Default calendar on my Mac

[Howard Brazee]

All my devices are synchronized with my calendar, my wife's calendar,
and our shared calendar.

I don't use, and don't want to use "calendar", which seems to be
different on my Mac and my wife's Mac.

But when I click on a date in an e-mail, it creates an event on
"calendar".

How do I disable "calendar", and make it default to one of the other
calendars?

[Jolly Roger]

In article <n5pqo75sjo0hf51sa...@4ax.com>,

Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was that
someone else?

In Mac OS X 10.7, you can go into iCal Preferences > General and choose
the Default Calendar there.

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[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <n5pqo75sjo0hf51sa...@4ax.com>,
> Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
>
> > All my devices are synchronized with my calendar, my wife's calendar,
> > and our shared calendar.
> >
> > I don't use, and don't want to use "calendar", which seems to be
> > different on my Mac and my wife's Mac.
> >
> > But when I click on a date in an e-mail, it creates an event on
> > "calendar".
> >
> > How do I disable "calendar", and make it default to one of the other
> > calendars?
>
> Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was that
> someone else?

You did, not sure who asked though.

> In Mac OS X 10.7, you can go into iCal Preferences > General and choose
> the Default Calendar there.

And in 10.6 and earlier you're SOOL, despite it being a fairly
blindingly obvious feature *sigh*
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[David Empson]

In 10.6, iCal defaults to the first calendar visible in the list on the
left. For me, it happens to be the first of my MobileMe calendars, since
I've disabled the "On my Mac" calendars and hidden that group.

If you want a different calendar to be the default one, drag them so the
first one is the one you want to be the default on launching iCal.

If the one you want to be the default comes from a calendar hosted
elsewhere (so it appears under a different major heading), and you also
have calendars you want to use in the "On my Mac" group, then you are
SOOL, because "On my Mac" always comes first.

If you aren't using any of the "On my Mac" calendars, you can collapse
that group.

--
David Empson
dem...@actrix.gen.nz

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

The trouble is I use the On My Mac ones too, but they can't be moved.

[Jolly Roger]

In article <1kirfcv.1nx398xytfms9N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,

Well, I guess you can chalk this up as one of the desirable features of
Lion then, eh? ; )

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <1kirfcv.1nx398xytfms9N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:
>
> > David Empson <dem...@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> >
> > > Jamie Kahn Genet <jam...@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:

[snip]

> > > > > Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was
> > > > > that someone else?
> > > >
> > > > You did, not sure who asked though.
> > > >
> > > > > In Mac OS X 10.7, you can go into iCal Preferences > General and
> > > > > choose the Default Calendar there.
> > > >
> > > > And in 10.6 and earlier you're SOOL, despite it being a fairly
> > > > blindingly obvious feature *sigh*
> > >
> > > In 10.6, iCal defaults to the first calendar visible in the list on the
> > > left. For me, it happens to be the first of my MobileMe calendars, since
> > > I've disabled the "On my Mac" calendars and hidden that group.
> > >
> > > If you want a different calendar to be the default one, drag them so the
> > > first one is the one you want to be the default on launching iCal.
> > >
> > > If the one you want to be the default comes from a calendar hosted
> > > elsewhere (so it appears under a different major heading), and you also
> > > have calendars you want to use in the "On my Mac" group, then you are
> > > SOOL, because "On my Mac" always comes first.
> > >
> > > If you aren't using any of the "On my Mac" calendars, you can collapse
> > > that group.
> >
> > The trouble is I use the On My Mac ones too, but they can't be moved.
>
> Well, I guess you can chalk this up as one of the desirable features of
> Lion then, eh? ; )

Heh, maybe :-p 10.5's iCal was the best IMO, though of course it too
lacked this feature. 10.6's iCal does dumb UI things like never greying
out the 'Today' button when I'm already at today. I just don't get why
Apple continually abandons there own UI standards and conventions. Yes,
it's a tiny thing. But all the tiny things add up into a much larger
annoyance and lack of UI elegance.

[Jolly Roger]

In article <1kis1cj.1h54h6h1uvb4s7N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,

Right there with you. Well, except that it doesn't bother me quite as
much, I guess.

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com> wrote:

> In article <1kis1cj.1h54h6h1uvb4s7N%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,
> jam...@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

[snip]

> > Heh, maybe :-p 10.5's iCal was the best IMO, though of course it too
> > lacked this feature. 10.6's iCal does dumb UI things like never greying
> > out the 'Today' button when I'm already at today. I just don't get why
> > Apple continually abandons there own UI standards and conventions. Yes,
> > it's a tiny thing. But all the tiny things add up into a much larger
> > annoyance and lack of UI elegance.
>
> Right there with you. Well, except that it doesn't bother me quite as
> much, I guess.

Heh, well it's not like I'm obsessing about it non-stop and posting in
the Advocacy group... yet (just shoot me if I ever get that bad!) ;-)
It's just a low level bugbear. If nothing else I'm tired of feeling
foolish trying to explain to users there are certain UI conventions
(these being ways to help work out what the UI is telling you), like for
example controls being greyed out when they're not applicable or
otherwise available, and then Apple turns around and takes a dump over
all my advice.

