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ical The server responded: β€œ403” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation., ical The server responded: β€œ403” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation.

When I run ical on my mac I get the error


The server responded with an error.


Access to β€œname of an event in my calendar” in β€œcategory of event in my calendar” in account β€œiCloud” is not permitted.


The server responded:

β€œ403”

to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation.


How can I fix this problem?


I have searched through old events to delete but they seem to repopulate and keep the error going. The event in quest was created in an old .mac account

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on May 2, 2012 6:52 PM

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Posted on Apr 23, 2017 5:27 PM

I deleted the files as you suggested, but now all my calendar accounts are gone. New cache files were created when I started Calendar again, but nothing is being rebuilt. Doesn't appear that iCal is doing anything in the Activity Monitor either.


Any idea how long this will take? Fortunately, all of my iCal calendars are still in iCloud but those aren't syncing either.

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Aug 2, 2013 11:40 AM in response to MVJR

I found the same problem. It happens when a person with Outlook on Windows sends a meeting invitation, and then simply tries to reschedule it to a new time. Happens EVERY time. The move DOES work in ical. However the error " The server responded: β€œ403” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation" Occurs when the move is attempted to sync with ICloud. THis is most frustrating and it is an ICLOUD problem.


Apple is not that concerned about it? Well, I suspect I won't be able to use ICAL for BUSINESS as my meetings are re-scheduled all the time. Between the lackluster post Steve Jobs Apple, and the problems, I am seriously considering going back to Windows. On a Hypervisor I can run WIN 7 and Win 8. Outlook this simply is not a problem. Plus Real Office on Windows does not have the limitattions of Office on a Mac.... such as the inability to create a Pivot Chart from a Pivot table in Excel, which is one of the most common things one does once they create a pivot table!


Always paying more for less powerful hardware, it just isn't worth it anymore. I suppose Apple's iCAL was never meant to run in a business setting... Ironic how the entire publishing, advertisement, bloggers are all using mac's. But I suppose they don't have people with Windows sending and moving meetings, or they don't sync with Icloud.


BTW... You can set your Calender to sync with a Caldav server and not Icloud, and this problem goes away.

But what a PIA that Apple just can't get synchronization right. Sad.

Aug 6, 2013 5:37 PM in response to defilm

If it's a problem syncing with google calendars the solution may be resolved by


changing the login name on the calendar account


(i.e. 1.backup, 2.remove 3.re-add with the right extension

from ..@gmail to ..@googlemail or the right way round for your google calendar account)

may help.


posted in more detail on this thread

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4274995?answerId=22668698022#22668698022


rob0mitch

Oct 1, 2013 4:10 AM in response to Sidelines

To reiterate, this error happens to me when:


- Someone sends a calendar (.ics) attachment in an email from Microsoft Outlook. The first time an appointment is made, Apple Calendar inserts the appointment correctly and synchs correctly with the server.

- Now that same someone changes the date (or any other detail) in the appointment and sends out a second email with a second .ics attachment. Now Apple Calendar initially moves updates the appointment correctly, but when the server tries to synch, bam, there comes the error message.


Work around.


I have found that I can work around this by:


1. Click on "Revert to server".

2. Delete the original appointment (without informing the sender)

3. Double click on the attachment in the email to create a NEW appointment with the update .ics.


And now it works.


But it can take Apple YEARS to recognise and fix this is beyond me.

Oct 25, 2013 12:50 AM in response to Sidelines

To reiterate, this error happens to me when:


- Someone sends a calendar (.ics) attachment in an email from Microsoft Outlook. The first time an appointment is made, Apple Calendar inserts the appointment correctly and synchs correctly with the server.

- Now that same someone changes the date (or any other detail) in the appointment and sends out a second email with a second .ics attachment. Now Apple Calendar initially moves updates the appointment correctly, but when the server tries to synch, bam, there comes the error message.


YES! Mavericks has fixed this... unbelievable! Hooray!


It only took Apple a couple of years, but this issue is officially history on my machine.

Nov 7, 2013 10:41 PM in response to Sidelines

Clearly this error has a variety of causes.


I reiterate:


Prior to Mavericks I used to see this error when a Microsoft Outlook user who had previously sent me a meeting invitation, then modified the invitation and sent an updated notification to me.


Since the Mavericks update this no longer is the case. I can receive meeting invitations from Outlook users and they get created correctly in Calendar. The Outlook user can then modify the meeting and send me an updated invitation, which also migrates correctly into Calendar.


So, please don't tell me my post is incorrect; the Mavericks update HAS fixed the bug that caused the 403 error IN MY SPECIFIC CASE.


It may well not be fixed in your circumstance - but you don't say in what circumstances it happens to you. There are posters in this thread who talk about a variety of situations. You need to be explicit; what are you trying to do when the 403 happens to you?

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