I placed my calender, contacts and email on iCloud and now my iCal won't allow me to use it because it keeps updating. I've log off my computer, restarted and forced closed iCal and none of this has worked.
MacBook Pro
jd,
Quit/Force Quit iCal, and try removing the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. To find the proper Library Folder,paste this text ~/Library into the Finder>Go>Go to Folder...window and select "Go." Then open the Preferences Folder in Library, and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop.
Log out/in or restart, and open iCal.
OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), iPad Air Wi-Fi, Cellular, iPhone 5s
jd,
Quit/Force Quit iCal, and try removing the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. To find the proper Library Folder,paste this text ~/Library into the Finder>Go>Go to Folder...window and select "Go." Then open the Preferences Folder in Library, and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop.
Log out/in or restart, and open iCal.
OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), iPad Air Wi-Fi, Cellular, iPhone 5s
Thank you for your suggestion, however this didn't work for me. Maybe it's me, I'm not sure. I couldn't find the file so I couldn't accomplish the task at hand. I searched many different ways and still couldn't find this file.
Is there another way to find it? Or, can you give me even more basic literal direction to make sure I'm not messing it up. I understand what you're wanting me to do, but I may be not executing it correctly.
Thanks for your help...this is so frustrating. It worked fine until the Apple guys hooked me up to iCloud. All other functions seem fine, but iCal is constantly trying to "update".
All the best,
John
John,
Here is another way to find the proper Library folder, use Finder>Go Menu>Depress the "Option" key>Library. Then open the Preferences Folder in Library, and move the com.apple.iCal.plist file to the Desktop.
Ferd II
Good morning and thanks for your suggestion. I went to Finder, clicked Go and the drop down doesn't have Library. I tried using GO TO FOLDER to serach and still nothing. Other thoughts or ideas?
Thanks,
JD
JD,
Ever since Apple released OS X Lion, the user Library has been hidden from view by default.
Follow the instructions listed in OS X Mountain Lion: What is the Library folder?
Ferd II
I got to the Library and found the Preferences file, however I searched the folder and can not locate the "com.apple.ical.plist" file
JD
I'm having the exact same problem (and it took me forever to even find the Library>Preferences folder!) -- the iCal file simply does not exist. And I even wonder why it tried to update itself when I'm using iCloud and was only trying to sync my iCloud calendar with my iPod Air (which it still won't do either). Frustrating!
JD,
What version of OS X are you using?
Quit/Force Quit iCal. Then paste this text ~/Library into the Finder>Go>Go to Folder...window and select "Go," or use the same procedure that you used previously to find the proper Library Folder.
Then open the Calendars Folder in that Library Folder, and move any any files with "Cache" listed in the name field to your Desktop.
Log out/in or restart, and open Calendar.
I don't know the OPS, but I think it worked. Thank you! What should I do with the file sitting on my desktop? Can I put it in the trash?
JD
JD,
Yes, you can delete the file on your desktop.
Hello Ferd II,
I just wanted to let you know, I've been tearing my hair out trying to figure out this problem for weeks, to the point I only opened/updated/created-appointments in iCal on my iPhone 5s and NEVER on my MacBookPro Retina.
I'm am so happy to have found this discussion thread and your instruction for the solution.
Simply, IT WORKED!!!!! For the first time, weeks after trying to switch my calendar to iCloud, I no longer have that irritating "update" notification with the horizontal busy bar never going away.
THANK YOU!
Another happy Apple user because the community is so rich with knowledgeable folks.
All the Best!
Carson
You are welcome...glad to hear that.
This worked for me as well (hoorah!) BUT now the iCal calendar opens on my desktop whenever I boot my Mac. It never appeared before. If I'm using iCloud, why is the iCal calendar suddenly opening up automatically? (I never used it before really.) More importantly, how do I make it go away?
(System is a MacBook Pro running 10.7.5)
leagal,
Read OS X Lion: Open items automatically when you log in for an explanation of controlling startup items.
Thanks for the suggestion. The instructions for preventing items from starting at boot didn't work for me, as iCal was not listed as one of the items. Maybe it's somewhere else, such as how to control the dock. It's strange that this only started happened AFTER I removed the cache. No idea what prompted iCal to activate itself.
iCal keeps updating and won't stop
