ICal constantly changes my Calendar order...Why?

I use my ical extensively to keep track of my daily/weekly "To Do's" which I keep in a specific order so I can prioritise them based on my criteria other than just due date. To achieve this I have ALWAYS been able to keep my custom calendars in a specific order. As an example I have a calendar called Quotes (which should always get done first) I add a "To Do" to this calendar and then once the quote is done it gets moved to another calendar (Jobs).
For some reason iCal keeps changing the order of MY calendars to what it seems to want. So all my "To Do's end up in a different order. How can I change this VERY annoying problem where I constantly have to manually change the order of my calendars again and again.
Anyone have the same issues?

I see this is an old question with no answer. I can't find any answers for this anywhere on the internet. Anyone with any ideas?
My "all day events" are in order until I go to print. It then reorders them with no apparent rhyme or reason. The printed calander doesn't look good either with the different calendar colors all mixed up. The only way I have found to keep the order is to make them timed events which they are not. ( I get questions like : "why does it say seven o'clock at my name?" )

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Hello,
I have about 15 iCal calendars, three are my own creation, the rest are subscriptions or downloaded calendars. I would like calendars with similar content to be grouped together on the calendar list. That way, the display order on the daily/weekly/monthly is in a rational order.
For example, I have a number of 'all-day' events that I would like diplayed in a specific order. The way to do this appears to be to re-arrange the order of the calendar list. The problem is that no matter how many times I rearrange the order, iCal (or more probably iCloud) switches them back. Or occaisionally to an entirely new arrangement.
Thinks I have tried, based on internet searches of this problem:
1. Deleting the file com.apple.ical.plist from the library/preferences. This did not seem to change anything, although it's not clear to me whether I should delete the file before or after making changes.
2. Turning off iCloud on all my other devices, then making the changes on my mac iCal. This also did not help.
3. Changing the order of the calendars on iCloud.com. The problem is that subscribed calendars do not appear on iCloud.com and therefore cannot be moved.
4. Angrily trying to change the order of the calendars for twenty minutes, hoping it would magically "take." Alas, it did not.
If anyone has any thoughts, I would really appreciate it. This has been driving me crazy.
Derek

I see this is an old question with no answer. I can't find any answers for this anywhere on the internet. Anyone with any ideas?
My "all day events" are in order until I go to print. It then reorders them with no apparent rhyme or reason. The printed calander doesn't look good either with the different calendar colors all mixed up. The only way I have found to keep the order is to make them timed events which they are not. ( I get questions like : "why does it say seven o'clock at my name?" )

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alsdman,
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Okay,
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-m

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ICal constantly changes my Calendar order...Why?

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