Synchronize iCal with Yahoo! Calendar

mac, webapps, yahoo — Tags: , , , , — Glen @ 1:20 pm

The new beta of Yahoo! Calendar now supports the CalDAV protocol, meaning that sharing and synchronizing with desktop calendaring applications is possible.

iCal has supported CalDAV since version 3.0 shipped with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, so it is possible to get it working with Yahoo! Calendar. After completing the following steps, any events that you create in the web-based Calendar will be replicated to iCal, and vice-versa.

What you will need:

  • A Yahoo! account. In the example, we use the username yahoouser
  • Access to the new Calendar Beta.
  • iCal version 3 or above

Step 1:

  • In iCal, select the Preferences… from the iCal menu.
  • Click on the Accounts icon

  • Click on the plus button to create a new CalDAV account
  • Enter a description, such as Yahoo! Calendar, your Yahoo! username and password.
  • Click the Server Options link and enter the following into the Account URL field:
https://caldav.calendar.yahoo.com

  • Click the Add button.


Your Yahoo! Calendar should now be synchronized with iCal, refreshing every 15 minutes: you should see it listed on the left hand side of your iCal window underneath the calendars stored on your Mac.

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7 Comments »

  1. I just tried this but my account could not be found. I tried it a couple of times so I know that I have typed things correctly. Any suggestions

    Comment by Frank Monaldo — November 6, 2008 @ 1:25 am
  2. To get this to work, make sure you have updated your Yahoo! calendar to the new Beta version.

    Comment by Kurt — November 6, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
  3. Works like a charm, many many thanks!

    Comment by Kurt — November 6, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
  4. kurt, how DO you update your Yahoo! calendar to the new Beta version??

    Comment by pirco — November 7, 2008 @ 12:31 am
  5. NM. I think I found it at http://switch.calendar.yahoo.com

    Comment by pirco — November 7, 2008 @ 12:33 am
  6. Yep, that’s the link.
    Good luck.

    Comment by Kurt — November 8, 2008 @ 4:39 am
  7. I received the following error:

    Request for https://caldav.calendar.yahoo.com/principals/users/patwcar@yahoo.com/ failed.

    The server responded with
    “HTTP/1.1 502 Connection refused”

    Any ideas

    Comment by Pat — November 26, 2008 @ 4:19 am

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