new entries revert to "new event"

My experience is slightly different. If I create the New Event in whatever calendar originally opens (I have several, such as work, family, vacation), then the entry holds. It does not revert back to New Event. However, if I open a New Event, let's say in my "work" calendar, and I change it by selecting a different calendar, say "family," then after I save it the new entry reverts to New Event within about 2 seconds. So, for me the solution is select the proper calendar PRIOR to creating a New Event.

It only works for me if I open the default calendar, make the edits, close/save and then go back in to change the color/calendar.

Yes that is correct. I'm doing exactly those steps. Only after step 2 -- and I do the same thing, single-click outside the pop up window -- after that, within 2 seconds, it reverts back to New Event. Not every time, but I'd say at least 50 percent of the time. Extremely frustrating.

Mine does it every time. Unbelievable considering sine Cal is such an integral part of the system....

Is anyone else having the ADDITIONAL PROBLEM of edits to existing events disappearing, within 1-2 seconds of closing out of the entry? This is maddening.

Specifics: I go back to an event I created weeks ago. I change or add something. I close / click out of the event. 1-2 seconds later, the changes are gone -- the event reverts back to whatever was there before. This happens about 50% of the time, no seeming rhyme or reason to which events it affects. (This all is happening on my desktop iCal app, on a late 2013 MacBook Pro running OS X v 10.9.5.)

Apple, sort this out very quickly indeed please.

It's a silly bug, and whilst there might be an okay-ish work-around of saving it in default calendar and then updating, spare a thought for those with whom one might be sharing (multiple) calendars who now are prone to getting multiple alerts for a single entry, as we battle with the bug.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH RIGHT NOW.

Same thing here. For the last week or so. I'm on Mavericks and it's driving me crazy.

Hi Hueyo,

I'm having this problem as well - for about the past week. At first I thought it was me just not saving things, or thinking I had put stuff in the calendar when I hadn't - thought I was going mad.

Have been entering a number of events this morning and searched for solutions and came across this thread. As per others, the issue only happens if I change the calendar when creating the event.

Hopefully Apple will sort something out soon.

Just to add weight to the calls for a solution. I too rely on the calendar to run my business, and I'm having the exact same problem. Hueyo's workaround is working for me at the moment (thanks Hueyo!), but my confidence in the usually rock-solid app is shaken. Apple - please fix asap.

Same problem here. I noticed this a couple of weeks ago with a lost appointment made on my iPad. Looked later on my office desktop and the appointment had reverted to "New Event". It seems to have been intermittent for it seems to have gotten worse in the last few days. It also happens when I use Apple Mail to create a new event from a date in an incoming email. This happens across 3 Mac OS 10.9 and 1 Mac OS 10.10 and 2 iOS 8.3 devices using the same iCloud account. APPLE please fix this!

iCal community: I have just spoken with tech support and to ensure that Apple take this up (if they have not yet done so - we cannot know), please consider the following actions:

1. As previously suggested by another member, contact your tech support and log the issue;

2. go to apple.com/feedback and select 'calendar' and submit feedback to let them know there is a bug in iCal. The more feedback we log here the higher up the list it might go.....

I agree,iIt would be great if a member of the Apple team could at least acknowledge they are aware of the issue and are working on it - I have also logged this as feedback to them.

I've already sent the feedback, thanks for the info.

Hey MAC SUPPORT, iCal is NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY. I'm having exactly the same issue and it's new since about a month. I use iCal regularly for all, and it pushes through iCloud to 3 devices. Lately, on the MacBookPro and Airbook, it doesn't save the information, if you choose to assign it a project color first. It appears to save and then it reverts to New Event in a different timeslot, although it does retain the color assignment. The workaround to save in it's default first and then go back in to edit does work. But this complicates working with iCal and also is terrifying to lose an important meeting.

Hueyo, thanks for noting the inclusion of the link to this discussion. I did the same - forgot to mention. 🙂