This is my first post on this community and first of all Iâm very surprised that there is not a âcategoryâ called âMac OS Xâ from which to choose from.
Iâm also very disappointed about the very limited and incomplete manuals/set-up guides for Apple Mac OS X and Apple iOS users. I (nearly) get the impression that the majority of the Nextcloud users most likely are Linux-adepts and not using any common âcommercial/proprietaryâ Operating Systems like Windows 10 and Mac OS X.
But that all aside :roll_eyes as hereâs my real problem:
Iâve read all kind of previous topics here about synchronizing Apple Calendar with the Nextcloud Calendar, but found no answer which provide me a clear solution what to do in order to get this work.
For your information: Iâm currently still using Mac OS X 10.13.6 and thinking of upgrading to Mojave (Mac OS X 10.14)
Iâve used the following setting in my Apple System Preferences when creating a new CalDAV-account for the Nextcloud implementation our company is using:
Server : ourdomain.nl
Username : my username
Password : my password
Description : my companyâs Nextcloud
SSL : On AND Off (neither worked)
Port : 0
Account_URL http://ourcompany.nl as well as https://ourcompany.nl
result(s) when checking the CalDAV accoun on my Mac were: âCalendar Account - Check CalDAV account failedâ.
I have technical colleagues who have deep understanding of Linux and all kind of Cybersecurity solutions, but so far they canât crack this Mac-user problem.
Can any one please help me, because I simply refuse to believe that there are no Mac users who are (have to) work(ing) with Nextcloud as file share and communication platform.
Hi,
Thanks for your answer. Iâll forward this to our administrator since this is way too technical for me. Iâm using Mac OS since 1988 and the main reason for this is because it hides more or less the technical complexity for the user. That is still exactly the reason to choose for Mac OS X.
As soon as Iâve disused this with our Nextcloud administrator Iâll let you know whether this worked for me.
I think it would be great that the connection/integration/synchronization issues with Mac OS X and iOS devices should be solved in the core of Nextcloud since approximately 10% of the PC users are Mac users and therefore syncing with these devices just should be easy and seamless.
If you can help me to guide me to the development team of Nextcloud, Iâd really would like to emphasize this.
This is exactly the case, if Nextcloud is set up as recommended in the documentation. Setting up Mac OS or iOS devices for synchronisation is really easy:
Might be the case for the server OS and they probably prefer non-proprietary systems, but still these systems are used by many here on their desktop.
There is a repository for the documentation Issues · nextcloud/documentation · GitHub where you can suggest improvements. Itâs important to have feedback from real users and their remarks often lead to important improvements.
Like @Bernie_O mentionned, itâs probably something with service discovery which must be set up by the admin.