Mac Expert - help required - iCal view problem - days shifted

Zoiks · Jan 24th, 2007, 04:19 PM

Hey Folks,

Hope everyone is doing well. heh heh... uh.... I did something pretty stupid, and I'm hoping someone can help me out.

I downloaded and ran the script located here.
--> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...61210231039985

The site tells me to install a plist file into my ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder (I'm assuming that this means the root Library folder, not the one with my name.)

Here is the text:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.ANYNAMEHERE.fixicalview</string>
<key>OnDemand</key>
<true/>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/osascript</string>
<string>-e</string>
<string>tell application "System Events" to set isiCalOpen to count (every process whose creator type is "wrbt")
if (isiCalOpen is 1) then tell application "iCal" to quit
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.ical \"first day of week\" -int " & ((((weekday of (current date)) as integer) + 3) mod 7)
delay 2
tell application "iCal" to activate</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>

This was supposed to change the view of my weekly view in iCal such that the current day always appears in the middle of the calendar.

However, now the calendar monthly view (my Primary) is changing it's view as well. Monthly view is my primary view, and had I known the current day would get shifted to the middle of the view in monthly view, I would not have installed this key.

In an effort to fix the issue, I deleted (and removed from the trashbin) the file that I used. It did not work. Now my computer has permenently changed the monthly view such that the first day of the week is seen is Friday, then Saturday, then Sunday etc.
(I believe it's stuck here since I removed the file)

Today I decided to try to fix the issue again by installing the key again into ~/Library/LaunchAgents and rebooting the machine, hopefully returning Wednesday to the middle, then deleting itg again, but everytime I try to add the plist life to the LaunchAgents folder, my mac tells me I can't alter the folder therefore cannot add any files into it.

Please, calling all Mac experts, how can I get my system back to the way I want it?

Cheers!

Chealion · Jan 27th, 2007, 02:06 PM

~/Library is actually the Library in your home folder. ~ denotes your home folder.

The crux is the command "do shell script "defaults write com.apple.ical \"first day of week\" -int " & ((((weekday of (current date)) as integer) + 3) mod 7)"

The AppleScript was put in the LaunchAgent folder so as to set the first day of the week each day at 12:01 AM.

To fix this you're going to want to open Terminal.app and enter the following command:
defaults delete com.apple.ical "first day of week"

By default, the first day of week setting isn't in the plist file, but if you want to set the first day of the week to a Monday you can use:
defaults write com.apple.ical "first day of week" -int 1

Where the number 0 = Sunday, 6 = Saturday. The script would add 3 so the day 3 days before today would be on the left side leaving it in the centre.

I hope that helps. It worked fine on iCal in 10.4.8 for me.

Zoiks · Jan 27th, 2007, 03:57 PM

Thanks for the reply. I actually ended up fixing it myself. I adjusted the "+3" to "+5" so that for the next day it would have Sunday returned to the left side of the screen, once that was done, I deleted the script from my LaunchAgents folder. Seems to have worked.

Cheers!