Calendar URL for subscribing (ics file)
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https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/chromosomebiology%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics
iCal for Mac
- In iCal go Calendar menu > Subscribe and paste in the calendar URL above
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You should see the 1 hour blocks show up in your calendar.
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- You can configure properties like colours and refresh
- In iCal v5, Click Calendars button (top left of iCal window) then right click on CCB Talks subscription from list and choose Get Info option.
- Refresh default is daily. Force the refresh under Calendar menu > Refresh All
iOS Calendar app (iPhone, iPad)
- Copy the calendar URL above
- Address starts with https://… and ends with basic.ics
- Can be easiest to copy using Safari on your iPhone/iPad and hold it in sideways (landscape) view
- Open Settings app on your iPhone or iPad
- Scroll down and tap on “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”
- Scroll down and tap on “Add Account…”
- Tap on “Other” in list of account types
- Tap on “Add Subscribed Calendar”
- Paste the address you copied into the Server box and tap Next button
- Tap Next button to confirm settings are correct
- Setting will now show the list of accounts, including your Subscribed Calendar
- Go back to the Calendar app
- Click Home button on phone then tap Calendar app to launch
- The events should now be showing up on the calendar
- This should update by Push whenever there are changes to our calendar on the server
Outlook for Mac and Windows
- Log into NUIG Staffmail using a web browser like Safari or Firefox (not Outlook for Mac!)
- Go to ‘Calendar’
- Right click ‘My Calendars’, then left-click ‘Add Calendars’
- Copy-paste the calendar URL above into the Calendar From The Internet box
- Click OK
- The items should now show up in your Outlook calendar, and should dynamically update