ICal preferences do not save.
Every time I change my iCal preferences, they do not save. When I turn off iCal and turn it back on, the settings reset. How can I fix this?
Check if the preference file for iCal is writable:
Open your User Library and select the file
your home folde -> Library -> Preferences -> com.apple.iCal.plist
and press Command(⌘)-I
Look at the "Sharing and Permissions" Brick in the Get Info panel. If you do not have write permissions, add them.
By default your user Library is hidden. To open it in the Finder, activate the Finder and select File -> Go from the Finder menu, hold down the (Option key) , until the Library appears in the drop down menu, select it.
If repairing the permissios did not help, quit iCal, and thash the preferences file, and try again.
Regards
Léonie
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