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Of course, this is not feasible if Thunderbird authenticates itself against iCloud on your behalf. If you log into iCloud Apple requires username/password plus a verification code they send to your mobile. You need to deal with two-factor authentication (2FA).However, with an iCloud calendar it’s more complicated than usual for two reasons: Unfortunately, this is more complicated than it could and should be but I guess Apple really wants you to use their apps exclusively.Ĭonnect an iCloud calendar to ThunderbirdĪdding any remote calendar to Thunderbird is trivial. just what you’d expect: full integration, editable calendar with two-way synchronisation. It’s a pity that Apple only documented this one. I’ll mention it at the very end of this article for the sake of completeness. The lame one: a read-only view of any iCloud calendar.There are two general approaches how to add an iCloud calendar to Thunderbird

Once we hit the “Syncronize now” button the process starts and after some time the calenders and contacts will show up in Thunderbird.How to setup a Thunderbird iCloud calendar sync connect TB to iCloud Thunderbird iCloud calendar sync We now have to enable the profile and select the items we want to synchronize. Now we can enter the username and the generated password in Thunderbird.įinish the configuration. Login into the iCloud account.įollow the wizard and create the password.

Select iCloud from the server profile list.įor the configuration, we need an app specific password. Once this is done, we repeat the process. We just click the link and install the addon as well. In most cases, you will get an error message, that the provider is missing. We add a new account, selecting “CalDAV & CardDAV” sync. To synchronize, we install the addon “TbSync” in Thunderbird.Īfter the installation, we find the addon in the “Tools” menu.