Sync iCloud Calendars on Snow Leaopard

Posted on April 15, 2012 in OSX Utilities iCal

Syncing iCloud’s Calendars on Snow Leopard is quite simple. The only information that requirement is your iCloud Server Number which nearly always in the form pXX-caldav.icloud.com.

To find this number open Safari and login to your iCloud account.

Click on Calendar and then chose Windows —> Activity from menu bar.

In the window you should see something that is similar to this:

The iCloud Server Number is the first part of the address namely p01 in this case.

Syncing iCal

Open iCal’s Preferences, then pick the Accounts Tab. Click the plus sign at the bottom left.

Fill in the fields with the following settings:

FieldValue
Account Type:CalDAV
User name:yourUserName@me.com
Password:yourPassword
Server AddresspXX-caldav.icloud.com

pXX is your iCloud Server Number from above.

Now click create create. If it asks you to pick a server choose pXX-caldav.icloud.com from the above settings.

It should work now!


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