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Calendar colors keep reverting (or change on other devices)

Some calendar services (such as iCloud and Google) can sync calendar colors across devices. If you set a custom color in BusyCal but it later “snaps back” to another color, the server is likely sending the calendar’s color down during sync.

Fix: Set a local color and ignore the synced color

  1. In BusyCal for Mac, double-click the calendar name in the left sidebar to open the Calendar Info dialog.
  2. Enable Ignore Calendar Color (sometimes shown as Ignore 'Calendar Colour').
  3. Now set your preferred calendar color (Control-click the calendar name and pick a color).

With “Ignore Calendar Color” enabled, BusyCal keeps your chosen color locally instead of letting the server override it.