Setting the default calendar within iCal

When I click on an appointment within an Email, it is added to iCal as expected. However, I would like to have appointments imported to a specific calendar within iCal by default. How do I do that?

sevenpercentsolution,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Click on an eligible event to display a contextual menu, and select "Create New iCal Event..." Then choose the appropriate calendar in the "calendar" field of the "New Event" window. This may not be exactly what you are looking for, but it is as close as you will get to setting a default addition.
If you right click on the eligible entry there will be additional contextual menu choices which may or may not be useful.
;~)

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I have 6 different calendar. I want a certain one to be the default calendar in iCal but cannot figure out how to make it happen.

Andrew,
The most you can do to the calendar you want to be 'default or so say' is to drag it to the top of the list in iCal. What that will do is if you get an invitation in Mail it will add it to that top calendar.
If you mean you want to be able to choose were your Notes and To Do's goto? Go to while in mail (Mail)/(Preferences)/(Composing)/ and in the (Create Notes & To Do's in:) select (On My Mac). Now you will have an option of what calendar you want to use when you make the Note/To Do.
Other then that you have to select the Calendar you want as default.
Hope that helps,
Weston
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I have been searching for this information for weeks now -- thank you!
This works for Google Calendar as well as for Mobile Me. I'm going to type a little more information here to see if I can help this answer come up more quickly for other users when they keyword search as I was doing.
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Sorry Fabio,
I'm back even i have to sleep sometimes (3-4hours usually)
Have you tried deleting and re-adding your MobileMe account on your iPhone?
I have tried every way i can but can't get the iPhone to display a calendar other than that which is mirrored with MobileMe what i'll do is list what my settings for my phone are and you cansee if these mirror the one's on your iPhone oh and these are pretty much all my MM info so it does include some mail stuff as well
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Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Accounts>[email protected]>Account Info>Password "xxxx"
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Accounts>[email protected]>Account Info>Description "[email protected]"
Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Accounts>[email protected]>Account Info>SMTP "smtp.me.com"
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Programatically set value of control.vi ‏9 KB

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Hi,
I've just upgraded my Mobile Me account in respects to the Calendar. Now on my Mac I get the option to show Me (On My Mac) & Me ([email protected]). Currently I have both selected, but this gives me duplicate copies of certain events. An error I assume from when it transf the calendars to the new Mobile Me Calendar.
To save on any future duplications, I'd like to set a default Me calendar under which all events are created. I cannot see how to do this on either my Mac or iPhone 4. I've read various tips and suggestions, but none seem to work as I suspect they are for older generations iPhone or iPods.
Can anyone offer any advise?
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Gordon,
Currently I have both selected, but this gives me duplicate copies of certain events. An error I assume from when it transf the calendars to the new Mobile Me Calendar.
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I'd like to set a default Me calendar under which all events are created. I cannot see how to do this on either my Mac or iPhone 4.
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