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Q: new entries revert to "new event"

Just within the last few days, Calendar has begun consistently misbehaving. I create a new event, assign it to a calendar, fill in information such as time and notes. I close the editing window, the new title displays (I'm using Month View) for just a second, and then it reverts to "New Event," and everything I've entered is lost. Oddly, when I enter all the information a second time, it always seems to stay.

 

As far as I know, I haven't made any changes to my OS (10.9.5) or to Calendar (7.0), neither via their settings nor any other way. FYI, I'm using iCloud to sync between the calendars on my MBPro and my iPhone (4S, running 7.1.2).

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on May 15, 2015 5:45 PM

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  • by SPSPSP,

    SPSPSP SPSPSP May 27, 2015 10:59 AM in response to hueyo
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    May 27, 2015 10:59 AM in response to hueyo

    And now, when I go back and edit some of my ALREADY EXISTING EVENTS, the changes aren't there a few seconds later. (This is in iCal on my Mac desktop, like the original problem.)

     

    APPLE, WHAT THE F IS GOING ON???

  • by rajuip,

    rajuip rajuip May 27, 2015 6:46 PM in response to hueyo
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    May 27, 2015 6:46 PM in response to hueyo

    We're having the same problem over here. Same exact description - we'll add a new event into Calendar, include all pertinent information, and after clicking enter, the event information is erased and "New Event" is added to the calendar.

     

    This is ridiculous. Apple, please make a fix for this!

  • by Jake Eagle,

    Jake Eagle Jake Eagle May 27, 2015 7:49 PM in response to rajuip
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    May 27, 2015 7:49 PM in response to rajuip

    Same problem here. It's been happening for about a week. I add a new event with whatever is the appropriate name and details, then after I save it the entry reverts back to "new event." I have not found a solution, but one user suggested using the + sign in the upper left corner to create new events. I will try this.

  • by acmac,

    acmac acmac May 28, 2015 12:21 AM in response to hueyo
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    May 28, 2015 12:21 AM in response to hueyo

    Me Again.

     

    I have once again been speaking with Apple Tech in the UK and they still have not found a way of resolving this issue. I was amazed that they hadn't even looked on here, this forum, to see if others were having a similar issue. It seems Apple DO NOT look on these forums so may i suggest that every one of us phone the helplines and pester the **** out of them.

     

    The only solution Apple have offered us is to upgrade to Yosemite which is not possible as we have software which is not compatible with that OS

     

    RING THE HELPLINES. They do not know how to fix this yet but reinstalling your OS does not fix it or your diaries. If this does not get a result I will be contacting trading standards and the press.

  • by KLCfromUK,

    KLCfromUK KLCfromUK May 28, 2015 2:42 PM in response to acmac
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    May 28, 2015 2:42 PM in response to acmac

    This is crazy. I rely on Calendar for almost everything I do and I'm missing appointments. THIS IS A DEAL BREAKER.  APPLE MUST FIX THIS ASAP!  

  • by rigelusesapple,

    rigelusesapple rigelusesapple May 28, 2015 3:10 PM in response to hueyo
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    May 28, 2015 3:10 PM in response to hueyo

    (Listed as a reply to hueyo despite being more of a reply to the thread at large.)

     

    Everyone.  While this still is a legitimate problem and deserves attention, there is a workaround graciously provided by hueyo that will help for now.

     

    Create the appointment in one's default calendar and let it save.  Change the entry to the correct calendar in the contextual menu.  Done.

     

    If this is used, no one should be missing their appointments.  No one should find Calendar 'impossible to use'.  It's not fixed -- and it should be -- but it's not the end of the world, nor does it make Calendar unusable.

  • by SPSPSP,

    SPSPSP SPSPSP May 28, 2015 3:42 PM in response to rigelusesapple
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    May 28, 2015 3:42 PM in response to rigelusesapple

    rigelusesapple -- this workaround does NOT work for me. Same problem still occurs. As soon as I close out of the default calendar, it reverts to New Event. No time to save in a different calendar.

     

    ALso, in the past few days, I've started losing info that I input into LONG-EXISTING entries. e.g. I go to an event that I entered three months ago. I change something. Two seconds later, those changes are gone.

     

    SO, for some of us there IS NO WORKAROUND.

