Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
My iCal has become extremely unresponsive since upgrade to Lion. Just stays stuck "updating" all the time but it does not update diddly. Wont sync to gmail calendar anymore, does not update subcription calendars accurately even though links are right. Very annoying. Anybody got a fix?
wirelesschick,
Try removing the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. To find that Library folder if you are using Lion/Mountain Lion, use Finder>Go Menu>Depress the "Option" key>Library. Drag the .plist file to your desktop, and log out/in or restart.
Next, make sure that you are not connected to the internet. Then go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars Folder and remove any files with "Cache" as a part of the file name. Use the same method as listed above to get to the correct Library Folder. Log out/in, or restart and check iCal for functionality.
Worked perfectly. Didn't even have to logout or restart. Many thanks.
I wrote a bash script to automate the clearing of cache and restarting of the calendar app that works great for me, maybe it can help someone else that ends up here (since this is one of the first google results for "osx calendar stuck updating"). Save it as "calendar_reset.sh" in any text editor, make it executable, and run:
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$(ps -ax | grep -c /Applications/.*/Calendar)" -gt "1" ] ; then
killall Calendar
echo "Calendar process killed, clearing cache files"
else
echo "Calendar not running, clearing cache files"
fi
if [ -a "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist" ] ; then
rm "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist"
echo "Removed ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist"
fi
find "${HOME}/Library/Calendars" -iname "*Cache*" -maxdepth 1 | while read CACHE ; do
rm "${CACHE}"
echo "Removed ${CACHE}"
done
/Applications/Calendar.app/Contents/MacOS/Calendar &
echo "Calendar restarted, carry on"
Seems to have worked for now, thank you. We just bought a new Imac and was transistioning everthing over. You fix helped thank you.
I took the simple path;
First, I forced the iCal application to quit
Next, I disabled the network connection
Next, Turned off iCloud
Rebooted, opened iCal, turned on network connection, logged back in to iCloud.
Everything in sync and working like a charm to include syncing with Outlook for MAC.
Ferd II,
Thank you! My ical developed this problem today, I found this thread, followed your instructions and it worked! So, what should I do with the "Calendar Cache" and "com.apple.iCal.plist" files that are now on my desktop?
Gleegee,
You are welcome...just trash those two files on the Desktop.
Perfect!
ical stuck "updating"
