When I tried to delete a birthday, it says "Only the calendar administrator and any delegates with permission can make changes to read-only calendars. To make changes to the calendar, contact the calendar administrator." I thought I was the administrator.... How do I access the permissions?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009)
Lorraine,
Birthdays can be managed in the Contacts application.
Thanks Ferd, but that much I knew. The issue is that I have a name on my calendar that says simply "Norma :)'s birthday." When I tried to delete it, I got the message I posted above. My problem is that I am the system administrator for my own laptop, but I can't find a way to access the "read-only" calendar, or otherwise, as the message instructs above.... :/
Lorraine,
...so I presume that you do not have a contact named "Norma:)" or any similar version of that name?
This is the warning I get when I try to delete a birthday from the "Birthdays" Calendar:
Is Norma:) associated with any particular calendar besides the "Birthdays" Calendar?
Your presumption is correct - there is no Norma in my contacts. Further, when trying to delete the birthday on my calendar, this is the message frame I get - not like yours at all:
As far as I can tell, I have no other Norma anywhere else, including my google contacts.... I guess what I really want to know is, if I am the admin, how to I effect changes as the admin - as indicated is required in this message?
Lorraine,
What are the "Sharing & Permissions" settings of your Calendars Folder, which is located in your ~/Library Folder?
To find the correct Library Folder, type ~/Library into the Finder>Go>Go to Folder...>Go to the folder: field. When that Library folder opens, click on the Calendars Folder, and use (⌘+I) to reveal your "Sharing & Permissions" settings for that folder.
My Calendars Folder has the following permissions set:
Me "Read & Write"
staff "Read Only"
everyone "Read Only"
Hey there,
I have the same problem and the worse is that the birthday is not attached to a contact as the birthday is a mistake (I originally tried to put my excel schedule into Ical, everything was okay about the hours and date but even thought I selected "add it in my pro calendar" it decided to add it to the birthdays calendar.. )
How can you change the permissions then ? I'm not allowed to :s
I found the answer on a forum, you just have to unselect the "birthday" calendar it belongs to, then quit the app, then open it again, activate the birthday calendar you've just unselected and it disappears 🙂
I had this issue too. I found out it was due to a google+ birthday for that person. You have to change it by hiding the google birthdays or unfollowing that person in circles in Google +
How do I make changes to birthdays in iCal?
