MacOS Ventura: Calendar: Show as "Busy", "Out Of Office" disappeared from Calendar App

Greetings kremik,

You can learn how to add and modify events in Calendar here:

Add, modify, or delete events in Calendar on Mac - Apple Support

"Modify an event

1. In the Calendar app  on your Mac, double-click or force click the event to open it.
2. If you created the event, you can do any of the following:

• Create or modify all-day or multiday events
• Set up a repeating event
• Add location and travel time to events
• Set alerts for an event
• Invite people to events
• Add a FaceTime video call
• Add notes, a URL, or files to events
• Move events to another calendar
• Use different time zones

1. Siri: Say something like: “Change my lunch from 12:30 to 1 p.m.” Learn how to use Siri.

To change an event’s start or end time, you can drag the top or bottom edge of the event. You can also drag the left or right edge of all-day events.

To change an event’s date or time, drag the event to another day or time. You can also drag the event to the small calendar in the bottom left of the calendar list. To view the calendar list, choose View > Show Calendar List.

If you didn’t create the event, you can change your acceptance status. You may also be able to leave a comment for the event organizer or propose a new time. See Reply to invitations."

Take care.

I am seeing this same problem. The problem is not limited to Microsoft 365 calendars; it's true for iCloud calendars as well, at least for me.

Hey Kremik,

same problem here since updating to Ventura, but I have also the problem with my iCloud calendar on both my iPhone and my Mac.

It seems this bug is quite old and affect users since years and have never been solved.

I found many posts about this problem over the years and no solutions so far…

However on my 365 account I managed to have the option back by creating a meeting with Teams, being as « free », and when I clicked on it in the Calendar App the status option was back.

it did not work for my other account though…

All I have is a grumpy and sympathetic "me too." I have just discovered this exact problem: on my Macbook with Ventura, now events during the working day default to "busy" and all-day events default to "free" with no options to change them. As noted, "show as" remains available for mobile iOS. Also, I can go into Exchange web app and update the "show as" there, and even though Calendar event doesn't reveal a difference, that change holds for Exchange-based scheduling, so others will treat my calendar appropriately when scheduling meetings through Exchange. (Unlike Grobaouche, my fix doesn't re-enable the setting in Calendar app.) It's a pain to edit these events twice, and I know I'm going to miss something and end up with a snafu.

This does not help at all.

I can confirm it worked for me too.

Except my iCloud Calendar, all the other Exchange ones have the option back !

Thanks kremik !