ICal keeps deleting repeat Events

I created some events with the repeat option ON for every month. When I delete an old event with the repeat option ON, I press delete only this event keep repeats ON, but iCal deletes all repeats. How can I solve this?

This is the iSync forum - iSync does not sync to .Mac.
The *.Mac Sync* forum is here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957
However, there is an online document relating to the issue (found by typing the error into Google):
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1200

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I experienced this issue as well.
Background:
I had opened an ICS attachment for a repeating event on my iPhone, which added the item to my phone's calendar. I did not have the option to delete the calendar entry from my phone, and the item did not appear on the calendar on my Mac. My phone is currently running iOS 7 (but the problem began quite awhile ago; I don't recall which version of iOS was installed when it started).
Solution (summary):
Create a new calendar, move the items that you wish to delete to the new calendar, then delete the new calendar
Solution (detailed steps):
Create a new calendar
On your phone, open the calendar app
Tap the "Calendars" option at the bottom of the screen
Tap the "Edit" button in the top left corner
Scroll to the bottom of the list and tap the "Add Calendar..." option
Give your new calendar a good name, such as "Delete me"
Tap "Done" in the top right corner to save the new calendar
Tap "Done" in the top left corner to finish editing the list of calendars
Tap "Done" to exit the list of calendars
Assign all calendar entries that you wish to delete to the calendar you created in step 1
Tap a calendar entry that you wish to delete
Tap the "Edit" button in the top right corner
Scroll down until you see the Calendar field (on an iPhone or iPod it's usually just below the bottom of the screen), then tap the Calendar field to bring up the list of available calendars
Tap the name of the calendar that you created in step 1 (e.g. "Delete me"); the screen should return to the main calendar entry page
Tap "Done" in the top right corner of the screen. You may need to then tap the "< Day" button on the top left of the screen to return to the main calendar view
Repeat the instructions in step 2 for each of the calendar entries that you wish to delete
Delete the calendar that you created in step 2 (this will delete all calendar entries assigned to this calendar)
From the main screen in the calendar app, tap the "Calendars" option at the bottom of the screen
Tap the "Edit" button in the top left corner
Tap the entry for the calendar that you created in step 2 (e.g. "Delete me")
Scroll to the bottom of the scren and tap the "Delete Calendar" option. You should be prompted with a warning that explains that "All events associated with this calendar will also be deleted."
If you're sure that the only items on this calendar are items that you wish to delete, tap the "Delete Calendar" button
Tap "Done" in the top right corner to exit the Edit Calendars screen
Tap "Done" to exit the list of calendars. You should now be back at the main view of the calendars app
Rejoice, your pesky repeating calendar events have been deleted
At this point all of the items that you assigned to the deleted calendar should be gone
Repeat the steps above for any entries that you missed
Post another message to this thread if this did not resolve your problem
minor edit for clarity made by ScottHooley

TS3999 ical keeps deleting all my events the day before the event!

My ical keep deleting all my events the day defore the event and or on the day of the event! Any one having this problem or know how to fix it? thanks

Give this a try
http://qgf.in/11Bc6Z

ICal not deleting old events

When i upgraded to Leopard, iCal stopped deleting old events. I have it set to delete events older than 30 days, and it's not doing it. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
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It's a bug, it didn't work for me in Tiger either. I have the preference set to delete To Do items one day after they are completed. It rarely does. Sometimes it will work, and then it won't. It's flakey.

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How do you update it? Basically what has happened my password was disabled for "security reasons" on sunday (21/10/12), so i tried to reset it, but for some reason i couldnt get into my old email (probably because i havent used it for 2 years), so i read on here i could swap it to a new email that i currently use (which is what i have done) ive swapped everythin over to it (facetime, iCloud etc) but keeps coming up with old email and asking for password

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How do I delete recurring repeating events in iCal? I can delete individual events but am never asked if I want to delete them all.

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HELP! iCal is deleting events, seemingly at random. It is also deleting everything more than a month old. Since I have no other record of my calendar, this is a disaster.
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Thanks, xmad, I'll look at th CPU again tomorrow/next day under the glass when I take the board out. I already checked them under magnification and was leaning toward a funky board, but it never hurts to re-check. Eyesight is not what it used to be, for sure (I miss DOS, if that's a clue...). Don't want to flash the BIOS if not necessary, since it runs Windows fine and everything works except that RAM.
Bernhard, I don't have CPU-Z installed on that machine and don't want to install anything else until it's working normally. I'd never seen Click-Bios before and just need to get over my initial suspicion of something new! Also learn my way around it before I change anything. I'd never encountered a board reporting a bios different than printed on it. I've never messed with manual memory settings or done more overclocking than just a little exploratory and suprisingly successful nudge - if you could point me toward a good basic explaination of all those settings, I could learn from there.
Appreciate your input very much.
Have learned a lot just reading the threads here for the last few days. This is the best forum I've ever encountered. I'll report back - some suggestions in other posts resembling my problem ended with no resolution, and that's a shame because one doesn't know if it worked or not.

