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Here's how to change existing or create new color schemes in iCal. Changing color schemes iCal.app makes an entry in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.sources.plist for each calendar. You can easely change the color by editing the value of the property Color. But what colors are available? Have a look at iCal.app's package contents (ctrl-click on the application icon and choose 'Show Package Contents').
Then navigate to Contents - Resources - data.wrapdir - Themes - default. In this directory, you can see the available colors which are identical to the folder names. Creating color schemes Douplicate the blue folder in the aobve themes directory and rename it. Change the colors in all.png images, adjust the values of the properties 'normal event hour color' and 'normal event summary color' in the description.plist for the new color folder.
Reminders are integrated into your calendar events. Natural language input lets you type events in For those who like to quickly add an event to their calendar and stay organized, you can do so from your Mac’s menu bar Apple’s own Calendar (Free) app is the most obvious alternative here,.
Use the hint above to apply the new color to a calendar. I have not yet found the place where all available colors are stored. If you create lots of calendars, iCal.app cycles (in alphabetical order) through the available colors but the self-made color isn't used automatically.
Why are these settings not available in the preferences panel of iCal.app? Why does Apple not use a drawer for the 'Calendar Info'? I tried one again to do the change - and discovered that iCal was crashing because the selected calendar add some tasks pending - It did not know how to display them using the new color scheme. Seems to me that this hint needs a little more work to be usable. By the way, if the colors are buried in a directory called 'Themes', it's probably an indication that more themes will be available (could be interesting to test the addition of a folder beside the 'default' one). Thanks anyway to have posted this Alexis.
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Great question, and sorry for not going into more detail in the other day’s article. Anyway, yes—you can color-code your Calendar events directly from your iPhone or iPad, and it’s easy to do. Just to be clear, what we’ll be doing is color-coding the individual calendars in the iOS Calendar app—that is, the Home, Work, Birthday, and various other calendars you’ve set up. Once you color-code a calendar, all the events for that calendar will show up in the corresponding color. Here’s the trick.
Launch the Calendar app, go to any of the various views (Day, Month, List), then tap the Calendars button at the bottom of the screen. Next, you’ll see a list of all the calendars on your on your iPhone or iPad. See the little “i” buttons to the right of each calendar? Tap one of them to visit the Edit Calendar screen.
Scroll down to the Color section, and pick a new color. Tap the Done button. Now, is your Calendar app synced up with your Mac via iCloud?
If so, keep in mind that changing a calendar color on your iPhone or iPad will change it on your Mac, too. Also, one more thing: While you can color-code calendars from iCloud or Yahoo, there doesn’t seem to be a way to manually color-code a synced Google calendar. Don’t ask me why. Bonus tip Want to add a calendar—or delete one, for that matter? Tap the Calendars button at the bottom of the screen, tap Edit in the top-left corner on the following screen, scroll down and tap Add Calendar. To delete a calendar (and all its events—careful!), tap the Calendars button again, tap “i” next to the calendar you want to zap, scroll all the way down and tap the Delete Calendar button.