Show all events in iCal search results

Aug 21, '08 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: magir

There's no way easy to remove old events in iCal. In older versions, I could simply open the search results and shift-select the events. In the 10.5 version of iCal, search results are simply empty when no search term is used. I played around with some search terms, and found that you can display all events in iCal by entering "_ (that's quote-space). You can then delete old events by selecting them, right-clicking and choosing "Cut".

[kirkmc adds: You can have iCal automatically delete events older than a certain number of days in the program's Advanced preferences, but this hint shows how to view all the events on all your calendars. While noodling with iCal, I found that there's an easier way to do it: just enter a single apostrophe (') or period (.) in the Search box. Both of these seem to display all my events.]

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