Cannot enter new events in ical on imac using 10.7.5

Should be able to click and new event appears but this in not happening - nothing appears in ical on the imac but on my ipad and iphone there is an new event which is empty - I think I need to re-install the ical but cannot find the instructions to do this in 10.7.5

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I'm not really sure what you mean. Could you please elaborate/rephrase that? Thank you!
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HT2513 Cannot Create New Events in iCal

Hello:
I recently deleted a large number of appointments from my iCal using my MacBook. Now, iCal on the MacBook will not allow me to see new events I want to create, but it will push the new events to my other devices using iCloud. What's going on?

Hmm....I was able to fix my issues. I'll share it here in the event it can help you.
While iCal was closed I simply moved to trash the folder "/Users/<my username>/Library/Application Support/iCAl/" I then re-opened iCal and I could then create new or import old ".ics" files, close iCal and re-open with all information being retained. Sweet!

Cannot enter new event on calender

I just purchase a new i pad and cannot enter a new event on the calender. I do not have the little + icon on the bottom right. I can open the calender and flip through dates. It also does not sync with the my computer. Anyone know why?

Hi mgdugas,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below will review how to add an event to your calendar. There are several ways to do it, so possibly trying one of the alternatives will work for you.
Mac Basics: Calendar keeps your appointments
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5978
Cheers,
- Judy

Cannot create new events in iCal - they dissappeaar after quitting

Hello there,
I've used iCal for many years with no problem.
Recently I noticed that events were dissappearing.
I can add events and use iCal as normal as long as I don't quit the program or restart my computer. I can put the computer to sleep and all my new events are fine, but as soon as I restart or quit and reopen ical all the new events have dissappeared. Bizarrely my old events remain intact and events in the future that I added before the problemn started are also still there.
I have tried backing up the database before quitting, then reverting to the backup database, but even when i do this there are no new events visable.
Can anyone offer any help. I feel like i need to reinstall iCal or something.
Thanks.
Damien

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While iCal was closed I simply moved to trash the folder "/Users/<my username>/Library/Application Support/iCAl/" I then re-opened iCal and I could then create new or import old ".ics" files, close iCal and re-open with all information being retained. Sweet!

Why can I no longer enter new events

I upgraded to OS 10.6.8 on my iMac and also upgraded to OS 5 on my iPad and iPhone. Now I cannot enter new events on my Calendar on my iMac - says it is a "mail" calendar and cannot be changed. I had this same problem last summer and unfortunately have no memory as to how I resolved it then! Age!!!
Any ideas?

Wow. Me too.
And I didn't even realize new events were not copying over to my Mac until I read this.
I just thought the problem was duplicates on my iOS devices.
I tried hard resets and permission repairs to no avail.

New events in iCal are entered on my iMac. These events pass through correctly to my other computers and iPhone. However, each new event shows up twice on my iPads. The clutter is distracting. Anyone have suggestion as to correcting this annoyance?

New events in iCal are entered on my iMac. These events pass through correctly to my other computers and iPhone. However, each new event shows up twice on my iPads. The clutter is distracting. Anyone have suggestion as to correcting this annoyance?

New events in iCal are entered on my iMac. These events pass through correctly to my other computers and iPhone. However, each new event shows up twice on my iPads. The clutter is distracting. Anyone have suggestion as to correcting this annoyance?

When I try entering a new event in iCal on my MacBook Air, I get an error message popping up on my screen that says: The request for account "iCloud" failed. The server responded with "502" to operation CalDAVSetPropertyQueueableOperation. Help!!??

When I try entering a new event in iCal on my MacBook Air, I get an error message popping up on my screen that says:
The server responded with “502”
The request for account “iCloud” failed.
The server responded with “502” to operation CalDAVSetPropertyQueueableOperation.
The request for account “iCloud” failed.
I am then given the option of staying Online or going Offline.
Can anyone help me?
thanks

