I cant create an event in iCal

When viewing Month all of the Dates and Times are displayed in grey. If I attempt to create an event by clicking in a day the NEw Event dialogure does not appear, although the event appears in my google calendar which its synced to.

Was able to fix it after some great help from Apple support. Turns out I had WAY too many events in my calendar file, over 22,000 going back years and years. Once I archived a bunch, things started working again just fine. Let me know if this helps.
Chris Altwegg

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Since a few days ago after upgrading to Lion when I want to create a new event it
dosent show up in my calender. All the old events is shown and when I create an
event for example on my iPhone and sync with iCal on my Mac I can see the
new event.
I click in the calender to make a new event, nothing shows up, but when syncing
with my iPhone I can see the new event without any text because I didnt see the
small eventbar to type in or make the right time for the event. Can anybody help
me with this issue?
Regards,
Collins from Sweden!

Called Apple fast track support and problem is resolved. User error, for some reason I had selected the wrong calendar - after selecting the proper calendar on the left sidebar I could create events. Apparently at some time I created a 'todo' mailbox. It had nothing in it and I ended up deleting it so it doesn't get selected again in error.
Took 15 minutes to connect with an ICAL specialist. Once connected received excellent support.

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!
I am running the latest version of Mac OS X and all the updates.
Anyone know how I could get a proper use of my iCal ?
Thanks

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?
Is there some change made to the computer that may have triggered this?
Best wishes
John M

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?

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?

Lion no longer supports PowerPC apps. If this is Microsoft Office 2008 (Entourage 2008) then you should disable the syncing services. (I don't have Office 2008 installed anymore so I don't know exactly what it's called anymore.) If you have Microsoft Office 2004 or earlier, then it can't be run on Lion at all since Lion removed Rosetta, which is what allowed a PPC app to run on an Intel based Mac.
Also, I believe Microsoft removed sync services from the current Outlook 2011 (which replaces Entourage) so even upgrading to a newer version of Microsoft Office will not get you back that calendar sync feature. Supposedly Microsoft is working on a new syncing system, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Create new event in iCal that triggers an applescript

Dear applescripters
I am trying to write a script that creates an event in applescript that launches an applescript.
This is the code:
tell application "iCal"
tell calendar "Verstuur"
set theCurrentDate to current date
set time of theCurrentDate to (time of theCurrentDate) + 60
set verstuur to make new event at end with properties {start date:theCurrentDate, end date:theCurrentDate + 1 * minutes}
tell verstuur
make new open file alarm at end with properties {trigger interval:0, filepath:POSIX path of "file://localhost/Users/jschaafsma/Desktop/Verstuurfilmpje"}
end tell
end tell
end tell
when iCal tries to trigger the script iCal generates an error that the file Verstuurfilmpje is not found.
Any ideas what i am doing wrong?
Thanks
Jschaafsma

Well, for one, your file path isn't valid.
… filepath:POSIX path of "file://localhost/Users/jschaafsma/Desktop/Verstuurfilmpje"}
First off, POSIX path of takes a Mac-style (i.e. colon-delimited) path or alias and converts it to an POSIX path, so either you need to drop the 'POSIX path of' code, or pass in a Mac-style path.
Secondly, even if you were to use 'POSIX path of', your path specification is invalid anyway - you haven't passed in a POSIX path you've passed in a file URL, which is different. A POSIX path of that file would look like:
filepath: "/Users/jschaafsma/Desktop/Verstuurfilmpje"
So rewrite this line and you should be set.

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
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--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
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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.

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?

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Can't create an event in iCal.

I just upgraded to 10.7.4 and noticed that my iCal isn't behaving correctly. When trying to add an event, on my MacBook Pro I get an error:
The server responded with “400” to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation.
And when trying to create an event online via iCloud.com I get "server error"
The only place that I can create an event is on my iPhone 4S
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Thanks

Called Apple fast track support and problem is resolved. User error, for some reason I had selected the wrong calendar - after selecting the proper calendar on the left sidebar I could create events. Apparently at some time I created a 'todo' mailbox. It had nothing in it and I ended up deleting it so it doesn't get selected again in error.
Took 15 minutes to connect with an ICAL specialist. Once connected received excellent support.

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I'm having some issues creating a recurring event in one of my iCoud Calendars on iCal.
If I create a new event then go in and change the recurrance, time, and name it stays in my iCal for a few seconds then defaults back to a basic appointment with no name, time, or recurence. I then need to go back into the event and reprogram everything. It will then save the changes.
Its a little annoying as I need to reprogram the even and save it twice.
Has anyone had this problems, and could offer assistance?
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HT2513 Cannot Create New Events in iCal

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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 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!

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I get the following message when I attempt to create an event in iCal:

The request for account “iCloud” failed.
The server responded with
“507”
to operation CalDAVAddCalendarQueueableOperation.
Also, nothing that I enter into my iPad's calendar get entered into the calendars of my iPhone or Mac.

Was able to fix it after some great help from Apple support. Turns out I had WAY too many events in my calendar file, over 22,000 going back years and years. Once I archived a bunch, things started working again just fine. Let me know if this helps.
Chris Altwegg

Can't open & create event in iCal

I used to be able to open & create an event in iCal. But, the last time I sync'd my iphone & macbook it asked me which event was correct. I clicked on the one on the right and haven't been able to view or create on macbook since (can open & create event on iphone).

What do you see when you click on the Event? Also can you see the photos in the Photo mode? In the Photos mode do you have Event Titles selected in the View menu so they display? That will let you find the event you want and see if you can see the photos there.
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