When I fix an annoying problem for myself and can’t find any articles or blog posts about it, I like to create one. Here it is. Every once in a while I get a calendar file (.ics) that doesn’t work. When I try to add it to my calendar, it does something screwy like add one event that starts now and continues until the end of the last event – could be days later if it is a recurring event.
I researched a little. Saw that the file format is just a text file so I opened it in my favorite text editor (vi). Found some Ctrl-M characters that looked like they did not belong. Deleted those and it added to my iCal just fine!
These .ics files with the error-causing Ctrl-M characters were created by another Apple Mac so we can’t blame this one on Windows.
Hope this helps you.
