Calendar (iCal) Archives - defaults-write.com https://www.defaults-write.com/cat/calendar-ical/ Unveil hidden macOS (OS X) features Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:30:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.defaults-write.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/defwriteicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Calendar (iCal) Archives - defaults-write.com https://www.defaults-write.com/cat/calendar-ical/ 32 32 40598044 Use the system highlight color for ‘Today’ in Calendar https://www.defaults-write.com/use-the-system-highlight-color-for-today-in-calendar/ https://www.defaults-write.com/use-the-system-highlight-color-for-today-in-calendar/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=992 In OS X it’s possible to change the highlight color. You can do this in the General ▸ Appearance panel in System Preferences. The Calendar application doesn’t use the highlight color for ‘Today’. This uses the default color blue, you can enable the system highlight color for the today selection with the following command. defaults ... Read more

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]]> In OS X it’s possible to change the highlight color. You can do this in the General ▸ Appearance panel in System Preferences. The Calendar application doesn’t use the highlight color for ‘Today’. This uses the default color blue, you can enable the system highlight color for the today selection with the following command. 

defaults write com.apple.ical CalUIUseSystemHighlightColorForToday -bool TRUE

Revert to default setting with:

defaults delete com.apple.ical CalUIUseSystemHighlightColorForToday

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]]> https://www.defaults-write.com/use-the-system-highlight-color-for-today-in-calendar/feed/ 2 992 Calendar: Change the amount of days in week view (10.8) https://www.defaults-write.com/calendar-change-the-amount-of-days-in-week-view-calendar-10-8/ https://www.defaults-write.com/calendar-change-the-amount-of-days-in-week-view-calendar-10-8/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:00:56 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=950 It is possible in Mountain Lion’s Calendar app to change the numbers of days displayed in the week view. If you want to display 14 days in the week view use this command: defaults write com.apple.iCal CalUIDebugDefaultDaysInWeekView 14 Restart the Calendar app to make the changes effect. Restore the default setting: defaults write com.apple.iCal CalUIDebugDefaultDaysInWeekView ... Read more

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]]> It is possible in Mountain Lion’s Calendar app to change the numbers of days displayed in the week view. If you want to display 14 days in the week view use this command: 

defaults write com.apple.iCal CalUIDebugDefaultDaysInWeekView 14

Restart the Calendar app to make the changes effect.

Restore the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.iCal CalUIDebugDefaultDaysInWeekView 7

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]]> https://www.defaults-write.com/calendar-change-the-amount-of-days-in-week-view-calendar-10-8/feed/ 3 950 Change default appointment duration in iCal (Calendar) https://www.defaults-write.com/change-default-appointment-duration-in-ical-calendar/ https://www.defaults-write.com/change-default-appointment-duration-in-ical-calendar/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:00:59 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=360 iCal has a feature whereby you can easily create new calendar appointments. Just click ‘+’ at the top left of the window and start typing. For example, “Friday BBQ 20:00” will create an appointment on the next Friday at 8 pm and is called “BBQ”. iCal always create 60 minutes appointments. With the default write ... Read more

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]]> iCal has a feature whereby you can easily create new calendar appointments. Just click ‘+’ at the top left of the window and start typing. For example, “Friday BBQ 20:00” will create an appointment on the next Friday at 8 pm and is called “BBQ”.

iCal always create 60 minutes appointments. With the default write command it is possible to change the default duration of appointments.

defaults write com.apple.iCal "Default duration in minutes for new event" -int 30

Change the number at the of the command to the number of minutes you want events to last for.

Revert back to default with:

defaults delete com.apple.iCal "Default duration in minutes for new event"

Screencast:

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]]> https://www.defaults-write.com/change-default-appointment-duration-in-ical-calendar/feed/ 2 360 Access the Debug menu in iCal https://www.defaults-write.com/access-the-debug-menu-in-ical/ https://www.defaults-write.com/access-the-debug-menu-in-ical/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:44:49 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=558 In iCal you’ll have a debug menu. In these menu are advanced options or options used for troubleshooting that don’t need to be presented to users in everyday use of the tools. defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES Revert to the default setting: defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu NO Screencast:

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]]> In iCal you’ll have a debug menu. In these menu are advanced options or options used for troubleshooting that don’t need to be presented to users in everyday use of the tools. 

defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES

Revert to the default setting:

defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu NO

Screencast:

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