Cannot Connect to Google Calendar in Mail, Contacts & Calendars preferences

See if the solution posted here helps https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3020889?answerId=15074991022#15074991022. It worked for me. Good luck.

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Hi,

Were you able to find a solution to this?

I have gone through the same processes.

I have been stuck on this for days!!!!

Ok,

I have found a solution that seems to be working.

Instead of Google as the "Account Type" select CalDav.

Username - input your Google Apps email address of the calendar you would like to use

Password - Password for your account

Server address - www.google.com

Please note: I had to repeat this process approximately 5 times. On the first 4 times I received the same error message as noted in the original post above. It worked perfectly on the 5th try. Go figure stupid persistance paid off....

Best of luck

Thanks for submitting this response. Was driving me crazy, but your solution worked. I guess what was most confusing about it was that using a "Gmail" account type worked just fine before and then just stopped. I wish Apple and Google could find a way to coexist without this kind of passive aggressive back and forth. It just punishes consumers.

Thanks for this solution - it works!

One thing I would like to add is - when entering username, make sure the username is the full username (including the @gmail.com if you are using Google account or other email addres). Otherwise, if you just enter the first page (before @gmail.com), then it will not work.

I was having similar issues and thought I would put down what solved my problem.

In "Mail, Contacts & Calendars" I didn't choose "Gmail" I used "Add Oter Account…" as previously mentiond.

Then I chose "Add a CalDav account"

Under User Name: I entered my entire gmail address

Under Password: I entered a new "Application Password" key as generated by Googles two step verification process.

Under Server Address: I tried to use just "google.com" and "www.google.com" neither of these worked - only errors. So I used the address as listed on Google Calender when clicking on settings for my main calendar. There is a link that will give you your calendars private address. I shortened it to:

www.google.com/calendar/ical/your_gmail_address_goes_here

Then it worked immediately!

You'll need to get an application specific password from Google. Fire up your web browser and go to Google.com ... Once there, sign in if you haven't already done so. Go to the section where your picture is, and click on the "Account" link. Once in that Account page, on the top there are links, click on the "Security" link. Here you will probably notice that the 2-Step authentication is enabled. Go to the App Password's "Settings" link. It will probably ask you to authenticate yourself, go ahead and do that. Now you should be on the "Authorized Access to your Google Account" page, and you should be able to generate a new password for "Messages on Mavericks. Go ahead and give it a name, I named mine "Mac Pro Messages Google Talk Account", and then I clicked "Generate"... Once you have this password, go to "Messages" on your Mac, try to log in and copy/paste that password.

Username: youremail@domain.com
Server: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM/user

Source: http://support.gappsmasters.com/entries/21150793-Enable-Google-Apps-Calendar-in- Apple-s-iCal

This worked like a charm. Thanks!