Hello b.krushel,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities
Any number of things could cause this issue, so I would recommend this article named iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar found here http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3999.
These sections in particular:
General Troubleshooting
Make sure there are no current issues listed on the System Status that affect iCloud Calendar. The System Status is located on the iCloud Support webpage.
Make sure you have fully enabled iCloud Calendar for the client you are using (for more setup and troubleshooting information on iOS, OS X, Windows and iCloud.com, see the additional details below).
Check to see if the issue you are seeing is covered in iCloud Help. To search iCloud Help, visit help.apple.com/icloud.
Check your settings and preferences as something may not be set up correctly. For example, having incorrect date and time settings can cause issues which are easily resolved by entering the appropriate settings.
Troubleshooting Calendar on OS X Mountain Lion (iCal on OS X Lion)Note: For instructions on setting up iCloud Calendar with Calendar or iCal on your Mac, see iCloud Setup.If you are having trouble with Calendar or iCal on a Mac and you are using iCloud Calendar, try each of these steps, testing after each to see if the issue is resolved:
Make sure you are using OS X Lion v10.7.2 or later. Click here for help verifying the version of OS X you are using.
Make sure your computer is online. Attempt to view www.apple.com and iCloud.com. If you can't connect to the Internet, your iCloud calendars and events will not update in iCal. Click here for more information about troubleshooting your Internet connection.
Verify that your iCloud member name is entered into the iCloud Preference pane in System Preferences. See iCloud Setup for more information about setting up iCloud on a Mac.
Make sure you enter and update calendar information in the iCloud section of Calendar or iCal. Only calendars and events in the iCloud section of the Calendar or iCal Calendar list will be pushed to iCloud. Both Calendar and iCal for the Mac support the display of and interaction with multiple accounts and datastores, for example, iCloud, On My Mac, Exchange, Google, and so on. This makes it easy to create or modify events or calendars in a section of Calendar or iCal that may not be updating iCloud. Learn more about moving local calendars to iCloud.
In some cases, you may find that you have data duplicated in both the local On My Mac and the iCloud sections of Calendar or iCal. Learn more about resolving this issue.
You can make the iCloud calendar your default calendar for all new events. In Calendar on OS X Mountain Lion, choose Calendar > Preferences > General, or in OS X Lion, choose iCal > Preferences > Generaland under the Default Calendar heading, select one of the Calendars under the iCloud heading. Close the Preferences window to save this change.
If recent changes simply don't appear, try forcing Calendar or iCal to refresh by selecting Refresh All from theCalendar menu.
Make sure your account was successfully created in Calendar on your Mac (or iCal). After upgrading to iCloud Calendar, you may need to quit and reopen Calendar (or iCal). To confirm your account is configured correctly in iCal:
Open Calendar (or iCal).
Open Calendar (or iCal) Preferences.
Click Accounts. You should see an account with your iCloud member name entered.
Turn iCloud Calendars off and back on
Quit Calendar (or iCal).
Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences > iCloud.
Remove the checkmark in the checkbox next to Calendars.
Close System Preferences and wait about a minute.
Open System Preferences and choose iCloud.
Replace the checkmark next to Calendars.
Close System Preferences.
Open Calendar (or iCal) and test to see if the issue has been resolved.
Restart your computer. This may sound simple, but it does reinitialize your network and application settings and can frequently resolve issues.
Take care,
Sterling

Cannot change "New Event" to an event name in iCal

For several days whenever I enter a new event in iCal I can put in all the information (times, etc.), but it will not allow me to change "New Event" that appears at the top to the name of the event. So I have several events now called "New Event," and I have to actually indicate the name of the event in the "note" section. This is very problematic, because the "note" section doesn't show up until I click on the event. Has anyone else had this problem and/or know of a solution? This is my first time to ask a question, so I hope I did it right.

Before we conclude that iCal is broken (which requires an OS reinstall to resolve) lets test in a new user account to see if iCal works there:
1.) Create a new user account on the Mac: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8235.html
2.) Go to Apple > Log Out
3.) Login to the new user and test iCal
If the same issue occurs in the new user then iCal should indeed be reinstalled:
1.) Backup your Mac: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
2.) Reinstall your OS: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8177.html
If the new user works then we know iCal is fine, its the data in your user:
Troubleshooting:
1.) Backup all your data:
Backup your computer Addressbook: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=AddressBook/4.0/en/ad961.html
Backup your computer iCal: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2966
Backup your calendars on MobileMe.
Follow http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4226
Go to "backing up data" and then "Backing up from me.com/calendar"
2.) Reset the computer's sync services and then restart the computer: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627
3.) Test iCal

When I enter an event in iCal, soon thereafter multiple other "New Event" notices (one to four) appear for the same day. If I delete these unwanted "New Event" notices, they later reappear -- sometimes multiplying like rabbits. Any suggestions?

