[Help] Add a carddav account to macOS

🍱 Features & apps 📇 Contacts
#1

Hello,

I’ve read some topics concerning contacts and macOS, but I did not find any solution…
It’s simple as this:

  • I’ve got a shared hosting and NC 13.0.6 installed and running
  • I can sync calendars and files
  • I can’t add a carddav account to macOS 10.12 system preferences : “Unable to verify account name or password”

I tried to use another Contact App (Busycontacts) and everything works fine!
I just entered this URL: https://mydomain.com/remote.php/dav/principals/users/mylogin/

So it seems the issue is from Apple, but is there a way around? Why is it impossible to add a carddav account? I had this issue with owncloud as well…

Sorry if the subject has already been opened… but if someone could sum up the situation, I would be wonderful!

More macOS CalDAV ridiculousness
#2

This works for me:

#3

Thanks Bernie,
I have the message: This is the WebDAV interface. It can only be accessed by WebDAV clients such as the Nextcloud desktop sync client.
So I guess service discovery is working, the fact that another app can sync contacts is good to know as well…
Unfortunatly for me your method (automatic configuration, USERNAME@example.xyz) does not work either… Still “Unable to verify account name or password” on macOS
On iOS I succeeded but without SSL… don’t know why :frowning:
but your method concerns caldav, and I do not have the same issue with caldav, just carddav

#4

Here it works with caldav as well as carddav.

Maybe this helps then (this is also caldav, but carddav should be the same):

#5

I tried this already… it works for caldav, but not for carddav :cry:
And it’s not working anymore on iOS…
Thanks for your help anyway

#6

Sorry - running out of ideas… :frowning:

#7

don’t worry, thanks
I tried to deactivate mod_security but it doesn’t change anything

#8

Have you tried with an app password? (in your account settings)
If it sill doesn’t work, this is a duplicate of High Sierra address book does not sync

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#9

Thank you, I’ll try that and read this thread!
After I deactivated ModSecurity, few days after, carddav was syncing… o_O but the password still has an error in macOS system settings :confused: strange…

#10

THANK YOU ! Creating a specific app password (in settings/security) solved the issue for me. I could not connect from any device (android/macos).

I simply used the url provided in nextcloud ui (https://my.super.domain/remote.php/dav/principals/users/NAME/) and pasted the generated app password.

So simple !

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NextCloud / MacOS / CalDav / Woes
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