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Sending iCal invitations to MS-Outlook users

Is there a way that I can send an invitation to an iCal event to a PC user of MS-Outlook so that they can add the event to their Outlook calendar and either accept or decline to me?

iMac, MacBook, Time Capsule, iPod Touch, Mac OS X (10.6.4), VM Fusion, Win 7, Win XP, Ubuntu

Posted on Sep 13, 2010 3:06 PM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2010 10:32 PM

I'd like to know this as well.

I'd like to continue using iCal but may have to dump it and go back to Outlook as I need a way to send and receive meeting invitations to/from Outlook users seamlessly.

Apple... if you're listening you are pushing users away from iCal by choosing not to be compatible with Outlook's method for sending/receiving invitations. Very bad business move as it just sends your users/customers to your competitor because too many people are stuck on Outlook still.
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Aug 28, 2013 5:09 PM in response to o1sowise

I like how Chris CA blames this on Microsoft. Hmmm?


If it's Microsoft's problem, why did it work fine before iCloud? Hmmm?


You know not everyone owns only Apple products. Apple products should continue to be compatible with other products so that people who do use them for work can work with others who do not. I guess I'll just have to stay with a PC for work purposes until Apple figures this out!

Dec 29, 2016 11:33 AM in response to Chris CA

Chris, There may be a standard but since Microsoft has been and is the most common email product in the business/smb/enterprise market Apple should address this, this has nothing to do with a standard and can be addressed in a patch update....Apple does not want to play in the business world they only market that way...as a Mac user for 10 years and converting my entire company over to Mac there have been many challenges just like this where something simple is not addressed. You want MS to change something that has been in place for over 20 years?!?! Get a grip on reality...funny how Outlook users can send a calendar invite to Mail and Calendar picks it up just fine...if it was the case of not being standard then why does Apple recognize it coming in and not address it going out...that is Apple's problem not MS!

Dec 29, 2016 2:03 PM in response to G Money 85306

3.5 years later...

G Money 85306 wrote:

There may be a standard but since Microsoft has been and is the most common email product in the business/smb/enterprise market Apple should address this,

No, Microsoft should address it and properly read calendar invites sent in open standards.

A standard is developed so data can easily be exchanged.

Sending iCal invitations to MS-Outlook users

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