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Take Control of Calendar and Reminders, 6th Edition
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Take Control of Calendar and Reminders, 6th Edition

by Glenn Fleishman
October 2025
Intermediate to advanced
205 pages
4h 27m
English
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Troubleshoot Problems

Even the most well-informed user of Apple’s Calendar and Reminders can sometimes run into trouble, whether it’s duplicate calendar events or disappearing reminders. Here’s how to solve some common conundrums.

How Do I Get Rid of Duplicate Events?

If you find your calendar littered with duplicate events, choose View > Refresh Calendars (or press ⌘-R) on a Mac; open Calendar and then tap Calendars to see your list of calendars on an iPhone or iPad and swipe down to refresh.

If that doesn’t work, check whether you have an On My Mac calendar that is identical to one of your iCloud calendars on a Mac. Hide it by deselecting it in the Calendars list and see whether duplicates go away.

If they do, you can either keep this calendar ...

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ISBN: 9781990783166