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missing add invitees to ical on MacOS Monterey 12.6

I have MacBook Air, iPad, and iPhone and iCal across all of those allow me to create events with "add invitees" option , and iCal syncs across all of those devices.


I also have iMAC running MacOS 12.6 with iCal that syncs with my other devices and allows me to create events, HOWEVER, on my iMAC there is NO "Invitees" option. I can see that invitees have been added if event created on one of my other devices, but when creating events on my iMAC, the add invitee option is missing. If I want to add invitees, I have to go to one of my other devices and edit event -- and once invitees added, it shows up on my iMAC and other devices when calendars sync.


I am logged into and have enabled iCloud for same ID on all devices.


WHAT IS GOING ON? Cannot find any help on line for this problem that is recent and related to an iMAC as opposed to problems with iPhone, iPad, etcetera.


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Posted on Jan 23, 2023 5:07 AM

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Jan 24, 2023 6:52 PM in response to wlehrmac

Hello wlehrmac,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with sending to invitees on your iMac. Next, what we would recommend, is testing this issue in another user account. What we need to do, is log out of your current user. Log back in under another Standard or Administrator account and see if the same issue occurs there. This way we can tell if it is an issue with your user account, or if it is system wide: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support


"Add a user

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu  > System Settings, then click Users & Groups  in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
  2. Click the Add Account button below the list of users on the right (you may be asked to enter your password.)
  3. Click the New Account pop-up menu, then choose a type of user.
    • Administrator: An administrator can add and manage other users, install apps, and change settings. The new user you create when you first set up your Mac is an administrator. Your Mac can have multiple administrators. You can create new ones, and convert standard users to administrators. Don’t set up automatic login for an administrator. If you do, someone could simply restart your Mac and gain access with administrator privileges. To keep your Mac secure, don’t share administrator names and passwords.
    • Standard: Standard users are set up by an administrator. Standard users can install apps and change their own settings, but can’t add other users or change other users’ settings.
    • Sharing Only: Sharing-only users can access shared files remotely, but can’t log in to the computer or change settings. To give the user permission to access your shared files or screen, you may need to change options in File Sharing, Screen Sharing, or Remote Management settings. See Set up file sharing and Share the screen of another Mac.
  1. For more information about the options for each type of user, click the Help button in the lower-left corner of the dialog.
  2. Enter a full name for the new user. An account name is generated automatically. To use a different account name, enter it now—you can’t change it later.
  3. Enter a password for the user, then enter it again to verify. Enter a password hint to help the user remember their password.
  4. Click Create User.
  5. Depending on the type of user you create, you can also do any of the following:
    • For an administrator, select “Allow user to administer this computer.”
    • Select “Allow user to reset password using Apple ID.” To use this option, the user must have set up iCloud on this Mac. However, this option isn’t available if FileVault is turned on and set to allow the user to reset their password at startup using their Apple ID.
  • Use Sharing settings to specify whether the user can share your files and share your screen.
  • For information about Apple’s privacy policy, see the Apple Privacy Policy website.


We hope this helps.


Cheers!


Jan 29, 2023 3:57 PM in response to K_Faith

Well, I had another user identity already on my iMAC (admin) that I logged into and went to iCAL and I the invitee option shows up. However, when I am using my normal iMAC login account (also, admin), I have the problem. So does that mean issue is with my user-account and is NOT system wide? If with my user-account, how do I fix that without losing all of the settings and other stuff associated with my user-account.


And, not sure if it matters, but I appear to have been forced to change my Apple user id and email from "xx@mac.com" which I had because I am longtime Apple customer to "xx@icloud.com". The "xx@mac.com" id seems to still be associated with me but does not seem to be a valid email anymore.

missing add invitees to ical on MacOS Monterey 12.6

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