Honestly, it's just silly how I have to preface nearly everything with
"in most situations", "generally", "by and large", etc, nowadays, to
avoid having users constantly point out that what I said isn't true in
XYZ situation. And believe me - they do! :-D

I've given feedback to Apple over the years, but clearly I'm in a
minority, because they keep doing this more and more *shrug*

I tell ya, only 34 (in a week), and I'm already a cranky old man *grins*

[Jolly Roger]

In article <1kit1uu.hmeuggrydrjjN%jam...@wizardling.geek.nz>,

Nah! : ) I do share your sentiment. I used to complain just as loudly,
in fact. I just find myself so busy with life and work these days I'm
never getting as much as I want done, and I fear if I slowed down to
think about things like this during my day I'd get even less done. So I
tend to just power through instead. ; )

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Yep, even at almost 34 and being lazy, nearly commitment-free, and
working only as hard as I have to to ensure my long term survival and
have fun (though I _do_ work hard at having fun! More than I do working,
more than one person has commented), I realise the value of use it or
lose it :-) I've actually been using typing tutor apps since the 90's,
because I often go for long periods without having to do much touch
typing, and my skill atrophies. Likewise regular exercise - if I slack
off for even a few days it's bloody hard to get going again.

I don't remember ANY French from high school! So much for travelling to
France and chatting with the locals... :-D

I realised the other month I don't even remember how to write 'Hello,
World' in Pascal. Sure as hell I lose any skill I ever had programming
in a language if I don't use it for even a couple years. Not that I was
ever a great programmer, heh.

Just the other day I had to fill in a form's comments section longhand -
urrrgh. My handwriting is pathetically bad from lack of use. It looks
like a child's! Ack!

[Howard Brazee]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:24:23 -0700, Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com>
wrote:

>> How do I disable "calendar", and make it default to one of the other
>> calendars?
>
>Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was that
>someone else?
>
>In Mac OS X 10.7, you can go into iCal Preferences > General and choose
>the Default Calendar there.

What I want is to actually disable "Calendar". I do switch between
my calendar, my wife's calendar, and our combined calendar. I don't
want "Calendar" to even exist.

(My wife gets confused with these calendars and sometimes creates an
event on "calendar" and expects me to be able to see it. We never
will want to use it, so I'd prefer to just get rid of it as an option.

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- James Madison

[Howard Brazee]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:24:23 -0700, Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com>
wrote:

>> How do I disable "calendar", and make it default to one of the other
>> calendars?
>
>Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was that
>someone else?

I've had some problems getting messages from my Mac newsgroups, now
fixed.

[Sara]

In article <sf10r71qhrakonk5u...@4ax.com>,

Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:24:23 -0700, Jolly Roger <jolly...@pobox.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> How do I disable "calendar", and make it default to one of the other
> >> calendars?
> >
> >Don't I recall you asking this same question not long ago? Or was that
> >someone else?
> >
> >In Mac OS X 10.7, you can go into iCal Preferences > General and choose
> >the Default Calendar there.
>
> What I want is to actually disable "Calendar". I do switch between
> my calendar, my wife's calendar, and our combined calendar. I don't
> want "Calendar" to even exist.
>
> (My wife gets confused with these calendars and sometimes creates an
> event on "calendar" and expects me to be able to see it. We never
> will want to use it, so I'd prefer to just get rid of it as an option.

What happens if you delete that calendar?

--
Sara

Peeps squeaks, Billy is silly and as for Armageddon...

[Howard Brazee]

On Mon, 14 May 2012 10:59:35 +0100, Sara
<sarame...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>> (My wife gets confused with these calendars and sometimes creates an
>> event on "calendar" and expects me to be able to see it. We never
>> will want to use it, so I'd prefer to just get rid of it as an option.
>
>What happens if you delete that calendar?

All I know how to do is uncheck it to not display. How do I delete
it?

[David Empson]

Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 14 May 2012 10:59:35 +0100, Sara
> <sarame...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> (My wife gets confused with these calendars and sometimes creates an
> >> event on "calendar" and expects me to be able to see it. We never
> >> will want to use it, so I'd prefer to just get rid of it as an option.
> >
> >What happens if you delete that calendar?
>
> All I know how to do is uncheck it to not display. How do I delete
> it?

Which OS version are you using?

In Lion, you click on the Calendars button at the top of the iCal window
to show the pop-down list of calendars, then click on the title of the
calendar you want to delete, then use the Delete command in the Edit
menu (or various shortcuts, such as Ctrl-click on the calendar and
choose Delete from the contextual menu).

If I remember right, Snow Leopard has a similar method, the only
difference being the list of calendars is not hidden behind a button.

--
David Empson
dem...@actrix.gen.nz

[Sara]

In article <1kk5l2o.3juf9e1fodetsN%dem...@actrix.gen.nz>,

In SL, right-click on the calendar in the list and choose 'Delete'.

[Patty Winter]

In article <1kk5l2o.3juf9e1fodetsN%dem...@actrix.gen.nz>,

David Empson <dem...@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>In Lion, you click on the Calendars button at the top of the iCal window
>to show the pop-down list of calendars, then click on the title of the
>calendar you want to delete, then use the Delete command in the Edit
>menu (or various shortcuts, such as Ctrl-click on the calendar and
>choose Delete from the contextual menu).
>
>If I remember right, Snow Leopard has a similar method, the only
>difference being the list of calendars is not hidden behind a button.

Yep. Just highlight the calendar in the list at the left of the window
and choose Delete from the Edit menu.


Patty