Calendar Preferences no longer able to be accessed

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Calendar Preferences no longer able to be accessed

In trying to link Calendar to an Exchange server, I have somehow managed to confuse Calendar. The Calendar program seems to work but it does not link to my Exchange server and the Calendar Preferences dialogue box no longer appears when selected. I have successfully linked Outlook:Mac 2011 to the same Exchange server. I am running these applications on a MacBook Pro OS X 10.8.2.

I have followed advice from previous threads on this topic (such as https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3005727) which have suggested deleting

com.apple.iCal files but the file structure appears different so I have been reluctant to delete files etc.? I assume that the difference is a different OSversion but I am new to Mac and am not keen to create a bigger problem than I already have.

Any ideas ?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 10, 2013 10:49 PM

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Answer 1

Eric Ross

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Mar 10, 2013 10:52 PM in response to brewstar

Don't delete the file just move it to the desktop, if that solves your problem then move it to the trash and delete it.

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Mar 10, 2013 11:00 PM in response to Eric Ross

Thanks for the reply but I can't find the com.apple.xxx files. Can you point me to them ?

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Eric Ross

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Mar 10, 2013 11:13 PM in response to brewstar

The file is located in the ~library>preferences To get to your library file you will need to be in the finder then hold down the option key while clicking the go menu item, then select library.

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Mar 11, 2013 3:37 AM in response to Eric Ross

I can't find any files com.apple.xxx related to Calendar or iCal. I have looked under Macintosh HD\Library\Preferences and also Macintosh HD\Users\myusername\.

FYI - I logged on as a guest user and Calendar worked fine, Preferences and all. So the issue is with my profile.

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Eric Ross

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Mar 11, 2013 10:01 AM in response to brewstar

You need to go into your Mac HD>users>yourname>library>preferences>com.apple.iCal.plist,

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Eric Root

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Mar 11, 2013 11:01 AM in response to brewstar

Since the Guest account works, try using your regular account in the Safe Mode.

Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal.

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Mar 11, 2013 8:41 PM in response to Eric Root

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried Safe Mode but Calendar still doesn't display Preferences, either in Safe Mode or in regular boot mode.

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Eric Root

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Mar 12, 2013 10:00 AM in response to brewstar

Since it is only occurring in the one account and it doesn't seem to be related to 3rd party software, try doing a permissions repair on your main account.

To do this,boot to your Recovery partition (holding down the Command and R keys while booting) and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. In Terminal, type: 'resetpassword' (without the 's) and select the admin user. You are not going to reset your password. Click on the icon for your Macs hard drive at the top. From the drop down below it select the user account which is having issues. At the bottom of the window, you'll see an area labeled Restore Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the reset button there. The process takes a few minutes. When complete, restart.

http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/15/repair-user-permissions-in-mac-os-x-lion/

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Mar 13, 2013 3:29 AM in response to Eric Root

I followed your instructions, but no change to the Calendar behavior.

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