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Q: my macbook pro calendar keeps reverting back to "new event" every time i make and entry.  on average i have to enter and event 3 times before it accepts and post on my calendar.  how do i fix this?

my macbook pro calendar keeps reverting back to "new event" every time i make and entry.  on average i have to enter and event 3 times before it accepts and post on my calendar.  how do i fix this?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on May 26, 2015 5:53 AM

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  • by Dewdman42,

    Dewdman42 Dewdman42 Jun 27, 2015 2:00 PM in response to wflgng
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    Mac OS X
    Jun 27, 2015 2:00 PM in response to wflgng

    I may have found a fix.  In ical I went to preferences:Accounts and selected iCloud and changed the value for Refresh Calendars from "push" to "every minute"

     

    This seems to have eliminated the problem, hasn't occurred since.  My guess there is something broken in the push implementation for iCloud, such that somehow its trying to push the default empty event back.  I don't know, but I haven't had the problem since changing that setting.

  • by Virginia Bruce,

    Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce Jun 27, 2015 2:19 PM in response to Dewdman42
    Level 1 (55 points)
    Apple TV
    Jun 27, 2015 2:19 PM in response to Dewdman42

    i just had the problem again a minute ago, and I tried that fix, fingers crossed, seems to be working.

  • by Virginia Bruce,

    Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce Jun 27, 2015 2:22 PM in response to Virginia Bruce
    Level 1 (55 points)
    Apple TV
    Jun 27, 2015 2:22 PM in response to Virginia Bruce

    but no, problem is back. Come on Apple, fix it!! A calendar is useless if you can't save events.

  • by Tryswitch,

    Tryswitch Tryswitch Jun 27, 2015 3:25 PM in response to Virginia Bruce
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Jun 27, 2015 3:25 PM in response to Virginia Bruce

    I agree, I tried that fix too but problem remains.  I think upgrading to Yosemite (free) is the better fix - just be careful about your 3rd-party apps and don't do the OS upgrade right before some major work deadline!

    If anyone does the Yosemite upgrade, please post here whether that fixed the issue.

  • by Closet_Geek,

    Closet_Geek Closet_Geek Jul 2, 2015 9:24 AM in response to Tryswitch
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Jul 2, 2015 9:24 AM in response to Tryswitch

    I had this problem 3 months ago, royal PITA. Would happen about 10% of the time. Then a bird flew by my window and the problem went away.

     

    Seriously though, no idea why it stopped. Then starting this week, the problem is back. But now at a 50%+ rate of occurrence. I run an international company and have hundreds of people counting on my calendar not imploding meetings, conference calls, business trips, etc. This is an unbelievably bad problem to have. Can't imagine Apple isn't aware. So frustrating. No time to upgrade to Yosemite right now - there is ALWAYS a deadline ahead. And by the time I do get to this. Any bugs will be answered with - upgrade to El Capitan.

     

    Bottom line is that our company switched all sales, marketing, and product personnel to Mac in 2008. All the most business critical functions were 98% dependable up thru Lion. After that, bugs, bugs, bugs. We are now considering going back to Windows over the MANY issues like this calendar one. Very sad times.

  • by Tryswitch,

    Tryswitch Tryswitch Jul 2, 2015 12:27 PM in response to Closet_Geek
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Jul 2, 2015 12:27 PM in response to Closet_Geek

    I hope you call Apple and give them a chance to fix this - it isn't good enough to say "upgrade to Yosemite" because there are valid reasons why people don't always run the latest version of the OS.  I always hang back on upgrading because every time I upgrade the OS, something breaks, usually a critical third party app and then I have to wait for that to be upgraded.  What I do expect is that if I'm running only one version behind, it will keep working well until I choose to upgrade.  This calendar bug is a disaster, I too have missed appointments though not on the scale you are encountering.  Maybe the potential to lose a significant corporate client will wake them up.

     

    I think it's a problem with iCloud sync, because none of fixes they suggested (and I spent many hours over several days, with Applecare support, trying to get this fixed) had any effect - which you'd expect if the problem is with iCloud.

     

    If nothing else, they ought to try to fix this because it must be costing them a fortune in Applecare support costs.

  • by Alfredo Jahn,

    Alfredo Jahn Alfredo Jahn Jul 4, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Tryswitch
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    Desktops
    Jul 4, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Tryswitch

    I just found a work around.If you create the event and keep the default calendar (i.e. "Work", or whatever it selects by default), it works, then double click it and change the calendar to whatever you want (i.e. "Family"). Kind of a pain, but easier then entering everything a second time.

