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iCal buggy looping on iMac Lion

i have this weird thing happening: when i launch iCal i keep getting: "Adding a new event. This calendar contains a new event. Please select a destination calendar:" and i then select a calendar and hit OK but this then repeats a million times but never progresses until it finally freezes.

- running 10.7.5 - and i don't appear to even HAVE a Library under Macintosh HD/Users/myusername/ ?!

i do, however, have Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences but no com.apple.iCal at all. none.

i've never used iCal before today, finally set it up on my iPhone and iPad (it works in these two places) and to sync to iCloud. i think unbeknownst to me this meetup group i belong to sent a million calendar invitations this past year and the incoming invitations may be clogging things up.

help?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jan 29, 2013 12:38 PM

21 replies

Ferd II

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Feb 2, 2013 5:10 PM in response to skottez

skottez,

Make sure that you are not connected to the internet, and retry the original suggested procedure.

skottez Author

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Feb 4, 2013 4:09 PM in response to Ferd II

you must be referring to this "original suggested procedure," right? because i wouldn't be able to do the safe boot/supplemental update offline.

1. Make sure iCal is not running.

2. Go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars Folder and move any any files with "Cache" listed in the name field to your Desktop. To find the correct Library folder, go to the Finder menu and select "Go," while holding the "Go" menu depress the "option" key to reveal the desired Library folder.

3. To remove the iCal plist file go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop. To find the correct Library folder, go to the Finder menu and select "Go," while holding the "Go" menu depress the "option" key to reveal the desired Library folder.

4. Log out/in or restart, and open Calendar.

skottez Author

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Feb 4, 2013 4:15 PM in response to skottez

didn't work.

Ferd II

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Feb 4, 2013 4:19 PM in response to skottez

skottez,

you must be referring to this "original suggested procedure," right? because i wouldn't be able to do the safe boot/supplemental update offline.

I presumed that you had alread completed the Safe Boot/update, when I suggested that you reattempt the following steps "offline:"

1. Make sure iCal is not running.

2. Go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars Folder and move any any files with "Cache" listed in the name field to your Desktop. To find the correct Library folder, go to the Finder menu and select "Go," while holding the "Go" menu depress the "option" key to reveal the desired Library folder.

3. To remove the iCal plist file go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop. To find the correct Library folder, go to the Finder menu and select "Go," while holding the "Go" menu depress the "option" key to reveal the desired Library folder.

4. Log out/in or restart, and open Calendar.

Mar 7, 2013 11:58 AM in response to skottez

I had the same problem, this is what finally worked for me.

I eventually found all those incoming Meetup events. Find them in Users / Library / Caches / com.apple.iCal / Incoming folder.

Trashed them all. The dialog boxes stopped when opening iCal.

Now I just have to make sure that they stop coming!

skottez Author

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Mar 7, 2013 4:15 PM in response to Giacomo57

i took it in to an apple store genius who was as puzzled as i was . . . until at one point he did something quickly (that i didn't quite follow) and figured it out. one of the things i think i did was delete the iCloud account and start it again. anyway, iCal works now. thanks, ferd ll for all the help. 🙂🙂🙂

iCal buggy looping on iMac Lion