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Tip: Add .Mac iCal to Google Calendar

January 30th, 2008

If Google Calendar is your primary calendaring spot but you also need to keep track of events in a Mac group, you can subscribe GCal to a .Mac calendar like so:
1. Visit your .Mac group calendar
2. In the left-hand column there’s a “Subscribe” link and a “Download” link.  Copy the URL for the “Download” link.
3. Go to your Google calendar
4. In the left-hand column that shows your list of calendars, click the little drop-down arrow next to “Add” and select “Add by URL”
5. Paste the URL in the Public Calendar field and save.  You’re now subscribed to the .ics output of your Mac group calendar.

I found lots of posts out there for doing the reverse.  It took me a few trials and errors to find the right URL to use, so hopefully I’ve saved you some trouble.  Google Calendar doesn’t seem to like the webcal:// protocol that Apple prefers, so you have to use the http:// version.

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