I modified an existing contact (added birthday) in the contacts app using my mac mini but the birthday does not reflect in the calendar apps for both mac os as well as iPhone 15.
I am using the same apple id on both these devices and not quite sure what else needs to be checked here. Appreciate some help on this.
Mac mini, macOS 14.1
Found the solution. I had to navigate to setting in iphone 15 -> my name -> icloud and then enable 'contacts' for syncing.
Now the contacts that contain birthdays in my mac calendar show up in the contacts and calendar in my iphone 15.
Found the solution. I had to navigate to setting in iphone 15 -> my name -> icloud and then enable 'contacts' for syncing.
Now the contacts that contain birthdays in my mac calendar show up in the contacts and calendar in my iphone 15.
Here are two things to check:
Calendar Birthday settings
Calendar type settings
both are in same screen:
On your phone:
Open Calendar app
at screen bottom click "Calendars"
Under Other look for "birthdays" and toggle the check mark (if on, try off then back on).
Make sure the right overall calendar(s) are visible too.
This is for Apple calendars. I can't say if this works for calendars coming from any third party apps or sources.
There are two standard date fields, Birthday and Anniversary, plus custom ones. Only the first one appears in the calendar.
What's confusing is that an anniversary on the iPhone may appear as a birthday on the Mac, but still not be in the calendar.
All my contacts birthdays are under the `Birthday` field in the contacts app on my mac.
The funny thing is none of these birthdays are visible in the contacts and calendar apps of my iphone 15 which is signed in with the same apple id as my mac.
And another funny thing is i recently added the birthday of a new contact on my mac and it does not show in the calendar app of my mac.
I tried this and it did not work. And this is for my Apple Calendar.
Contact birthday does not reflect in the Calendar
