iCloud Calendar invitations not working

Alfabet's solution worked for me (iOS 7 & Mavericks) - thanks!

Would like to try Alfabet's solution. Unfortunately, when I go to manage my Apple ID there is no "Edit" button next to it. I have an @me.com Apple ID. Allegedly, people with old MobileMe Apple IDs can not change their Apple ID.

I also cannot change my appleid. I have the edit option, but the address never changes once I choose save at the bottom of the screen. This really needs to be addressed....especially since it is with icloud accounts!

I called Apple and was able to solve most of my problems. I will try to keep this succinct. What I've discovered and what the Apple tech explained to me was that if the email address you're inviting is associated with that persons Apple ID, and they have that email listed as an account on a Calendar app on an Apple device, the person will receive the invite on their Calendar apps on Apple devices and they will not receive an email invite anywhere else. Prettty lame.

My wife was not able to receive my invites sent to her Gmail because the email address I was inviting is listed as one of her Alternate Email Addresses in her Apple ID settings. So all the invites were sent directly to the iCal app on an old MacBook she never uses, and she would not receive email invtes in her Gmail on all the other non-Apple devices she uses all the time. All the invites were going to an old Mac and not to her Samsung Galaxy S4, Gmail in web browser, or Gmail Calendar in a web browser.

So lame.

Thank you very much for that response. That is indeed very strange. I will have to test that out and see if it holds true for me. I know for a fact the person I am trying to invite is not getting the calendar app notification. Also, I only get an email and it does not show in my calendar app with all settings enabled.

mattopotamus11,

So the person you're inviting does not get Calendar notifications or Emails? I'd contact Apple Support about that.

As far as you receiving in-app notifications; have you tried going to your iCloud Calendar in a web browser, clicking on settings (lower left gear icon) and select advanced and then change the method in which you receive notifications?

Correct, the person is not getting the Calendar notification or email.

I just checked the settings on icloud via web browser and it is set to receive notifications as "in-app notifications," but I still just get the email.

Make sure the email address that receives the invites is listed as either your Primary or one of your Alternates for your Apple ID. (go to the manage Apple ID page).

Good luck

It's been said before, but you ARE a god! It's been over a year, I just found your solution and it worked. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙂

Wow..... PROBLEM FINALLY FIXED... This issue/solution should be posted high up in the Apple iCloud technical help... Months of troubleshooting, and a lot of hair loss... Now all behind me!

Thanks!

I haven't seen anything that addresses this problem, so hopefully there's a solution:

I have an iPhone 5 with iOS 7 installed.

I use Gmail for all my email addresses, I have multiple accounts that I access via my phone. The two most important are a personal Gmail and a work email.

The work email is Gmail also, but I have it mapped to a domain that is used for work. (e.g. so I can send from @mydomain.com instead of @gmail.com).

I received an iCloud invite from someone, and the first time, it entered into my calendar on my iPhone (I use the Apple Calendar app). The invite got updated, but my calendar invite did not update. I saw it in my "replied" list under the "inbox" button on the bottom right of the app. I was able to decline it and it disappeared off my calendar, but it did not update.

I tried doing a test invitation from my personal to my work email, and while I can accept the invite (using the iCloud accept / maybe / decline butons), it still doesn't show up on my calendar on my iPhone or Mac.

How can I get these to work?

Alfabet you are a star! Been trying to get that working for ages. BTW I had to remove all my alternate addresses and logout of all devices before it worked but you nailed it.

Cheers dude.

Hi,

I figured out this only happens when you use a special setup.

Your setup

1. You use Google Calendar with your @gmail.com address
2. Your @gmail.com is also your Apple ID
3. An iCloud user sends you a calendar invitation

The issue

Apple doesn't send the event as an email, it is only displayed as a calendar notification.

How to solve

1. Log into iCloud with your @gmail.com address
2. Go to calendar
3. Select the settings symbol in the bottom left corner
4. Select "Preferences"
5. Select "Advanced"
6. Select "Email to ...@gmail.com" in the "Receive event invitations as:" area

Best,

Robin // https://twitter.com/_RobM

I called Apple support and they checked a few things on my mac:

• Went to iCloud.com on Safari and logged out from my account.
• Opened system preferences - iCloud - log out. Then one by one I unchecked all the apps (calendar, notes, contacts. etc.)
• Finally, I started re-checking all the applications in the iCloud settings, starting by the calendar, and leaving Safari unchecked.

The problem was solved, and I started receiving notifications in the iCal app right away, and no more annoying e-mails with .ics attachment.

I checked Safari in the iCloud settings and still working fine.

Hope this helps

I had the same problem. We changed e-mail addresses and as it turns out the Calendar app settings are the issue. go into Mail, Calendars, and Contacts under general settings. In the calendar settings it has a setting for your primary calendar. Make sure that you have your iCloud calendar set as your primary calendar. This fixed it for me.