Help! - overwhelmed with calendars

3 May 2017 20:56:23

David Fleetwood

I have managed to get 48 copies of a particular calendar on my iMac that I subscribe to (US Holidays but I don't think that is important). I know it is related to iCloud but even when I laboriously delete them from my iMac, they come back! When I log into iCloud.com the calendars there are just one of each calendar I subscribe to, which is fine.
All the calendars on my iMac are in the 'iCloud' section, rather than 'on my Mac'. Any ideas on how I get rid of all the excess copies and stop it happening again?

Re: Help! - overwhelmed with calendars

4 May 2017 09:33:38

Mick Burrell

As they are in iCloud, I assume they are synced to other devices - are there multiple copies on other devices?

As it's a subscribed calendar you could move it to On My Mac and subscribe each device in its own right.

Re: Help! - overwhelmed with calendars

4 May 2017 21:47:19

David Fleetwood

I've just checked my iPad and yes they are all on there too.
If I switch off Calendars in iCloud all my calendars disappear, when I switch them back on they all re-appear, so it's in iCloud that the duplication has happened. I'm sure it was when I was trying to set up iCloud Drive. Transferring data took ages and never seemed to finish so I tried several times and I guess I was duplicating what was copied each time. Not sure how I move a calendar to On My Mac, presumably once I had done this, I would need to clear the data off iCloud, although again I'm not sure how to. Sounds like a phone call Mick! btw I'm out from 10am until about 4pm on Friday, but we can leave it until next week if that is better for you.

Re: Help! - overwhelmed with calendars

5 May 2017 10:14:20

Mick Burrell

How about logging in to the calendar section of iCloud (www.icloud.com using your Mac, not a mobile device) to see if they are all there? If they are, delete all but one.

Re: Help! - overwhelmed with calendars

5 May 2017 21:02:39

David Fleetwood

No, none of the subscribed calendars are there, it's just the ones I set up and there is just one copy of each.