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Share ics files for calendar app
Hi, I would like to share some script-generated .ics files via a dropbox shared link so that I can sync it with my phone's/mac's calendar app.
It used to work... years ago, but now when I enter the...
Daphne
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThat's perfect, thanks for that hubionmac!
Would you mind letting me know if you have the same issue when using a shared link for another file type?
Since the link is being copied correctly from Dropbox, I'm wondering if perhaps the calendar app isn't recognising the link properly.
Hi Daphne,
another filetype I cannot use, since the app needs .ics files ;-)
But I tried to upload the ics file to my webspace and used that link instead
and it worked... even when I added dl=1 or any other parameter to it (just to check if that confuses calendar)
But no...
https://hubionmac.com/main.ics?dl=1
works (shows source in browser)
https://p45-calendars.icloud.com/holidays/de_de.ics
works as well (downloads direktly in browser)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9thqahtdtz707eq/main.ics?dl=1
does not work as explained.... because the URL is messed up somehow...
After contacting Apple they said it must be a Drobbox issue...
My second though: the Calendar-App messes up dropbox-links on purpose?!
- Daphne
I'm not sure that there's much I can suggest here I'm afraid hubionmac.
Since the link is copied correctly and it appears fine at first, what is occurring to the link there is down to how the Calendar app is handling it.
There may be some other users here would could make some suggestions, so your thread will remain open in the meantime. Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, the only thing I could suggest would be to reach out to the app devs which you already have done.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