When I enter an event in iCal, soon thereafter multiple other "New Event" notices (one to four) appear for the same day. If I delete these unwanted "New Event" notices, they later reappear -- sometimes multiplying like rabbits. Any suggestions?

Well, using iMovie to rearrange clips in a mini DV video edited by another program is extremely time consuming. I found a workaround. It still takes time, but it's much faster than rearranging the clips using iMovie.
The workaround is as follows. Bring up Finder and go to the directory where your event's clips are stored (typically ~/Movies/iMovie Events/<name of event>). It helps to setup Finder to be in Cover Flow mode, so you can see the beginning of each clip. Then, sort the files in ascending order by the 'Date Modified' field. This makes Finder sort the files in the same order that they were imported from the mini DV tape. Clips with timecodes have the naming convention "clip-<year>-<month>-<day> hour;minute;second.dv". Clips without timecodes use another naming convention. With the files sorted by "Date Modified" in Finder, rename clips as needed so that the date/time in their file names are in ascending order. Note: when you rename a file, you need to restart iMovie. I suggest not running iMovie while renaming files.
I believe the file date/timestamp is only accurate to the second. Occasionally, there may be a couple of clips that have the same date/timestamp. This may cause the ordering to not be correct. The best way to find these is through iMovie. To modify a file's date/time, right click on the clip in the event in iMovie, and then select "Adjust Clip Date and Time...".
So, this workaround is a lot easier and faster than trying to rearrange things from scratch in iMovie. But it's still time consuming. Creating a project out of an already edited video should take less than 5 minutes (not counting import time), but that's not the case.
I submitted an enhancement request to Apple asking if they can add an option to sort an event's clips in the order that they were imported by iMovie. Those who have the same issue as me, I suggest you submit an enhancement request as well.
Anyone have any other suggestions?
Thanks.

Deleting New Event in iCal on iPad

Unwittingly, I have "entered" a "New Event" in iCal on my iPad 2. I would like to delete it but haven't been able to do so.
Does anyone know how I can delete the "New Event"?
I would appreciate your help and suggestions.
Thanks.
Vernon

1. Click on an event.
2. A bar with a dot on then let side, the name of the evet, and a hardly visible small edit button on the right side will appear.
3. Click the edit button: the edit window will open.
4. Scroll down to the large red Delete Event button.
5. Click the Delete button.
New iPad, latest IOS. I do not see the Trash icon mentioned in the other post. Maybe an earlier IOS.

Creating new event in iCal from BBEdit data window. Calendar number fails.

When I try to create a new event in iCal I am getting the error "The variable theCalendarNumber is not defined." even though theCalendarNumber is supposed to be set in the preceding line. Does this have anything to do with embedding the tell application "iCal" within the tell application "BBEdit 6.5" loop?
Before this error I was getting a NSContainerSpecifierError error. I think that was because I was trying to specify the calendar as a string instead of a number as required by Panther OS.
BBEdit data window follows.........
3/8/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
4/5/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
14/8/2009 Combat
4/25/2009 Club Cleanup Workday
5/2/2009 Electric Extravaganza
5/17/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
6/7/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
7/12/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
7/19/2009 Combat
8/9/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
8/14/2009 Combat
8/22/2009 War Bird
8/29/2009 Club Cleanup Workday
9/5/2009 & 9/6/2009 IMAC
9/13/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
10/4/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
11/9/2009 Fun Fly CD ?
11/14/2009 Combat
12/13/2009 Combat
Applescript follows.......
set theCals to {}
set iCalendars to {}
set theDate to current date
set myDate to date string of theDate
tell application "iCal"
set theCals to calendars whose writable is true
repeat with i from 1 to count of theCals
copy title of item i of theCals to end of iCalendars
end repeat
end tell
set theChoice to (choose from list iCalendars with prompt "Choose the Calendar to use" OK button name "Choose" without multiple selections allowed and empty selection allowed)
tell application "BBEdit 6.5"
repeat with i from 1 to count of lines in text window 1
set the_line to contents of line of text window 1
set old_delims to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tab
set the_Date to text item 1 of the_line
set the_Event to text item 2 of the_line
tell application "iCal"
set theCalendarNumber to (first calendar whose title is theChoice)
set theEvent to make new event at end of events of theCalendarNumber with properties {start date:the_Date, summary:"", description:the_Event}
--if alarmTime is not 0 then
--tell MyEvent
--make new display alarm at end of display alarms with properties {trigger interval:alarmTime}
--end tell
--end if
--show theEvent
save
end tell
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to old_delims
end repeat
end tell
tell application "iCal"
reload calendars
end tell

