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Shared iCloud calendar colour keeps changing

I haven't had this problem for a while, but this week my the calendar my wife shares with me in iCloud keeps changing colour.


I am running iOS 6.1.3 and we have had the shared calendars set up for ages. Now no matter what i do her calander displays as blue, even though it is yellow when i log into iCloud on the web.


When I change to colour to purple on either my iPad or iPhone the colour changes on the web iCloud calendar but displays as blue in iCal on my mac, and in iCal on both my iPad and iPhone.


I haven't added any other new calendars or accounts recently, so I have no idea why this is happening (again)


Anyone else having this problem and/or found a solution?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jul 26, 2013 5:42 PM

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Aug 6, 2013 1:42 PM in response to shaneo77

I started having this problem in late June. Both the names and colours for some of my shared calendars suddenly changed to the names and colours used by the calendar owners (instead of the names and colours that I have assigned to them). This had worked just fine ever since shared calendars became available until June, 2013. My Mom and my sister are having the same problem.


I reported the problem to Apple support on July 3, and they ran through some troubleshooting with me. The names and colours are correct on the calendar app in Mountain Lion as well as iCloud.com through Safari on my Mac. However, when the calendar syncs to any iOS device, the namea and colours on SOME of the shared calendars change. This even occurs when setting up a brand new iPad for the first time.


If I change the name and colour on either my iPhone or iPad, the change seems to sync back to iCloud, but, just a few seconds later, the calendar app on iOS begins syncing again and the names and colours change back.


I spoke to two levels of support at Apple who were not able to resolve the problem. The second rep said the problem needed to be forwarded to an Apple engineer for investigation. It's now been over a month, and there has still been no response from their engineers. I've contacted Apple twice for an update, and they said the engineers still have not replied.

Aug 14, 2013 11:30 AM in response to shaneo77

This started just this morning for me. However, it's not a shared calendar that changing colors & it's only one of 5 calendars changing color (thankfully). Not sure why its happening, there was no update involved. The blue is my least favorite & just annoys me and of course it's my work calendar that I use the most :(

Needs to be fixed ASAP !!

Aug 14, 2013 12:40 PM in response to shaneo77

I'm having almost the same problem between my iPhone and iPad. My wife and I both share calendars which we call "Personal" and "Work" with each other, but rename the calendar to the other's name in our iCloud to make it clear which is which.


She is not having a problem with hers at all, but from this morning mine has been changing colour and dropping her name (so that it reverts to "Personal", ie what she actually calls it). The colours seem to change between my colour for her calendars, her colour for them and then the colour I have for my own Personal or Work calendars. I've tried changing the names so that they aren't called the same on both calendars but it hasn't helped.


Could really do with it being fixed, it's so annoying...

Aug 14, 2013 2:42 PM in response to shaneo77

This is happenning to me, too. My calendar that is for me (also sharred) is supposed to be green. It keeps turning my calendar to blue on my computer, and my reminders to orange. I logged in to iCloud and my calendar is fine. This is extremely frustrating. Color coding is used for organization, not to look pretty. I need the colors to stay as I set them!

Aug 14, 2013 3:21 PM in response to amarino3

I am also experiencing the mysterious color changes as of today. None of my calendars are shared, and the one subscribed calendar I have seems unaffected. Only one of my calendars keeps defaulting to blue (supposed to be green), and the iCloud calendar has also gone to blue on a couple of occasions. This happens across my iOS devices. I called Apple Care today and spoke with a senior advisor, who had a few suggestions that were unsuccessful. Luckily, he was able to observe the spontraneous color changes by watching my iCloud website. He said he submitted a ticket to the Apple engineers, but did not know the cause of the problem. He says he will call me when he hears more, and I will be following this thread also.

Shared iCloud calendar colour keeps changing

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