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iCal in Lion - I want my monthly calendars on the left side back

First, I agree with the frustrations I've read around multiple calendars and the fact that you can't easily swich between them anymore for adding new events (Not a smart move, frankly, but hey, Apple can do what they want, at least it seems like they feel that way).


More important to me is that the left sidebar where calendar list used to reside also allowed you to have the next three or four months displayed for reference. That too appears to be gone. At least I can't figure out how to get it back--if the functionality is there and I can't find it great, though it shouldn't be so well hidden. I used this a lot and I'm pretty frustrated about how it appears to now be gone, or at least very hard to find.


I get that the "true beleivers" don't think we should question Apple as they know all about how things should work and if they don't think I need something, they are right and I am wrong. Unfortunately, I simply don't agree with that position, and I've used Macs/Apple products ever since the first Mac was introduced. Just because something on an iPad is "better" in a particular way, taking away functionality on a full computer makes absolutely no sense to me. Espectially since the most talented at Apple likely could easily allow for both in an intuative interface overall. It's just that they aren't being allowed to do that.


---- Yes, that last statement is just my speculation based on very significant frustrations with all the changes in iCal and the other base applications I've historically loved and now find very frustrating and dissappointing in many cases.


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Posted on Jul 22, 2011 11:24 AM

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Nov 1, 2011 9:31 AM in response to MikeBruner

I guess we have consensus here, but I figure that each new voice may nudge Apple closer to doing something.


I'm baffled! With OS X Lion, not only iCal, but also Address Book and even Mail have REDUCED functionality and have become harder to use! They're also uglier. Apple's mantra used to be the exact opposite... more functionality, more attractive, and even easier-to-use. What happened? And, don't even get me started on iCloud, and how that REDUCES iCal's functionality even further.

Mar 28, 2012 3:05 PM in response to Csound1

I share the dissatisfaction with losing past/present/future calendars on the left!! AND where are the scroll arrows in all the windows Mail, iCal...? Spotlight doesn't fully function. Oh, try spotlighting events > Copy/Paste results to a document so you can share IT SCRAMBLES THE RESULTS! Oh, How 'bout disabling ALL my MS Office (for Mac) files because Lion does not support them (YES, I know, I need to now buy 2008 or younger... but didn't need it until I installed Lion). Yea, I want to go back to Snow Leopard, but that doesn't support iCloud (which drops Gallery btw). Tell us again the benefits of Lion? I agree, Lion is a BETA at our productivity's expense! Where is Mountain Lion? Time is due! ... and it better be a free download!!

iCal in Lion - I want my monthly calendars on the left side back

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