ICal randomly deleted some events

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If you are in Toronto using an unlocked iPhone, I am not sure anyone here is going to be able to come up with a solution for a problem you are having once unlocked...
Apple relocks their iPhones if you upgrade to the eventual 1.1.4 or update iTunes. I don't know if they also change registry settings at all causing certain things to not work properly on unsupported iPhones.
IF you are using a standard ATT-based Apple supported iPhone, you can also try uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling, and resyncing to see if that helps.
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Hello LeatherneckDevilDog,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with duplicate calendar entries. I recommend reviewing the following articles to resolve issues with iCal duplicates:
iCloud: Resolving duplicate calendars after setting up your calendar application for iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4118
iCloud: Advanced Calendar and iCal troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4337
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

ICal subscription shows repeated events in Leopard

We use an enterprise management system at our agency that includes group calendars. An employee can subscribe (read only) to his/her calendar in iCal for easier viewing, and it will sync every 15 minutes. For all of our employees using Tiger, this works flawlessly. For all of our employees who have upgraded to Leopard, there are the following two issues:
1. Calendar events are duplicated. For instance, my iCal calendar will show two identical "Staff Meeting" events at 10:00 AM on Monday. Sometimes it will show 5 or six copies of the same event.
2. Some events on the central calendar never show up in iCal at all.
These two problems are not all predictable. For instance, it is not always recurring events that show up with duplicates. Likewise, there is no rhyme or reason for the events that never show up at all. No pattern of any kind.
Both Tiger users and Leopard users are using the exact same URL for the subscription, and they're both hitting the exact same system, so there is no difference at all in the system.
I had hoped that 10.5.2 would fix this issue as it seemed to relate to the many issues Leopard users seemed to be having with sync'ing .Mac, but I can tell you that 10.5.2 did nothing to resolve this.
We have tried deleting all iCal caches, but to no avail. We even have brand new MBPs with Leopard installed, freshly upgraded to 10.5.2, and the same problem happens.
Any ideas? Any more information help?

Thanks JZ. This actually was a specific event (I had the same problem you described initially). The difference was that ME also showed the dups - just let let me delete.
I finally found the origination of each event...it let me delete those....odd, but worked

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Hi
we are sharing one .mac account for ical, with same login between 2 people.
ever since upgrading to tiger, and maybe before but i'm not sure, ical keeps on thinking events have changed and i get a pop up window that says for example, 11 calendars added, 6 deleted, 657 appointments modified.
WHAT IS GOING ON!!?
nothing has changed
we do have timezones activated, but i don't understand why we are getting this issue. help please!

I kept searching and found a solution from Kerry at http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage/browse_thre ad/thread/a758c477739cdab3/5b609b739511232e#5b609b739511232e
Thanks!
This worked for me. Of course, it means choosing to update either the Calendar or my Contacts but for now, this is better than the mess I was having. Here is Kerry's solution:
*The best thing to do is sync only one module, in my case its Calendar as this is the thing I change all the time whereas I rarely change contacts.
1. Go into Entourage PREFERENCES > SYNC SERVICES > UNCHECK SYNC SERVICES
2. Back up your main Entourage identity and iCal.
3. Open and Run iSync.
4. Go into iSync prefs and reset sync history.
5. Restore the iCal calendar from the backup. This resets sync services.
6. Delete the Entourage calendar in iCal (this will avoid dups).
7. Go to Entourage and in prefs in sync services enable (check)
Calendar and when the popup appears choose Merge then OK. Entourage
will recreate an Entourage calendar in iCal and populate it with its
information (this takes a few seconds depending on the size of the
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How can I STOP ical from deleting all my events after a month or so

No matter how I set the preferences/settings it always keeps deleting all events after 30 to 40 days.
I have gone into preferences and checked off the
"DELETE EVENTS AFTER...
and put 99 or 999 days and it doens make a difference
If Ileave the box unchecked - it STILL doesn't make difference
Anyone has a suggestion?
as I keep loosing all the important info/phone numbers I enter.
Thanks
Bruno

Bruno,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Are you using any sync software?
The easiest thing to try is to refresh the the com.apple.iCal.plist file. You will find the com.apple.iCal.plist file in your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. Quit iCal, drag the com.apple.iCal.plist file to your Desktop, log out/in or restart, and make sure the deletion preference is not checked.
;~)

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