Don H.

Q: Calendar will not hold window size on restart

I have just upgraded to El Capitan on my iMac.  I now find that on starting or restart, Calendar will not retain the window size that I had previously set.  Perhaps I need to discard the old preferences setting and start afresh.  Will that solve the problem, and if so, where is that preferences setting located?

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Oct 21, 2015 7:45 AM

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  • by Matt Smith7,

    Matt Smith7 Matt Smith7 Nov 4, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Don H.
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    Nov 4, 2015 2:49 AM in response to Don H.

    Did you find a fix for this? It happens on one of my macs, but not the other. I've tried trashing the preferences but that didn't seem to work.

  • by Miklos,Helpful

    Miklos Miklos Nov 15, 2015 10:19 AM in response to Matt Smith7
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    Nov 15, 2015 10:19 AM in response to Matt Smith7

    I have exactly the same thing. Idential Macbook Pros at home and work with identical OSX El Capitan versions and it only displays this bug on one of them. Weird! If it's useful, I created an Applescript to resize the window with one click for my ACD 24" at home (1920x1200 resolution) - save it as an Application and just launch it to resize the calendar window to your liking:

     

    tell application "Calendar"

      set the bounds of window 1 to {0, 21, 1770, 1150}

    activate

    end tell


    you can change the last two numbers to whatever size you want: the 3rd number represents the width and the last number represents the height.

  • by dnapolitano4,Helpful

    dnapolitano4 dnapolitano4 Nov 20, 2015 4:13 AM in response to Don H.
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    Nov 20, 2015 4:13 AM in response to Don H.

    So not that you should have to do this, but I've discovered that if you click the Calendars button on the toolbar, which hides the sidebar, then calendar retains the window size you set before quitting and restarting the application.

     

    I've never had to do this before, and only recently began experiencing the issue. I normally leave the sidebar exposed. But this is what worked for me.

  • by Miklos,Helpful

    Miklos Miklos Nov 20, 2015 6:56 AM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Nov 20, 2015 6:56 AM in response to dnapolitano4

    Well, I'll be damned, it works. Strange bug! Hide the sidebar by clicking the "Calendar" button in the toolbar, close the application and it will reopen with the window size remembered. However, if one leaves the sidebar open and THEN closes the app it will NOT remember the window position between restarts. Mos def a bug!

  • by Don H.,

    Don H. Don H. Nov 20, 2015 10:40 AM in response to Don H.
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    Nov 20, 2015 10:40 AM in response to Don H.

    Miklos' Applescript has the advantage that it can be set to work automatically.  Dnapolitano4 has the advantage that it doesn't require wizardry at setting up an Applescript app.  All of us would benefit if the Mac OS designers would simply fix the darned bug.

     

    Thanks for the help of Miklos and Dnapolitano4

  • by pablote83,

    pablote83 pablote83 Nov 26, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Don H.
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    Nov 26, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Don H.

    same issue here, anyone found a solution for this?

  • by Albert in Miami,

    Albert in Miami Albert in Miami Dec 2, 2015 11:58 AM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Dec 2, 2015 11:58 AM in response to dnapolitano4

    I had the identical problem in 1 of my 3 Macs after updating to Mac OS El Capitan. Having to resize the calendar window every time the application opens was annoying. Your simple workaround works great, until Apple fixes the bug or a new OS update is available. Thanks!

  • by bfpaca,

    bfpaca bfpaca Dec 7, 2015 3:17 PM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Dec 7, 2015 3:17 PM in response to dnapolitano4

    Genius!

  • by S. G.,

    S. G. S. G. Dec 22, 2015 8:03 AM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Dec 22, 2015 8:03 AM in response to dnapolitano4

    Thank you for the workaround solutions, but as was said before, it is a bug that should be fixed and that highlights the recent lack of attention to details from Apple. I need to switch often between home and work calendars, so turning off the sidebar with calendar list is not a good option for me. I also mostly work from a month view. So every time I quit and reopen, I get frustrated. This is only made worse by the fact Calendar does not work well with Exchange (non-dismissible pop-ups that accumulate when checking details for invitation events). I don't know how these things go unfixed for so long when they are vital for people using macs at work.