  • by SPSPSP,

    SPSPSP SPSPSP May 28, 2015 3:45 PM in response to rigelusesapple
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    May 28, 2015 3:45 PM in response to rigelusesapple

    Also, to be clear. When I do this:

     

    "Create the appointment in one's default calendar and let it save.  Change the entry to the correct calendar in the contextual menu.  Done."

     

    Two seconds later, it reverts back to 'New Entry.'

  • by mrchntmarine,

    mrchntmarine mrchntmarine May 28, 2015 3:58 PM in response to hueyo
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    May 28, 2015 3:58 PM in response to hueyo

    So it's been a week since I last talked and opened a case with a senior advisor and after no follow ups from apple I left him 2 voicemails.  No response.  So I now called apple and told them that under my extended apple care, I wanted to return my computer bc the software(this problem) is not functioning properly - even after they had me replace the op system.  The new senior advisor had me send some more logs and promised a response in a few hours.  Nothing yet on the response or returning the computer......

  • by rigelusesapple,

    rigelusesapple rigelusesapple May 28, 2015 5:39 PM in response to SPSPSP
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    May 28, 2015 5:39 PM in response to SPSPSP

    Re: SPSPSP

     

    Huh!  I wonder if it's a difference of some sort (OS, version of Calendar, etc.) or I'm not describing it clearly.  (Hmn, maybe making a video . . .)

     

    To make sure I'm clear, this is what you're doing, yes?

    1. Click and drag on the calendar (I use Week View for this, but others might be possible) for the correct times for the event.  This should open the pop-up menu for editing the event.
    2. Add a name (we'll call it Event Foo as an example), location, tweak the times if you need to, etc.  Close out of the pop-up menu; I usually do this by single clicking outside of it.
    3. After about a second to let it save, double-click on the Event Foo in the default calendar so the pop-up window opens again. Single click on the color block in the upper right hand corner, and use the drop-down menu to change the calendar. Single click outside the pop-up menu overall.

     

    My experience is that this leaves me with an Event Foo, at the right times and with the right data, in the correct calendar.  This is what's not working for you?

  • by Jake Eagle,

    Jake Eagle Jake Eagle May 28, 2015 6:18 PM in response to rigelusesapple
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    May 28, 2015 6:18 PM in response to rigelusesapple

    My experience is slightly different. If I create the New Event in whatever calendar originally opens (I have several, such as work, family, vacation), then the entry holds. It does not revert back to New Event. However, if I open a New Event, let's say in my "work" calendar, and I change it by selecting a different calendar, say "family," then after I save it the new entry reverts to New Event within about 2 seconds. So, for me the solution is select the proper calendar PRIOR to creating a New Event.

  • by rkpdavid,

    rkpdavid rkpdavid May 28, 2015 6:22 PM in response to Jake Eagle
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    May 28, 2015 6:22 PM in response to Jake Eagle

    It only works for me if I open the default calendar, make the edits, close/save and then go back in to change the color/calendar.

  • by SPSPSP,

    SPSPSP SPSPSP May 28, 2015 10:36 PM in response to rigelusesapple
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    May 28, 2015 10:36 PM in response to rigelusesapple

    Yes that is correct. I'm doing exactly those steps. Only after step 2 -- and I do the same thing, single-click outside the pop up window -- after that, within 2 seconds, it reverts back to New Event. Not every time, but I'd say at least 50 percent of the time. Extremely frustrating.

  • by mrchntmarine,

    mrchntmarine mrchntmarine May 29, 2015 8:14 AM in response to SPSPSP
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    May 29, 2015 8:14 AM in response to SPSPSP

    Mine does it every time.  Unbelievable considering sine Cal is such an integral part of the system....

  • by SPSPSP,

    SPSPSP SPSPSP May 31, 2015 5:13 AM in response to hueyo
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    May 31, 2015 5:13 AM in response to hueyo

    Is anyone else having the ADDITIONAL PROBLEM of edits to existing events disappearing, within 1-2 seconds of closing out of the entry?  This is maddening. 

     

    Specifics:  I go back to an event I created weeks ago.  I change or add something.  I close / click out of the event.  1-2 seconds later, the changes are gone -- the event reverts back to whatever was there before.  This happens about 50% of the time, no seeming rhyme or reason to which events it affects.  (This all is happening on my desktop iCal app, on a late 2013 MacBook Pro running OS X v 10.9.5.)

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