![]() ![]() In the ‘Security’ section, click ‘Generate Password’ below ‘App-Specific Passwords’.A) Create an app-specific password for Thunderbirdīeginning on 15 June, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third-party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or other mail, contacts and calendar services not provided by Apple.įortunately this is less complicated than it may sound: Thus, we need to complete the above two steps before we can actually add the iCloud calendar to Thunderbird. Some digging is necessary to get a hold of this gold nugget. If you don’t know the specific URL to your iCloud calendar you can’t add it to Thunderbird. Apple is not willing to reveal the URL to your remote calendar.Therefore you need to create an app-specific password for Thunderbird. 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 How to setup a Thunderbird iCloud calendar sync connect TB to iCloud Thunderbird iCloud calendar sync ![]()
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