Jul 25
Birthdays Calendar on iPhone
I finally figured out how to get the “Birthdays” calendar to show up on the iPhone! It’s a bit of hack, but at least it’s automated. Note: you need to be a MobileMe subscriber for this. I’m sure there’s a way without MobileMe, but this is what I used.
- Right-click on the “Birthdays” calendar in iCal on your desktop Mac, and select Publish…
- Select Publish on: MobileMe and check all the checkboxes. Then click the Publish button.
- On the iPhone, go into the Settings app and tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
- In the Accounts section, tap Add Account… and select Other.
- In the Server field, type: homepage.mac.com/username/.calendars/Birthdays.ics
- In the Description field, type: Birthdays
- Leave Username and Password blank.
- Set both Use SSL and Remove Alarms to OFF.
- Save and exit the Settings app.
Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to change the colour of the calendar, and on mine that means it doesn’t match the green colour of the Birthdays calendar on my desktop.
(originally posted here)