  • by parekhd,

    parekhd parekhd Dec 23, 2015 1:45 AM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Dec 23, 2015 1:45 AM in response to dnapolitano4

    Yup! Hiding the calendar list sidebar did the trick for me!

  • by Class Act,

    Class Act Class Act Dec 29, 2015 8:10 AM in response to S. G.
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    Dec 29, 2015 8:10 AM in response to S. G.

    I find it incredible. First there is nothing to be found on the internet, just here, and only now do I learn that it is not me who is just to stupid to understand it! I was so frustrated about all the articles discribing how to use spilt screen etc I can not, for the life of me, imagine how this can be a bug that exists in version 3 (0,1,2)

  • by Class Act,

    Class Act Class Act Dec 29, 2015 8:12 AM in response to Class Act
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    Dec 29, 2015 8:12 AM in response to Class Act

    By the way: It would help if the mouse pointer turned into an arrow EVERY TIME and not sometimes.

  • by G.Madigan,Helpful

    G.Madigan G.Madigan Dec 31, 2015 3:23 AM in response to Don H.
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    Dec 31, 2015 3:23 AM in response to Don H.

    dnapolitano4 is correct, but there's a bit more...

     

    1. Click on the "Calendars" button to close the sidebar.
    2. Size the window as you prefer.
    3. Restart your Mac.
    4. Open Calendar app.
    5. Click on the "Calendars" button to open the sidebar.

     

    You can, now, safely resize your Calendar with the sidebar open and it will save the window size and the open/closed sidebar.

     

    Warning: Rant Ahead - proceed with caution.

    The one thing I hate about any app is being forced to hunt through Google to find the answers to an apps basic functions. It's as if Graphic User Interface design has been left to the programers and CEOs. Seriously, what in Apple's "Photos" app logo has anything to do with photos? AND they killed "Aperture"? All they had to do was buy teorex.com (awesome free apps - PS "content aware fill" isn't this good or easy) and add its functionality and extremely simple GUI to common photo editing hassles. Were all of the graphics designers at Apple fired? 

     

    I'll take skeuomorphism over obscure meaningless designs any day. Icons are suppose to make life easier, not a starting point for a morning of Google searching. I like the added whimsy in my work day.

     

    Tiny text in tons of white space is a bizarre MS Windows design decision. My bank did it, too; tiny generic rectangles of a solid color as icons in separate locations on the screen. Why did Apple follow such a lame idea? I had to use numerous System Accessibility settings for my parents and myself just to make the OS X less of a hassle to use. I'm unemployed, can I get a job at Apple making MS-Windows-like icons with rectangles in Playskool colors?

     

    I won't even get started on iTunes insane scrambling, shrinking and changing common icon images (often hiding) it's various functions and menu settings. They are beginning to get into "you must roll your pointer over every pixel to make the function become visible". Go ahead, play a song then resize the window to make a mini-player in the corner of your screen. If you've never stumbled over it, it's faster if you Google the solution than try to find it.

     

    Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)

    The king has died, the magic is gone, and Camelot has become just another crumbling ancient castle on a tourist Google (not Apple) map; a tale we can tell our grandchildren of a land with magical devices, nearly mind-reading user interfaces, with spectacular announcements and major technology advancements. They once had beautiful stores, filled with industry-leading products, it was like stepping into the future, manned by knowledgeable experts, artists and technicians, no appointment needed, free bottles of cold water if you had to wait.

    Our children won't believe us.

  • by Class Act,

    Class Act Class Act Jan 4, 2016 2:23 AM in response to G.Madigan
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    Jan 4, 2016 2:23 AM in response to G.Madigan

    Sorry, did not work.

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