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Solution now works, so changed answer to reflect that and updated details.
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Heath Raftery
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It should beThis worked in May 2017, was broken around June 2017 and sometime recently has started working again.

It's now as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the wireless icon next to the calendar and select "Share Calendar..name to reveal its WebCal URL."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcal:// URL to highlight highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow"+" button beside the “Other calendars” section innext to “Add a friend's calendar” on the left side and select "Add by"From URL”.
  4. Paste the URL, click "Add Calendar" and Saveclick the left arrow button in the top left corner to return to the calendar screen.

According toOriginal reference was from https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/How To Geek this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Nowin June 2017 Google returnsstarted to return

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping thisNow the magic is resolved soon!back. Get it while it's hot.

It should be as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcal:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side and select "Add by URL”.
  4. Paste the URL and Save.

According to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/ this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Now Google returns

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping this is resolved soon!

This worked in May 2017, was broken around June 2017 and sometime recently has started working again.

It's now as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, click the wireless icon next to the calendar name to reveal its WebCal URL.
  2. Triple click the webcal:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the "+" button next to “Add a friend's calendar” on the left side and select "From URL”.
  4. Paste the URL, click "Add Calendar" and click the left arrow button in the top left corner to return to the calendar screen.

Original reference was from How To Geek but in June 2017 Google started to return

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

Now the magic is back. Get it while it's hot.

Undo auto-correct webcal -> webcam!
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Heath Raftery
Heath Raftery
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It should be as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcamwebcal:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side and select "Add by URL”.
  4. Paste the URL and Save.

According to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/ this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Now Google returns

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping this is resolved soon!

It should be as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcam:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side and select "Add by URL”.
  4. Paste the URL and Save.

According to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/ this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Now Google returns

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping this is resolved soon!

It should be as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcal:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side and select "Add by URL”.
  4. Paste the URL and Save.

According to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/ this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Now Google returns

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping this is resolved soon!

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Heath Raftery
Heath Raftery
  • 461
  • 6
  • 13

It should be as easy as:

  1. In Apple Calendar, right click the calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  2. Check the "Public" checkbox. Triple click the webcam:// URL to highlight it (crappy interface!) and then copy.
  3. In Google Calendar, click the down arrow button beside the “Other calendars” section in the left side and select "Add by URL”.
  4. Paste the URL and Save.

According to https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30834/add-an-ical-or-.ics-calendar-to-google-calendar/ this was working only 6 weeks ago. In my experience it was even working 2 weeks ago but seems to have stopped. Now Google returns

Settings Error Could not fetch the url.

I'm hoping this is resolved soon!