What to do when iMac Calendar shows server error?

Calendar on iMac says The server responded with an error and gives three choices: Revert to Server, Try Again, and Ignore. None of these did anything when I clicked on them and I had to Force Quit Calendar in order to continue using my computer.



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iMac 27″, macOS 12.7

Posted on Sep 16, 2024 2:24 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2024 10:12 AM

2015 MacBook, Monterey 12.7.6


System Preferences

Internet Accounts

Un-tick Google(for me it was Contacts and Calendar)

Power cycle

Calendar works, no server error

Tick Google

Power cycle (just to check)

Calendar still works, no server error

Added a Google calendar event for today

Turned Calendar off and on - Google calendar event appears

SUCCESS

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Dec 14, 2024 10:12 AM in response to Ozbob1

2015 MacBook, Monterey 12.7.6


System Preferences

Internet Accounts

Un-tick Google(for me it was Contacts and Calendar)

Power cycle

Calendar works, no server error

Tick Google

Power cycle (just to check)

Calendar still works, no server error

Added a Google calendar event for today

Turned Calendar off and on - Google calendar event appears

SUCCESS

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Dec 7, 2024 10:41 AM in response to newton100

I have had exactly the same problem and in my case it is associated with my Google Account. If I go to System Preferences/ Internet accounts, select my Google Account and then switch off Calendar the problem goes away. Mind, so do all my events, so it is not a useful solution. At this point I tried to add my Google Account via my Calendar app/ Add Account but after I authenticated with Google it pointed out that I had already got that account so I had to quit that plan. However when I re-enabled Calendar in System Preferences I got my calendar events back but the error had gone! I cannot now say if just switching the Calendar access off and the on did the trick or whether my blundering about trying to add Google again did something but at least, for me now the problem has gone.

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Dec 9, 2024 1:39 AM in response to Littlemcsc

Thanks for that. I thought that turning access off and back on was the key but as I had muddied the water by trying to re-crate the account so I figured it was better to tell the whole story. Presumably there is some stale data cached somewhere that turning on/off flushes out.

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