Support for Apple iCloud calendar
AdminMac Outlook Team
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One alternative is to subscribe to iCloud calendar with your Exchange/O365 email accounts or any Outlook account, and then sync the same accounts in Outlook for Mac. See details:
https://support.office.com/article/c9c67e41-274f-4527-ae5e-ea1003d89fc5
560 comments
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David VIa
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Unbelievable that it is 2020 and this simple, but critical requirement for Mac users is still being ignored.
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Anonymous
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No noticable progress in the last couple of years @Admin? Time for an update, at least info-wise.
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Anonymous
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Is there any chance of this coming? The workaround doesn’t work the calendar I’m trying to connect is not iCloud but it is iCal. Why not enable?
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Ray Konopka
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Also, the "workaround" by making your iCloud calendar a shared calendar does not really work because a shared calendar is a ReadOnly version of the calendar. So, yes, sharing your iCloud calendar and then connecting to that in Outlook for Web (which eventually gets to your Outlook on Mac) doesn't really work because you cannot add a new calendar item using Outlook for Mac. You would have to add the calendar item using Mac Calendar (formerly iCal) to do that. This is precisely the problem that we are trying to avoid.
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Ray Konopka
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I am in the exact same situation as described by Liz. The only place that I can see my work and personal calendar items is on my iPhone. I should be able to see all of my calendar items (work and personal) in Outlook on Mac.
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Liz Gudiño
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I need to use Outlook for work. I use my own Mac for work. I therefore use Outlook for Mac. It is beyond ridiculous that a version of Outlook specifically designed for the Mac platform does not support iCloud calendar sync. My work calendar is in Outlook. My personal and family calendars are in iCloud. I’d like to see both in the Outlook for Mac calendar rather than having to switch. This should be as straightforward as it is on iOS.
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Jenny
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Im the only one thats working on a MAC in the office, because I do graphic stuff. Its so annoying I cant synch the iCloud Calendar, which we are all working with in my Outlook. I also cant use the workaround, cause the Mail im using is from the host 1&1 which is only supporting IMAP. Aaaaand I cant add two IMAP accounts with the same address in Outlook.
Cant believe such a simple feature hasnt been implemented yet!
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Jamie Grossman
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Please support ical
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Andy Elliot
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I’d also like to add that the workaround noted on this thread simply does not work for me. Have tried multiple times, but adding a public shared calendar link from iCloud into the Outlook web calendar as per the instructions does not sync at all. The calendars appear in the Outlook list but no calendar entries appear.
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Andy Elliot
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I need to use Outlook for work. I use my own Mac for work. I therefore use Outlook for Mac. It is beyond ridiculous that a version of Outlook specifically designed for the Mac platform does not support iCloud calendar sync. My work calendar is in Outlook. My personal and family calendars are in iCloud. I’d like to see both in the Outlook for Mac calendar rather than having to switch. This should be as straightforward as it is on iOS.
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Michael Drummond
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Please add the option to add ical to outlook calendar with auto synchronize
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Thiago O. Costa
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It already works on iOS so why not just port this to Mac? it's a bummer for sure.
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Trystan Trenberth
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It's rediculous that you offer the "Office Suite" on Mac and don't support integration with half the features - Prejudice or stupidity and lack of foresight?
The previous release of Office was a disgrace, and you follow up with a better GUI but the critical features missing from the implementation.
Heads should roll!!
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J Beda
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Support for Google's calendar system was great, now if you can add Apple's calendar system we could just use the Outlook software and see everything in one place! How great would that be? Very great I must say!
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Jai Shankar Karnaina
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Please add the option to add ical to outlook calendar with auto synchronize.
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Andreasen Tayo Lill
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it is not possible to transfer calendar and Contacts between Apple iCloud and Onedrive - security reasons and GPDR.
the easy manual way I found is this:
open your Contacts / choose the one and more you wish to transfer, one at a time / open with -choose outlook / outlook pops up and you can save / there you are. but you have to do it one by one. Good practise to clean up your Contacts :-) -
Nick
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Can you make it so Outlook on Mac can follow basic protocols to work with Apple calendar so we can see and edit and synch. What is worse is making it seem like it does work, but then it doesn't (it shows up on the left menu bar but none of the appointments show up) I have spent many hours trying to make my wife see that Im really trying to be a good husband but I cant get the family calendar into my work calendar...save the family!
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Greg Mancuso
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The "alternative is not an alternative - one way communication (at least one way the works consistently). And you have to share your iCloud calendar as PUBLIC!
Not going to happen. That is simply an insulting response by Microsoft.
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RD
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This will not happen. In my view. MS denies a solution for (undisclosed) purposes...
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Ian Aberle
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I love that this has been "Under Review" since June 09, 2017. While the alternative worked for my needs, sounds like having this officially supported - even with over 15K requests for this feature over multiple posts – is not a priority for the Mac Outlook Team.
Try the alternative, maybe it will work for you.
