of things that I use to schedule my days. This involves switching between the different calendars for different kinds of events when doing the scheduling. ...
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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 ...
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iCal: How do I add new event types with new colors?
So iCal has "Work" and "Home" as two of its default event types associated with the colors green and blue respectively.
How do I add a third event type, say "School", and set its color to be ...
