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Posted by jerrysturman at Aug 9, 2009, 11:31:24 AM

iCal Generates error message opening files
The .ics files generated by my calendar at:http://www.congregationshirami.org/site/pages/testcalendar.html are not readable on my Mac by iCal. iCal generates the error message:

"This calendar file is unreadable. No events have been added to your iCal calendar."

Other Mac users in my group report the same problem.

Posted by support at Aug 10, 2009, 9:30:52 PM

Re: iCal Generates error message opening files
I am able to import that fine into Outlook on Windows without any problems. Perhaps the Mac is looking for a some fields that aren't present/required for Windows.

Can you export a simple iCal file for a single event on your Mac and post the contents of the file here for me to compare?
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Posted by hwpn at Sep 11, 2009, 8:09:13 PM

Re: iCal Generates error message opening files
I am using a trial calendar to see if our organization wants to proceed with a premium account. I am getting the same error message when trying to export to iCal on a Mac. Here is the content of the file that iCal does not recognize:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:jquery.icalendar
BEGIN:VEVENT
TITLE:HWPN Monthly Meeting in NYC
DTSTART:20091021T230000Z
DTEND:20091022T010000Z
SUMMARY:HWPN Monthly Meeting in NYC
DESCRIPTION:HWPN Monthly Meeting in NYC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

Thank you,

Bonnie

Posted by support at Sep 13, 2009, 10:05:19 PM

Re: iCal Generates error message opening files
Would you please remove the

VERSION:2.0

line, resave, and try to re-import? I have seen some evidence that that value can cause the problem.

Please let me know what happens.
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