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Q: Calendar suddenly shows many occurrences of the same holiday

Why does Calendar suddenly show many occurrences of the same holiday?  I am on a MacBook Pro running El Capitan.  I do NOT sync to other devices or use iCloud, and there is only one "US Holidays" calendar listed.  (The others are all personal calendars.)  There was only one entry up until last week.  

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Posted on Jul 5, 2016 3:47 PM

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  • by LMHML,

    LMHML LMHML Jul 5, 2016 3:48 PM in response to LMHML
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    Jul 5, 2016 3:48 PM in response to LMHML

    Note:  If I uncheck "US Holidays," all of the entries go away.

  • by Ferd II,

    Ferd II Ferd II Jul 5, 2016 5:24 PM in response to LMHML
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    Jul 5, 2016 5:24 PM in response to LMHML

    LMHML,

     

    Your description leads me to believe that the "US Holidays" calendar is a subscribed calendar. What info is listed for that calendar when you click on it and use the keyboard combo of (⌘+I), and select "Calendar Info...?"

     

    The second set of Holidays is probably being generated because Calendar>Preferences...>General>"Show Holidays calendar" is selected.

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  • by LMHML,

    LMHML LMHML Jul 5, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Ferd II
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    Jul 5, 2016 5:36 PM in response to Ferd II

    Thanks for replying.

     

    When I get the info, it shows a subscription address that I can only see part of -- starts with https://p24-calenars.icloud.com/holiday/US_  -- from which I see that it IS an Apple calendar and on the iCloud.  Yes, "Show holidays calendar" is selected, but when I unselect it, the US Holidays calendar I mentioned goes away.  Interestingly, having done that and rechecked it, I now have just one occurrence of the holidays, so maybe something did go wrong on iCloud.  Anyway, looks good now.  Thanks!

     

    (Incidentally, I didn't have two copies of the entries.  There were at least 6.)

  • by Ferd II,

    Ferd II Ferd II Jul 5, 2016 6:10 PM in response to LMHML
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    Jul 5, 2016 6:10 PM in response to LMHML

    You are welcome...sometimes just changing user options refreshes caches, and returns order where there was none.