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Q: Public iCloud calendars suddenly require username and password

I've got a couple of calendars shared public from iCloud. They have been working great for some years now.

But approximately a week ago the users subscribing to them reported that they no longer update.

I tried to unshare and share again, to see if that worked. Also made some of the users delete the subscription and add it again.

The problem now is that they can't be added!

Calendar.app now suddenly prompts for a username and password for subscribing to my public calender!

 

I tried with some random characters for user and password but then it just prompts again.

I then tried with my apple-id and then I got an error message instead saying that the calendar cannot be found on the address.

 

I'm running OS X 10.10.5 with Calendar.app Version 8.0 (2034.9)

I've also tried sharing and adding the calendar from iCloud.com and from my iPhone 6S running iOS 10.02 but with the same result.

 

This seems to be a bug in iCloud - can somebody else try to share and subscribe to an iCloud-calendar to see if this happens to everybody or just me?

Is Apple aware of this bug?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Sep 29, 2016 1:38 AM

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  • by zinacef,

    zinacef zinacef Sep 29, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Tisse
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    Sep 29, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Tisse

    I share a calendar with a family member and although it's not a public calendar, it still works for me.  Seems like you might've tried a lot of suggestions I would've provided.

     

    My next suggestion would be to consider reaching out to Apple Support -- Contact - Official Apple Support

  • by zinacef,

    zinacef zinacef Sep 29, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Tisse
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    Sep 29, 2016 6:12 AM in response to Tisse

    I share a calendar with a family member and although it's not a public calendar, it still works for me.  Seems like you might've tried a lot of suggestions I would've provided.

     

    My next suggestion would be to consider reaching out to Apple Support -- https://support.apple.com/contact

  • by Tisse,

    Tisse Tisse Sep 29, 2016 6:18 AM in response to zinacef
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    Sep 29, 2016 6:18 AM in response to zinacef

    Yeah, I'm sharing some calendars with other iCloud users as well and they are still working fine.

    It's just the public link that has stopped working for some reason...

    I'm also subscribing to a non-icloud calendar and that calendar is working fine, so the problem seems to be that iCloud can no longer share a calendar publically.

     

    I tried contacting the Apple Support but got a message to try again later, so I guess I'll have to wait :-/

  • by zinacef,

    zinacef zinacef Sep 29, 2016 6:21 AM in response to Tisse
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    Sep 29, 2016 6:21 AM in response to Tisse

    I would try again as they're probably swamped with calls after the recent releases of Sierra and iOS 10.  I do know they offer an online chat option and they also have a Twitter presence which is really responsive.

  • by northwest47,

    northwest47 northwest47 Sep 30, 2016 7:46 PM in response to Tisse
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    Sep 30, 2016 7:46 PM in response to Tisse

    I just updated to new version today and spent all day 11a- 8pm trying to get iPhone 5 to work and still am having trouble.  I cant even get certain sounds and basic functions back. Im so frustrated.

  • by zinacef,

    zinacef zinacef Sep 30, 2016 8:01 PM in response to northwest47
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    Sep 30, 2016 8:01 PM in response to northwest47

    northwest47 wrote:

     

    I just updated to new version today and spent all day 11a- 8pm trying to get iPhone 5 to work and still am having trouble.  I cant even get certain sounds and basic functions back. Im so frustrated.

    Perhaps you should start your own thread/topic in order to get help tailored to deal with your specific issue(s).

  • by bestsellerPR,Apple recommended

    bestsellerPR bestsellerPR Oct 3, 2016 1:05 AM in response to Tisse
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    Oct 3, 2016 1:05 AM in response to Tisse

    Turns out I was a bit sloppy with my testing... The calendar I activated from icloud.com actually works again!

    I've talked with the apple support about the issue and they didn't know the reason behind why my links stopped working. It seems that in OS X 10.10 or older, the link generated from calendar.app is faulty and won't work any more.

     

    Not sure if this is the true reason but anyhow, the solution was to log in to icloud.com, disable public sharing on your calendars and then activating it again.

     

    The downside is that doing this generates a totally new link, so you have to notify all subscribers to update their links to your calendar.

     

    EDIT: I also made this reply from the wrong account - If anybody is confused right now, this is OP, Tisse writing this reply on how I solved the issue.

  • by jools_r,

    jools_r jools_r Oct 3, 2016 1:50 AM in response to bestsellerPR
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    Oct 3, 2016 1:50 AM in response to bestsellerPR

    Thank you. I had exactly the same problem (but on macOS Sierra), that since approx. Sept. 21/22 a publicly-shared calendar would request a password. I had the same error message too when supplying the iCloud credentials. All other privately shared calendars worked. This particular calendar has likewise been running for several years.

     

    Your solution of disabling and re-enabling via iCloud worked for me too. I thought I had tried that already, but I did it deliberately this time, disabling the published calendar, logging out of iCloud, relogging in and then re-publishing as a public calendar. As you say, all recipients need the new link.

     

    For anyone trying and failing to delete the defunct calendar subscription, see this thread:Can't Delete Subscribed Calendar from iCal 8.0 on the discussion forum. That worked for me.