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 Julien Desmottes,

    Julien Desmottes Julien Desmottes Feb 7, 2016 12:18 PM in response to Don H.
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    Feb 7, 2016 12:18 PM in response to Don H.

    Same here.. thanks for the tip on hiding calendars, it has drawbacks but at least the window keeps its sizes!

  • by Daniel Figucio1,

    Daniel Figucio1 Daniel Figucio1 Feb 24, 2016 3:04 PM in response to Don H.
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    Feb 24, 2016 3:04 PM in response to Don H.

    Removing the iCal preferences file as per " calendar only opens half height since El Capitan " worked for me. Has not been a problem since.

     

    There seemed to be a lot of saved data in the prefs file - but my accounts came back straight away and everything else was just some minor tweaking.

     

    Daniel.

  • by corvairkid,

    corvairkid corvairkid Feb 24, 2016 4:26 PM in response to Daniel Figucio1
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    Feb 24, 2016 4:26 PM in response to Daniel Figucio1

    OMG!!

    Does anyone read the entire thread before commenting??

    I'm out.

  • by Daniel Figucio1,

    Daniel Figucio1 Daniel Figucio1 Feb 24, 2016 4:32 PM in response to corvairkid
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    Feb 24, 2016 4:32 PM in response to corvairkid

    Why? Given that I tried 2 weeks ago and have tested since I was reporting that the method worked for me.

     

    In addition, I can show and hide calendar lists, etc - so it isn't a temporary workaround awaiting me to post again here as you said in one of your earlier posts on the thread I did actually read.

     

    It may be that this may not work for everyone, but that does not mean you immediately discount it as a potential solution.

     

    So, byeeeee!

  • by corvairkid,

    corvairkid corvairkid Feb 24, 2016 5:32 PM in response to Daniel Figucio1
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    Feb 24, 2016 5:32 PM in response to Daniel Figucio1

    Sorry Daniel Figucio1.

    I was not referring to your post, but to a few other ones before yours.

    Please forgive me.

  • by Daniel Figucio1,

    Daniel Figucio1 Daniel Figucio1 Mar 1, 2016 9:20 AM in response to corvairkid
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    Mar 1, 2016 9:20 AM in response to corvairkid

    Ahh, I understand. Then I should be the one to apologize. Sorry!

  • by igiz,

    igiz igiz Mar 3, 2016 12:06 PM in response to Don H.
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    Mar 3, 2016 12:06 PM in response to Don H.

    Just hide Calendar list.

     

    OS-X-El-Capitan-Calendar-suggested-events-Mac-screenshot-003.jpg

  • by Daniel Figucio1,

    Daniel Figucio1 Daniel Figucio1 Mar 3, 2016 9:06 PM in response to igiz
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    Mar 3, 2016 9:06 PM in response to igiz

    Hi Igiz,

     

    The only problem here is that it requires you to remember to hide the list every time you want to close the app or restart your computer.

     

    Its been 3 weeks now since I removed my iCal preferences. I have not had to do it again, and I don't need to remember to hide the list, nor do I appear to lose anything by removing the prefs file. My windows still work as expected.

     

    I'm curious - has anyone else tried removing the preferences file? Did it work for them? I just want to make sure that I wasn't just lucky.

     

    d.

  • by igiz,

    igiz igiz Mar 4, 2016 12:26 AM in response to Daniel Figucio1
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    Mar 4, 2016 12:26 AM in response to Daniel Figucio1

    Hi L1,

     

    I know what you mean. I have tried everything and this is - as far as I figured out - the only way.

    I do not need the calendars list, therefore it works fine for me and if I keep hiding the list, the window opens the same way, it was closed.

    Unfortunately, I can not give an other advice and I hope that apple reacts on that issue, soon.

    I suppose nobody is happy the way apple keeps its silence.

     

    Have a great day

    igiz

  • by Daniel Figucio1,

    Daniel Figucio1 Daniel Figucio1 Mar 4, 2016 12:58 AM in response to igiz
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    Mar 4, 2016 12:58 AM in response to igiz

    Are you referring to my post?

     

    Closing the calendar list is not the only way. I recommend cleaning out the preferences file.

     

    THe the problem is symptomatic of some preferences corruption, or change in the way the application stores the window positioning data. By cleaning out the preference file, you allow the application to rebuild that data from scratch. If the problem continues then there is a bug in the application or you may have a damaged disk drive.

     

    if it is corruption in the preferences file, then your application may become unstable, resulting in real data loss.

     

    Daniel.

  • by Edward Hargreaves,

    Edward Hargreaves Edward Hargreaves Mar 4, 2016 7:07 AM in response to Daniel Figucio1
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    Mar 4, 2016 7:07 AM in response to Daniel Figucio1

    Daniel Figucio1 wrote:

     

    I'm curious - has anyone else tried removing the preferences file? Did it work for them? I just want to make sure that I wasn't just lucky.

    I've removed the preferences file and it didn't work. You're lucky.

  • by G.Madigan,

    G.Madigan G.Madigan Mar 5, 2016 4:12 AM in response to Don H.
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    Mar 5, 2016 4:12 AM in response to Don H.

    Since adding a calendar (Astronomical Events*), I haven't seen this resizing issue happen after a few weeks. But, I would be far from calling this a solution. With this latest 10.11 El Capitan version of Mac OS X, I have yet to see any Apple app that isn't messed up, often beyond recognition in attractive appearance, added/deleted basic functions, Steve Jobs' high quality or a usable/good GUI. I will have to try systematic testing when I have the time and inclination to fix (yet another) Apple OS X quality oversight or a work-around for a new lame idea.

     

    *I wouldn't rely on this particular link as any cure — http://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/students.uu.nl_plp5j8bh2qsjfloqi6qifsis 28%40group.calendar.google.com/public/ba…

    — but, nice to have.

     

    Good luck to my fellow Mac users.

    As with elections, my choice is no longer one of quality, just the least worst of the options placed in front of me.

  • by Sebastien Stormacq,

    Sebastien Stormacq Sebastien Stormacq Apr 20, 2016 5:46 AM in response to dnapolitano4
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    Apr 20, 2016 5:46 AM in response to dnapolitano4

    This workaround indeed works for me as well.  Thank you !

  • by Tim Harper,

    Tim Harper Tim Harper May 8, 2016 5:19 AM in response to Don H.
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    May 8, 2016 5:19 AM in response to Don H.

    Calendar has always remembered its position in my case, but I had this problem with Messages. I finally solved it by unticking

    System Preference- General -Close windows when quitting an app

    It may be applicable to other apps that don't remember their position.

  • by jkwuc89,

    jkwuc89 jkwuc89 May 12, 2016 10:37 AM in response to Tim Harper
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    May 12, 2016 10:37 AM in response to Tim Harper

    The suggestions on Re: calendar only opens half height since El Capitan relating to removing and adding an Exchange account did the trick for me. After removing my Exchange account, Calendar with the Calendars bar open saves and properly restores its Window size. And Calendar continues to save/restore its Window size after re-adding my Exchange account.

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