iCal crashing every time

My ical started crashing within 1 minute every time I start it. I use it heavily so it's important that it work for me. If I add a new event sometimes it stays in and sometimes it doesn't. And it won't stay running long enough to sync with .Mac. I have tried removing the sync.plist file and restarting, as well as backing up the database and restoring it. Neither worked to resolve the problem.

I am running OSX 10.4.11 & ical 2.0.5. Any help is appreciated.

What about the iCal plist file? Don't Trash it. Put it on the Desktop for safekeeping.

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Is that the file nodes.plist located at USer/Library/Application Support/iCal ? I tried moving it to the desktop and starting iCal. Still crashed within 1 minute. If that's not the right file please tell me which one is correct.

Thanks.

No.

HD/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iCal.plist

I just tried it and it didn't help. iCal still crashed within 1 minute. any other ideas? Thanks for the effort.

Gonna have to dig deeper. Then will need a real expert...

How many apps are running when this happens? How much RAM do you have? Does it happen if only Finder and iCal are running?

Yeah, I have plenty of RAM - 1.25 Gb. It happens if nothing is running but Finder and iCal. I've been using this system for years and have never had this problem. Is there any way to re-install it and maintain my data?

Can somebody help this new member? I've never had to reinstall iCal. I can't help with that.

In the meantime, what Mac do you have? processor? Maybe it's time for an OS upgrade!

Can you stay in iCal long enough to go to File > Backup iCal... ?

I'd try the combo updater.