  • by Tryswitch,

    Tryswitch Tryswitch Jul 4, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Alfredo Jahn
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Jul 4, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Alfredo Jahn

    I find it saves a higher percentage of events in the default calendar, but even some of them end up as New Event.  What I now do for calendar entries is this:

    1 - start the new event and type all info in the top line (even locations, notes)

    2 - highlight and copy that line (Command+c) to put it on the clipboard

    3 - close the event, and wait a few seconds to see if it saves (most events appear to save briefly; some then change to New Event)

    4 - if the event has gone to New Event, open it, paste in the saved line (Command+v), edit the event as needed (change calendar, move info around)

    5 - close the event again and it should stick; but if not you still have the content on the clipboard and can repeat step 4 until it does

     

    This is a ridiculous procedure to have to go through, for EVERY new calendar event.  Apple, please fix this!!!

  • by PWehr,

    PWehr PWehr Jul 9, 2015 7:56 AM in response to Dewdman42
    Level 1 (95 points)
    Jul 9, 2015 7:56 AM in response to Dewdman42
    changed the value for Refresh Calendars from "push" to "every minute"

    THX 4 this. Not a "fix" but a work-around.

  • by Scott Atchley,

    Scott Atchley Scott Atchley Jul 13, 2015 7:11 AM in response to gblume
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    Jul 13, 2015 7:11 AM in response to gblume

    I use OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks) and I cannot upgrade to Yosemite until the company blesses it. I have six iCloud calendars and one Exchange calendar.


    Solution 1:

    With one iCloud account as the default calendar, create a complete event using the default calendar. If the default calendar is fine, all done. If you need a different calendar, open the event you only need to change the calendar.

     

    Solution 2:

    Set the Exchange account as the default calendar. It is safe to change the calendar to an iCloud calendar when creating an event (i.e. no need to reopen the event).

     

    I spent quite a few minutes this morning playing "guess the event" which is not as fun as it sounds.

  • by oncfari,

    oncfari oncfari Aug 4, 2015 12:06 PM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Aug 4, 2015 12:06 PM in response to Linc Davis

    This is a ridiculously complicated fix! How about just fixing the problem, Apple?

  • by Virginia Bruce,

    Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce Aug 4, 2015 12:11 PM in response to PWehr
    Level 1 (55 points)
    Apple TV
    Aug 4, 2015 12:11 PM in response to PWehr

    I set the preference to that but it didn't stop the problem. Kind of like whack-a-mole and until Apple decides to work on this, I guess we'll be playing.

     

    I don't have the problem on my iPhone or iPad. But I don't always want to use them for calendar entries!!

  • by darza,

    darza darza Aug 18, 2015 3:39 AM in response to Virginia Bruce
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Aug 18, 2015 3:39 AM in response to Virginia Bruce

    I haven't tested this enough to know if it is 100% accurate, but it seems that reverting to "new event" does not happen unless I create the event and drag it to the correct time.   If I create the event and enter the time with keys the event does not revert back to new event.  

  • by bwadma,

    bwadma bwadma Aug 29, 2015 1:16 AM in response to Tryswitch
    Level 1 (140 points)
    Apple TV
    Aug 29, 2015 1:16 AM in response to Tryswitch

    I am also affected by this bug. The problem affects all my Macs (three: MPB, home and office). Only on the iPhone I have not yet seen it happening.

    All Macs are running 10.10.5 Yosemite. Updating to Yosemite will not help.

     

    I did try to switch of temporally the internet connection, and used Undo/Redo to get back the contend of the just created event. This works, but when internet is re-enabled the event goes away (or back to New Event). Sometimes, there is an error message from iCloud telling that the event would be existing on the server. But "reverting to server" causes the event to disappear ....

     

    Calendar with iCloud is worse than MobileMe. And the MobileMe team was dismissed by Steve....

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/calendar.html

    (although it feels like a black hole)

  • by oncfari,

    oncfari oncfari Aug 29, 2015 7:25 PM in response to bwadma
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Aug 29, 2015 7:25 PM in response to bwadma

    I upgraded to Yosemite about 10 days ago, and although I continued to have the problem for a day or to after it has been gone since. Maybe they finally fixed it?

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