Calendar Won't Stay Open in Background

[TechieTaco]

This has been driving me crazy on both my Mac mini and MBP.

I like to keep Safari, iMessage, Calendar, Mail, and Discord open at all times because I use them regularly. However, anytime I close the Calendar window it quits the app entirely. Eventually it'll stay open in the background but as soon as I have to restart (like I did today) then it goes right back to quitting until it decides it wants to stay open like it should.

If anyone has any suggestions or knows how to fix it, I'd greatly appreciate it.

 

[chown33]

OS version? Calendar version?

Have you tried using "Hide Calendar" (cmd-H) instead of closing the window?

 

[TechieTaco]

Calendar Version 14.0 (2964.4.2) - OS 14.5 (23F79)

Cmd H is a good option and I may have to use that, just frustrating that it doesn't operate like every other app.

 

[MarkC426]

Do you not mean ‘minimise’ the app…..?
If you close it, it WILL be closed…..🤔

If you minimise it or just open another app on top it should stay open.

I keep Calendar open 24/7, but I have it left open on screen all the time (dual monitor).

 

[adrianlondon]

If you close the window, Calendar quits once you click on any other app.

You'll need to hide or minimise the window instead.

 

[NoBoMac]

If you close the window, Calendar quits once you click on any other app.

Never noticed this (have not used stock Calendars in ages), but do see this with other stock apps, but never was interested in the sequence of actions to cause it. For example, Preview. Can view something, close the window, go to another app and "poof". So does appear to be an Apple design decision.

Per a Reddit thread I spotted, five years ago, was working like that as well for Calendar. So, since OSX start?

Can always pin Calendar to the Dock and re-open from there: after first launch, appears to stay in a semi-launched state in the background as window comes back up pretty much instantly after first launch.

 

[chown33]

Never noticed this (have not used stock Calendars in ages), but do see this with other stock apps, but never was interested in the sequence of actions to cause it. For example, Preview. Can view something, close the window, go to another app and "poof". So does appear to be an Apple design decision.

I wonder if that might be the Automatic Termination feature:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/preview-app-doesnt-quit-automatically.2156088/post-26864970

Searching with keywords macos automatic termination shows some ways to disable it, typically a defaults write cmd.