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Q: calendar only opens half height since El Capitan

Calendar only opens half height

Posted on Dec 1, 2015 5:57 AM

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A:

For Dave and ipragman

If it worked properly in a new account, but not in your regular user account, this suggests it is the iCal plist.

Try removing the plist and launching iCal, use the technique I posted above.

Using the command key for resizing/re-positioning windows does work for me in El Capitan.

To remove the iCal plist, in a Finder window, hold down the "Option" key, click on the "Go" Menu Bar and select "Library". User Library is hidden by default, so using the "Option" key exposes the "Library" (This is the User Library not the System Library)

Now navigate to "Preferences" then to com.apple.iCal.plist and move it to the desktop.

The full path should look like this but with your user name…

/Users/greg/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist

Now launch iCal, make your window changes using the command key, then quit.

Relaunch iCal and it should stick.

As long as iCal launches ok, you can then "Trash" the iCal.plist on the Desktop, this was just a safety procedure. Apps automatically create new plists.

If for some reason this doesn't work, there is a clunkier way, but I have not had any issues with the above method. Let me know.

This method does work for me for any window in El Capitan and AFAIK this is how you set default window behavior in EC.

Hope this helps, Greg

Posted on Dec 4, 2015 8:09 AM

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  • by Eerk,

    Eerk Eerk Apr 7, 2016 11:26 PM in response to lexlthr
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    Apr 7, 2016 11:26 PM in response to lexlthr

    Hello lexlthr,

     

    Your post is a bit older, but I had the same problem and tried every suggestion (plist removal, command positioning the window, etc.) as described in this thread.

    Tested your theory and can now predict the behavior:

    • Calendar list visible: half height opening whatever you do prior to your window position and size
    • Calendar list hidden: window is opening as you would expect in its original size

    I know many people tell us that Apple is not reading these forums. But they should: this is really one for their iCal backlog

    For now I will switch off the Calendar list.

    Regards and thanks for posting your comment.

    Eerk Hofmeester

  • by EcoGreg,

    EcoGreg EcoGreg Apr 8, 2016 5:46 AM in response to Eerk
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    Apr 8, 2016 5:46 AM in response to Eerk

    Hi Eerk

    As reported here and other threads, Microsoft Exchange calendar seems to be causing this issue. Do you have Exchange linked to your Calendar?

    On page 2 Graf Z reports that deleting then reinstalling the Exchange seems to fix the issue. Others are confirming it also worked for them. Assuming this to still be true.

    A test is to use a clean user account on Mac that does not have Exchange tied to it, then resize Calendar and Quit. Reopening it should be in last "state" as when you closed it. This means it is not a "native" problem to Mac OS.

    If the problem does not reappear after deleting Exchange and then re-installing, then this suggests at least 2 possibilities to me. The first is that the Exchange preferences (plist), which dictates things like screen sizes was poorly written and had a default screen size, or more likely, that MS rewrote the app to fix this bug and when Exchange is reinstalled, you are getting the new code.

    You could try to delete the Exchange preference (plist) files and see if that works. If not then you would need to try deleting Exchange altogether, then I would recommend you restart your Mac, then reinstall Exchange.

    Please let us know if this works for you, adds to the community knowledge base.

     

    Hope this helps, Greg

  • by torpidlittle,

    torpidlittle torpidlittle Apr 16, 2016 10:09 PM in response to Graf Zeppelin
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    Apr 16, 2016 10:09 PM in response to Graf Zeppelin

    Hi Graf Zeppelin,

     

    I confirm that your tip also worked for me !!!

     

    Thanks a lot !

     

    Torp

  • by metro_ben,

    metro_ben metro_ben May 2, 2016 2:25 AM in response to ipragman
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    May 2, 2016 2:25 AM in response to ipragman

    As of 01 MAY, I have raised a case with Apple support which did a lot of troubleshooting withe me and raised a ticket with engineering on this issue. For me, it does seem related to Exchange as when I disable my Office 365 calendars the issue does not appear.

     

    As a temp workaround, the tech advised if I click the "Calendars" button in iCal and hide the calendar listing, a resize does work even when quitting and relaunching the app. This did work for me.

  • by erikafromcarmel,

    erikafromcarmel erikafromcarmel May 10, 2016 6:22 AM in response to metro_ben
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    May 10, 2016 6:22 AM in response to metro_ben

    I also have exchange accounts with this issue, switching to my daughter's account, who does not have exchange accounts, there are no issues.

  • by erikafromcarmel,

    erikafromcarmel erikafromcarmel May 10, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Graf Zeppelin
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    May 10, 2016 6:28 AM in response to Graf Zeppelin

    Worked for me.  Thank you!!!!   I have several exchange accounts, I did this only with one account and it fixed the issue.  Thank you, Thank you!

  • by maaujai,

    maaujai maaujai May 19, 2016 5:45 PM in response to Graf Zeppelin
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    May 19, 2016 5:45 PM in response to Graf Zeppelin

    OMG, thank you. This has been driving me nuts for weeks. Deleting the .plist file worked for a while, but then it started opening half-size again. So far deleting & re-adding my Exchange account has worked.

  • by itchen,

    itchen itchen Jul 19, 2016 2:17 AM in response to Steve Stinger
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    Jul 19, 2016 2:17 AM in response to Steve Stinger

    HI Steve...

    Thanks for the information this worked for me. All the others didn't so now pleased I have got this sorted out with your help. Its been a while since the update so I wonder why Apple has not picked this issue up.

    Thanks for the advice though.


    Cheers

    Tim (UK)

  • by dogofob,

    dogofob dogofob Aug 31, 2016 9:59 AM in response to ipragman
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    Aug 31, 2016 9:59 AM in response to ipragman

    I see three pages of response to this iCalendar problem.  Why hasn't Apple fixed this simple bug in one of the many updates?  I don't think previous management would approve of pushing the fix for a non-intuitive program issue onto users - Exchange issue or not.

     

    Best Regards

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