Sharing (readonly) murena calendar to iPhone

Using /e/OS Setup
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Hi there.

I try to share my murena calendar with my wife. She uses an iPhone and the default Apple calendar app for her personal calendars (iCloud), no murena account, no nextcloud. Now we want her to be able to see all my calendar entries in her iPhone-app and also on her iMac (both read only).

Is there a way to archive this?

Best Regards

Peter

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There is an option for that,
connect to your /e/ calendar using a browser on a computer, and look into calendar settings,
it is called “something in your language” + iOS /macOS

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Thanks for your quick answer. I found this option “Copy iOS /macOS CalDAV address”, thanks, I’ve never seen it before :slight_smile:

But this link asks on the iPhone for authentification with my murena account. I don’t want to give my account username/password to an iPhone. In addition I want to share just one of my calendars and not all of them. This option seems to apply to all calendars (or the whole account?). And then it must be read only. How can I achieve this with this link?

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Okay, I will answer myself :slight_smile:

I found this solution for my case. My aim:

  • Share one of my Murena calendars with a person without murena account, living in the Apple-universe (iPhone, iMac)
  • Don’t want to give my Murena-credentials to that person
  • Sharing should be read only

What I finally did:

  • Created a new Murena-account (named “xyzSharing”)
  • Shared my calendar in my original account with this new account (read only). Did this in one of two ways (only one is nessessary):
    • In the original account: “Edit and share calendar” → “Share calendar with users and groups” → Enter eMail-Adress of the new account (the account name didn’t work) → Select the account → Leave “can edit” checkbox unchecked → Save
    • In the new account: “New subscription from link” → enter subscription link (get it from the calendar in the original account)
  • Give the credentials of this new account “xyzSharing“ to iMac/iPhone: Accounts → New caldav account → Other → Manual → Enter Murena server (murena.io), username, password of the new account

Didn’t find any easier way.

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(glad you found a solution, there’s always more than a way)

but as you’d do “read-only” anyway it is redundant to create that second account. It would make sense though if both participants would want to write to the same calendar.

You can create subscribe-able .ics urls that Apple devices can consume without handing out any credentials. See these 2 links:

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Oh :slight_smile:

Okay, thank you for your answer.

I tried your steps and it works. I was at that point a few days ago, but the iPhone asked for an ics-file. I did not have one and was confused. But now I entered the subscription link at this point and - voilĂ  :slight_smile:

Thanks for your advice!

Peter

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