cleaned macos stuff

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Bernhard Posselt
2013-02-08 22:00:12 +01:00
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Synchronizing with OS X
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To use ownCloud with iCal you will need to use the following URL:
To use ownCloud with iCal you will need to use the following URL: http://ADDRESS/remote.php/caldav/principals/username/
http://ADDRESS/remote.php/caldav/principals/username/
The setup is basically the same as with iOS using the path **ADDRESS/remote.php/caldav/principals/username/** to sync with ownCloud. For OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion everything works fine, but OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and older needs some fiddling to work. A user contributed the following:
In principle the setup is the same as with iOS using the path
``ADDRESS/remote.php/caldav/principals/username/`` to sync with
ownCloud. For OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.8 Mountain Lion everything works
fine, but OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and older needs some fiddling to
work. A user contributed the following:
#. Make sure, Addressbook is not running. If it is, select the windows
and press Command + Q to terminate it.
#. Navigate to ``/Users/YOUR\_USERNAME/Library/Application
Support/AddressBook/Sources``. If you have all ready some kind of
address book setup, it is likely you will see some folders named like
this ``BEA92826-FBF3-4E53-B5C6-ED7C2B454430``. Note down what folders
there are now and leave the window open.
#. Open addressbook and try to add a new CardDav addressbook. At this
point, it does not matter what information you enter. It will come up
with the same error message you mentioned before when you click
"Create". Ignore it and click "Create" again. A non-functional
address book will be added.
#. Make sure, Addressbook is not running. If it is, select the windows and press Command + Q to terminate it.
#. Navigate to **/Users/YOUR\_USERNAME/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources**. If you have all ready some kind of address book setup, it is likely you will see some folders named like this **BEA92826-FBF3-4E53-B5C6-ED7C2B454430**. Note down what folders there are now and leave the window open.
#. Open addressbook and try to add a new CardDav addressbook. At this point, it does not matter what information you enter. It will come up with the same error message you mentioned before when you click "Create". Ignore it and click "Create" again. A non-functional address book will be added.
#. Close Address-Book again using Command + Q
#. Go back to the folder window from step 2. You will now see a newly
created folder with another long string as its name.
#. Navigate to the newly created folder and edit the
``Configuration.plist`` with your favorite text editor.
#. Search for a section looking like this:
#. Go back to the folder window from step 2. You will now see a newly created folder with another long string as its name.
#. Navigate to the newly created folder and edit the **Configuration.plist** with your favorite text editor.
#. Search for a section looking like this::
<key>servername</key> <string>http://:0(null)</string> <key>username</key> <string>Whatever_you_entered_before</string>
``<key>servername</key> <string>http://:0(null)</string> <key>username</key> <string>Whatever_you_entered_before</string>``
8. Make it look like this. Please note that the :80 after **YOUR_DOMAIN** is important::
8. Make it look like this. Please note that the :80 after **YOUR_DOMAIN**
is important:
``<key>servername</key <string>http://YOUR_DOMAIN:80/owncloud/remote.php/carddav/principals/username</string> <key>username</key <string>username</string>``
<key>servername</key <string>http://YOUR_DOMAIN:80/owncloud/remote.php/carddav/principals/username</string> <key>username</key <string>username</string>
9. Save the file and open Address Book again. It will not work yet.