Calendar macOS Ventura crashes on entering location field contents

Personally, I am mentally preparing for the disappointment of the upcoming 13.3 macOS update not addressing this embarrassing issue. Hope to be wrong.

Update with 13.3: Typing 1 or 2 letters shows a list of suggestions. I can pick one and leave the dialog with the location set. HOWEVER typing a 3rd letter Apple Calendar crashes - exactly as before.

Hey Apple, you must be kidding us.

I cannot even get the app to open, crashes immediately on Macbook pro running Ventura 13.2.1

... and still on 13.3.1 not fixed.

I opened a ticket with my new and now expiring MacBook Pro support. They opened a ticket. I spoke to their escalation person. They asked me to test with another Synology account to make sure it wasn't an account issue. I'm not doing that. It's obviously not limited to my account as evidenced by all here reporting the same issue. They asked me to test in Safe Mode. The problem persists with Safe Mode as all of you know. So I report this again in the support chat and they ask again when someone can call. I asked why. She said they usually want you to reinstall the OS if the problem persists with Safe Mode. I told them to forget it. I'm fed up with their stupid process. I shared the link to this discussion and told them they can test the problem themselves. Their support is horrible. The end.

It is fascinating how Apple manages to ignore such a severe crashing issue for several months.

I have an open case with Apple and the answer I got so far is, they won't fix it.

I don't understand such an answer, an App should never crash! Also CalDAV is a supported feature in macOS. I don't get it.

You certainly understand they want to push users into their proprietary icloud universe. Why should they be interested in supporting open standards? Task sync via CalDAV has been broken for ages. Subtasks still don't sync, but tasks syncing at all in macOS Ventura is a major improvement over the previous OSs from Apple's side.

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Issue persisting under macOS 13.4, Calendar 13.0 (2932.5.2), crash still 100 % reproducible.

Same here. I reported that ridiculous error a dozen times but Apples just don't care. It seems nowadays they're interested in making money only, not in user satisfaction.

Same problem here with CalDAV-Calendars, crashes immediately after typing the third letter in location field!

@Apple developers: What's the problem to fix that little issue?

THANKS!

This isn't just a problem with caldav calendars. Creating a new event on the local "My Calendar" also crashes when entering a location on Calendar 13.0 under Ventura 13.4

Here is what worked for me after I realized that Calendar locations work for other accounts.

• Export all calendars to a local .ics file just in case and because this will reset all local calendars
• Disable calendar access for all remote accounts from System Settings-Internet Accounts (you do not need to delete the account, just turn the switch for calendars off)
• Quit calendar
• disconnect from Internet
• For each of the following directories (if you have them... I didn't have them all), select all of the contents, right-click and choose "New Folder with Selection"
  • ~/Library/Caches
  • ~/Library/Calendars 
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Calendars
  • ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.CalendarAgent
  • ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iCal
• Restart your Mac
• Launch Calendar
• Try creating a new event and add a location (you will get no suggestions because wifi is off, but it should let you add text without crashing)
• Import any local calendars, by importing the .ics file you created. Do not import exported calendars that were stored on a server or you may get duplicates later.
• Turn on internet access
• Enable calendar access for remote accounts and allow them to sync
• Test creating a new event with location info.

Thanks. Will try. But where is the sense in

“have them), select all of the contents, right-click and choose "New Folder with Selection"“

Mick

I suspect that the data should simply be moved without deleting ...