You have a couple of issues here.
First, the line:
set theCalendarNumber to (first calendar whose title is theChoice)
However, theChoice is defined at:
set theChoice to (choose from list iCalendars with prompt "Choose the Calendar to use" OK button name "Choose" without multiple selections allowed and empty selection allowed)
Since you're allowing multiple selections, theChoice will be a list.
You can't get 'first calendar whose title is' a list. You will need to either permit single selections only, or extract the calendar name from the selected items (maybe iterating through them if you want to add the event to multiple calendars).
Once you address that, the line:
set theEvent to make new event at end of events of theCalendarNumber...
also won't work because theCalendarNumber will be the name of a calendar, so this command tries to set the event to the end of events of a string. Instead you need to ask for the named calendar, like:
set theEvent to make new event at end of events of calendar theCalendarNumber
Then you should be set.

I have a problem with iCal.Since 2 days ago,I couldn't add new event in iCal on my ipad2.It Keeps saying 'No calendar has been set", then if I go to Calendar field,choose one calendar,it gives this msg "That event doesn't belong to that event store".

I have a problem with iCal.Since 2 days ago,I couldn't add new event in iCal on my ipad2.It Keeps saying 'No calendar has been set", then if I go to Calendar field,choose one calendar,it gives this msg "That event doesn't belong to that event store". I can add event from iCloud and from my iCal on my iMac. Please help

Most likely you have Office 2004 which are PPC-only applications and will not work in Lion. Upgrade to Office 2011. Other alternatives are:
Apple's iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.)
Open Office (Office 2007-like suite compatible with OS X.)
NeoOffice (similar to Open Office.)
LibreOffice (a new direction for the Open Office suite.)

Unable to create new events in iCal

I updated my iPhone 4 to iOS7, and now when I try to create a new event in iCal, nothing happens. I am able to tap the "+" and enter the event information, but when I tap "Done", no new event appears in the calendar.
If I, instead, create the event in the Calendar on my PC, the phone syncs with Outlook, and the event appears on the phone's iCal app.
Why am I suddenly unable to create new events on my phone in iOS7, and how can I fix this issue?

Thanks! I've noticed the phone has been a bit "clunky" since the update too. Did you experience the same thing & did the hard restart help?

Can't add a new event to an imaged iMac.

I have an older iMac at work. It is on a network so all the macs are imaged. When trying to add a new event to iCal it just doesn't work. I try to drag in day but the it just diasappears. This iCal is synced with my computer at home. It works fine on the eMac which is not imaged at work but is also synced with my home computer. Any thoughts?

William,
It is a possibility that you are adding new events to your "On My Mac" calendars.
"On My Mac" calendars will not sync with iCloud. After backing up the "On My Mac" calendars, and ensuring that all events are duplicated on your iCloud calendars you can delete any "On My Mac" calendars.
For further troubleshooting advice read iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar.

I can no longer enter "new events"

I can no longer enter "new events" in my iCal on my Mac (O/S 10.6.7) . I can only enter a new event on my iPhone Calendar and then sync to my iCal on my home computer, which is a Mac Pro. It used to work fine.

Greetings,
Troubleshooting:
1.) First make an iCal backup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2966.
2.) Remove the following to the trash and restart your computer:
Home > Library > Caches > com.apple.ical and / or "ical"
Home > Library > Calendars > Calendar Cache, Cache, Cache 1, 2, 3, etc. (Do not remove Sync Cache or Theme Cache)
Home > Library > Preferences > com.apple.ical (There may be more than one of these. Remove them all.)
__NOTE: Removing these files will remove any shared (CalDAV) calendars you may have access to. You will have to re-add those calendars to iCal > Preferences > Accounts.
Once the computer is back up and running open iCal and test.
Hope that helps!

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