Sync your iCloud calendar with Outlook for Mac

Outlook for Mac now provides a direct option to sync iCloud calendars, eliminating the need for workarounds such as subscribing to a public iCloud calendar through Outlook on the web. 

1. Go to Tools > Accounts and select +Add an Account. 
2. Type or paste in the email account you want to use and select Continue. 
   
3. Select Sign In to set up the account using the Microsoft Cloud. 
    
4. If your email provider wasn't automatically selected, you can select the Not [Google, IMAP, Office365, Yahoo, etc.]? link at the top of the window and select iCloud from the provided list. 
5. Once the account is added, select the Calendar button in the navigation pane to access the iCloud account calendar events.

Currently, Outlook for Mac doesn't support the CalDAV or CardDAV Internet standards. This means Outlook for Mac does not sync your iCloud Calendar or contacts when you add your iCloud email account. That being said, there is a way to sync your iCloud calendar with Outlook for Mac—you can subscribe to your iCloud calendar to Outlook on the web (Outlook Web Access), and once you do that, the subscribed iCloud calendar automatically syncs with Outlook for Mac.

1. Open a browser window and sign in to your iCloud account.

2. In iCloud, select Calendar.

3. Select the Share Calendar button next to the calendar you want to configure in Outlook, and make sure Public Calendar is enabled.

   

   Note

   If Public Calendar is enabled, you should see the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the calendar.

   

4. Select Copy Link.

5. In another browser window, sign in to Outlook on the web.

6. At the bottom of the navigation pane, select Calendar.

   

7. On the toolbar, select Add calendar > From internet.

   

8. In the Calendar subscription dialog box, paste the link that you copied in step 4. Also, enter a unique name for the calendar such as "iCloud work Calendar", and select Save.
   You should see the iCloud calendar listed under Other calendars in Outlook on the web.

   

   When you have the same account added on Outlook for Mac, this subscribed calendar will also appear in Outlook for Mac calendar.

   Note

   It may take a few minutes for the iCloud calendar in Outlook on the web to sync with Outlook for Mac. Please remember that you may have to restart Outlook for Mac in order for the synced calendar to appear.