HT2513 Create events in Ical

How to I setup a "repeat" event for work days only.  Monday - Friday and NOT include weekend days?

Do you happen to own a Mac?  If so, you could create such a repitition on your Mac's calendar, sync it to your iPhone and it would be understood there.
But today, the iPhone's calendar app does not have the ability to create an "every weekday" type of event.  The same is true of an event repeating, for example, on the third Thursday of each month.

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    Greetings,
    Create the event (just like you would any event) and set the repeat to every year and add it to the calendar of your choice:
    Hope that helps.

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  • When I try to create a new event in iCal on my iPod Touch I cannot select "done" or "cancel" to save it?

    However when I sync my Mac and my iPod it will show up fine on my Mac. It just drives me crazy and if I had to create more than one event in iCal I probably couldn't. Any fix to this? Thanks.

    You can not add events to the birthday's calendar. To add birthday's to the birthday calendar you need to add the birthday to a contact in the Contacts app.
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  • I can no longer create an event on iCal by double clicking on a time or date, nor can I double click on an existing event! HELP!

    I can no longer create an event on iCal by double clicking on a time or date, nor can I double click on an existing event! HELP!
    The only way I have to create an event is by using the "+" button, which is very limiting!
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    Hi,
    If you list the steps you have taken to fix this it will help.
    Have you tried using the File > New Event menu item?
    Have you logged the user account out/ restarted the computer?
    Have you tried un-syncing any accounts synced to Calendar?
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    John M

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    Hi All, this is a weird one to describe, so please bear with me...!
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  • Ical cannot create event in month view

    iCal cannot create event in month view. Is this a bug?
    I've tried double clicking in a day as I always did but nothing.

    Ko be,
    Application UI issues are in many cases, caused by a corrupt plist file.
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  • Creating new event in iCal from BBEdit data window.  Calendar number fails.

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  • Many years ago synced iCal with Microsoft program. Since installing Lion whenever I try to create an event in iCal it flashes up message "Unable to open Microsoft sync services Power PC applications no longer supported." How do I get rid of message?

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  • Unable to create new events in iCal

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