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can't edit events on ical

all edit and other menus pop up behind the calendar and can't be accessed (discovered when I displayed all open files and cd then see the edit window- but couldn't bring it front)

HELP? can anyone advise?

thank you

mac osx 10.5.8, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 19, 2010 11:27 AM

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Oct 19, 2010 11:32 AM in response to loebtmc

Welcome to Apple Discussions,

Check to make sure your Region is set to your country rather than "custom".
Apple Menu > Language&Text > Formats > Region > Your Country (Like United States)

__Test iCal

Make an iCal backup, File > Export > Archive.

Remove the following to the trash and restart your computer:
Home > Library > Caches > com.apple.ical or ical
Home > Library > Calendars > Calendar Cache, Cache, Cache 1, 2, 3, etc. (Do not remove Sync Cache or Theme Cache)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.ical (There may be more than one of these. Remove them all.)
__NOTE: Removing these files will remove any shared (CalDAV) calendars you may have access to. You will have to re-add those calendars to iCal > Preferences > Accounts.

Hope that helps.

Oct 21, 2010 11:13 AM in response to MadisonP

I seem to have the same problem.

Can add and delete items to events/calendars or to-do lists but, once initially entered, I can not edit them. The only way to change any item is to delete it and re-add it.

My region is set to United States, as it should be.

I have backed up to an iCal archive and deleted all the files from ~/Library/Caches/... ~/Library/Calendars/... and ~/Library/Preferences/... as instructed above.

I do not see any change.

Your help would be apprecieated! 🙂

Oct 21, 2010 11:51 AM in response to Randy Stankey

More info:

Have repeated the process described above. Emptied the trash and rebooted.

Unpublished all my calendars.
Deleted all my calendars.
Re-imported all my calendars from the above-mentioned archives.
Unpublished, deleted and trashed everything a second time.
Re-entered items into an empty incarnation of iCal, by hand.

All with negative results.

Can enter new Events/To-Dos.
Can change anything that has a pop-up, a check box or a date field.
Can add/delete invitees.
Can edit Location field.

CAN NOT edit the title field.
The only way to change it is to delete the entire event/do-do and re-enter a new one.

This creates two problems:

1) Can't correct misspellings or make changes to the title. If you published calendars, you can not correct them and have the corrections propagate to your subscribers unless you delete the event and re-enter it by hand. IF you have other data such as invitees, descriptions, attachments, etc. ALL this data needs to be re-entered by hand. This creates a lot of work when all you want to do is update a mistake or make a minor change in the title.

2) If you publish your calendars and you auto-update them, the auto-update feature closes the event/to-do for editing every time it updates. Once that initial edit-entry session has closed, you can NOT re-edit.
So... IF you are entering a new item, auto-update shuts you out and you can not re-edit. You have to delete the item and re-enter it from the beginning.

Otherwise, you have to shut off auto-update and hope you don't make a mistake in typing, double check and triple check your work BEFORE you close the initial edit-entry session. Then you have to turn auto-update back on then pray that nobody comes along and wants you to make changes.

Very inconvenient... 😟

Oct 22, 2010 9:30 AM in response to Randy Stankey

_Export each local calendar out as it's own ics file by clicking on each one one at a time to highlight and then going to File > Export > Export.
_Delete all the calendars but one - Edit > Delete
_Add a new calendar - File > New Calendar
_Delete the remaining old calendar
_Try adding / changing events -- does it work?

If so close and re-open iCal to ensure the old calendars do not come back.

_Now add each of the calendars back in by opening up each ics file you created 1 at a time and added to a "New Calendar".

Oct 23, 2010 10:31 PM in response to MadisonP

Nope... Sorry.

Exported all calendars.
Deleted all calendars.
Created a new blank calendar, leaving it the only one in the list.

Can create new event.
Can edit its title in the INITIAL edit session but, once the item closes for editing, it can not be re-edited.

e.g. - Create item Enter a title such as "My Event."
Click outside the items bounds. Item is closed for editing.
Double-click inside item to bring up its information balloon and click "edit."

All items but the title can be edited: Note, URL, Attachments, Invitees, Alarm, Calendar, Show As, Repeat, From, To, All-Day and Location. Simply click in the field and type or select from the list.

Can not click on the title, "My Event" to edit. The field box highlights white but you can not select text or type in the box.

You must delete the item. Add a new one to replace it and be sure to type it correctly, the first time. Once it is closed for editing, it is "frozen."

Oct 28, 2010 9:09 PM in response to loebtmc

Come on Apple.. there is a malfunction in ical all coming around the same time...
I have this problem too and it just happened two days ago. Virus maybe to new software some people uploaded??
What is going on? I can't edit anything in the calender but I can post to do notes on the side. I dod not change any of the settings, it just locked down.........

Oct 29, 2010 1:40 PM in response to kterbo

I'm going to have to jump on that bandwagon, too. 😟

I have not used iCal very much in the past because I have been using other apps that do almost the same thing. However, I decided to try iCal again because I wanted better consolidation of e-mail, address book, calendar and to-do lists. I am disappointed to find that iCal does not work as expected, when I expect it to work.

Do I think it's due to a virus or something? No!

Do I think Apple is behind the ball? Yes!

I would very much like to, at least, hear that somebody is paying attention to the problem and that a solution is in the works if not forthcoming.

Somebody needs to get in front of the ball! I needed iCal to work "yesterday." I do not want to have to take the time to undo all my work in iCal and redo it, once again, using another solution. I do not have time to trifle with such details.

I just need it to work.

Thank you in advance.

Nov 2, 2010 3:04 AM in response to loebtmc

I'm having a similar problem. I double click an event on my calendar and the event editor does not appear. If I hit the F10 key, the editor comes forward, but it disappears when I lift my finger from the F10 key. When I choose Hide Others from the iCal menu, the editor window does not show. Also, I must delete the event and re-enter it to edit its name, as others in this thread have noted. It's not just a problem with being able to edit. I can't even bring the editor window out to read it unless I depress and hold the F10 key. I haven't tried any of the fixes that have been suggest because it seems that they didn't help. Any other suggestions??

Nov 26, 2010 10:30 AM in response to mlamar

I'm also having the same problem. I've tried everything that's been suggested in this post and others (i.e. deleted cache files and preferences, removed duplicate fonts from Font Book, etc) but I still cannot edit any text in existing iCal events. I can add events without issue, and can change the time of existing iCal events. But, no text editing is possible.

Nov 29, 2010 8:04 PM in response to loebtmc

OS 10.6.5-

I'm also in the same boat- I deleted all caches, and pref files, etc. as mentioned and it worked fine lat night, but tonight, I'm back in the same place. I get a message- "This calendar was created by Mail." yadda yadda yadda.

I am only able to add events through either iPhone, iPad, or my Mobile Me. NOT from my desktop, which is where I would like to add them.

Apple? Anyone listening?

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