Ical won't quit?!

I got a Macbook Pro for christmas and i entered a few events into ical and not it has a loading bar saying upgrading ical caladners and it won't go so i can't shut down the macbook properly as it says it failed due to this app. How can i fix this?

Put cursor to apple logo top of screen, Force Quit, and force quit ical

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Out of the blue flickering and iCal won't quit

We bought our iMac 20" last January 2008 and it has worked perfectly. I have installed all updates. After the last update (and I really don't know if it is just coincidence...) iCal won't quit unless it is forced. All data is gone. It might also have something to do with the last time I synced my iPod...?
More troubling, the screen has started flickering... almost shutting down at points. However, it is not on a regular basis and seemingly out of the blue...?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Wilrez,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Regarding the iCal issue, if you used Software Update for installing OS X 10.5.7, you may want to try reinstalling the update using the Mac OS X 10.5.7 Combo Update.
Let us know what happens with both problems after the reinstallation.
;~)

ICal won't quit/monitor has commenced flickering

We bought our iMac 20" last January 2008 and it has worked perfectly. I have installed all updates. After the last update (and I really don't know if it is just coincidence...) iCal won't quit unless it is forced. All data is gone. It might also have something to do with the last time I synced my iPod...?
More troubling, the screen has started flickering... almost shutting down at points. However, it is not on a regular basis and seemingly out of the blue...?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

HI,
Try deleting this file. com.apple.ical.plist
/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that file from the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and restart your Mac.
See if iCal behaves.
*"More troubling, the screen has started flickering... almost shutting down at points. However, it is not on a regular basis and seemingly out of the blue...?"*
Run the Apple Hardware Test and see if it reports anything.
Not sure about the iPod. One problem at a time.
Check the startup disk just in case.
Insert the installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger and later) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel. It should say: Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
When you are finished with DU, from the Menu Bar, select Utilities/Startup Manager.
Select your start up disk and click Restart
Carolyn

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Hi - I have a MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo running OSX 10.4.11 (i know, i know i will get to leopard soon..) and recently Address Book and regularly iCal won't quit without being forced. There doesn't seem to be any problem operating either programs (though with iCal i have to re-adjust the frame size to see the entries) and Address Book updates up via iSync etc.. but it just won't quit.
Anyone got any thoughts?
Thanks,
Lloyd

HI Michael,
Using your restore disk(s) you could use Software Restore from your Applications/Software Restore and reinstall iCal and Address Book. Launch Software Restore and just follow the onscreen instructions.
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Ok, I'm stumped.
I'm not sure if this started when I did the 10.5.5 upgrade or when I had a power-hit crash in the same time frame, but iCal seems pretty much dead. When I launch it, I see none of my events or groups - just a blank calendar. When I try to quit, the "iCal" menu shows blue but nothing happens. I can force quit but get the same results upon restarting iCal.
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Do the combo update for 10.5.5. For some reason, a number of us had the same problem when 10.5.5 update was first available. Even though I had 10.5.4 on my computer, ical worked (not) just like yours. Redoing the update as the combo one seemed to solve the problem.
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I really don't know what else I can do, but I STOPPED using iCal - I am giving up.
Here is a short description of what happens exactly, I hope that someone at Apple is reading this to enlighten me. By the way I trashed everything and wanted to start from scratch - yes, I was willing to lose all data for iCal to work. But no success, I am back to diary and pencil ...
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John,
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2. The disk will appear on the desktop.
3. Double click on the "Optional Installs" folder.
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8. Click on the disclosure arrow ▶ next to Applications.
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My ical won't sync with iPhone 4 after IOS 6.0.1 update

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IPhoto 09 Faces wheel spins forever and/or won't quit

Hope someone has insight or it helps others...
For the last several days any import into iPhoto will set it into spinning the Faces album waiting wheel forever. There is no way to Quit. Other times just simple quitting won't work.
Activity shows 40-50% iPhoto CPU usage, lots of context switches (270,000 in 5 minutes of CPU time) but no hangs, no faults. I have previously let it run overnight, in case it was somehow reanalyzing 18000 images, but even then the problem remains.
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