ICal Default Duration

Before Lion, a new event in iCal would be 1-hr. duration by default. Now the default is all-day, and when I uncheck that, the default is 8 hours. How can I get back to a 1-hour duration default for new events?

Tocanostra,
Your first post indicated a duration of 8 hours. The 8 hour duration was an indication of plist corruption. Since you followed the suggestion and refreshed the plist file, I surmise that it now reverts to the default behavior.
For others reading this thread, events entered in the Month view without any time references will be entered as all day events. Additional event entry tips:
Click Add at the top of the iCal window or press Command (⌘)-N.Events are added automatically to your default calendar.
If you want to choose a different calendar for the event, hold down the Add button (+), and then choose a calendar.
To change your default calendar, choose iCal > Preferences, click General, and then select a calendar from the Default Calendar pop-up menu.
Enter a name, date, and time duration for the event, and then press Return.For example, you can enter “Super Bowl Party Feb 6,” “Movie with Rebecca on Friday at 7pm,” “Soccer Game on Saturday from 11am-1pm,” or “Breakfast with Jon,” and then press Return.
If you don’t enter a time duration for the event, iCal sets the event’s duration to 1 hour.
If you don’t enter any time information for the event, iCal makes the event an all-day event.
If you enter “breakfast” or “morning,” iCal sets the event to start at 9 a.m.
If you enter “lunch “ or “noon,” iCal sets the event to start at 12 p.m.
If you enter “dinner” or “night,” iCal sets the event to start at 8 p.m.
To set any other event options (for example, to set your event to repeat, add an alert, or invite others to the event), make your changes in the event’s editor, and then click Done.

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