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Hosting calendars on iCloud

iCloud functions as a CalDAV server where all calendars are hosted. Each Mac and iOS device (iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch) functions as a CalDAV client and subscribes to the calendars hosted on iCloud. Once subscribed, calendars can be edited on any client and the changes will sync to the host and to all other clients.

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Calendars hosted on iCloud

All calendars you wish to sync between your Mac, iOS device and iCloud, must be hosted on iCloud.

Moving calendars to iCloud

If you have a local, LAN, or Google calendar that you want to host on iCloud, you can move it to iCloud or merge it with an existing calendar on iCloud.

To move a calendar to iCloud

For this example, let's say you have a local calendar called "Work" that you want to host on iCloud. Here's how you can move it to iCloud:

  1. Make sure you are syncing with iCloud and your iCloud Account appears in the left sidebar.
  2. Control-click on the calendar that you want to move to iCloud and choose Move to iCloud.
  3. Icloud Move
  4. iCloud requires you to store events and to dos on separate calendars, so the Work calendar will be transformed into two calendars on iCloud — one for events and one for to dos.The to do calendar will be indicated with a checkmark next to its name.
  5. Local Icloud

To merge a calendar with a calendar on iCloud

For this example, let's say you have a local calendar called "Work" that you want to merge with an existing calendar on iCloud called "Fred". Here's how to do it:

  1. Export the Work calendar by selecting it in the left sidebar and choosing File > Export, and save it to your desktop. Then delete the Work calendar from BusyCal by control-clicking on it and choosing Delete (or Unsubscribe if it's a LAN or Google Calendar subscription).
  2. Export Local
  3. Select File > Import, select the file you exported in step 1, select the option to Import events into Existing Calendar, and choose the Fred calendar (which is hosted on iCloud). This will add the events from the Work calendar to the Fred calendar on iCloud.
  4. Import Icloud

    Note: iCloud stores events and to dos on separate calendars. Therefore, during the import process, the events will be imported but the to dos will be rejected and moved to the BusyCal Conflicts calendar. To import the to dos, you must repeat this step and import into an existing calendar on iCloud that supports to dos.

  5. After successfully importing into an existing calendar on iCloud, you may delete the BusyCal Conflicts calendar where all the rejected events were placed by control-clicking on it and choosing Delete.

Tip: After merging the calendars, you can remove duplicate events by selecting Help > Find Duplicates.