iCal Integration No Longer Works

Forum|Forum|8 months ago
July 9, 2025
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As of this week Zoom no longer automatically prompts to add to the iCal calendar I've had connected to our account for over a year.

It said I had to sync a calendar, I went online - where there is no longer an iCal option (used Google instead since the email for that calendar is registered there) and it did not stick - endless loop.

What the heck is going on here and will this be repaired or returned to previous state so that I don't have to manually copy and paste the invite info into an iCal invite over and over again now?

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Best answer by ton70out

It worked for me, but I needed to update Zoom via the toolbar dropdown menu: "Zoom Workplace/Check for Updates". It took a couple tries for the update to actually run, but keep hitting "Retry" when you get the Error message...

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JustinHS

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Dear Zoom - unless you re-instate apple calendar intregation, I will be cancelling my account, and demanding a refund.

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HeathO

Newcomer

Same problem. Zoom used to automatically create an ical event to which I could add meeting content and invitees. Now, this is not possible. I do not plan to add another App to perform this simple/basic/essential step. If it not resolved, I will likely drop Zoom and find another service that supports ical integration.

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MarkopolisAuthor

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Someone on another forum posted this and it worked for me:

I opened Zoom on my desktop Chrome browser and logged in. Scrolled down past the "personal" section to the Admin (I'm the admin since it's only me). These choices didn't appear in my Personal section. I Opened Account Management under the Admin heading and then Account Settings. Across the top I went to the Mail & Calendar heading. Under General, the first heading, I unchecked the second box, "Allow users to choose Zoom s their email service provider". I left the other box checked (allow users to manage emails). I locked this. Then directly below, I turned off the Zoom Scheduler permission and locked that. Then below that, I turned off the Calendar and Contacts Integration and locked that. Then I logged out of the desktop and opened my zoom app on my Mac. I scheduled a zoom call and it popped up on my Apple Calendar as it used to. Have no idea if this is what fixed it or if it is permanent, but it works for now. Good luck!

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Laura37

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Unfortunately no luck for me

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suegodby

Newcomer

Thanks - sadly I tried that but it didn't work for me 😠

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Laura37

Newcomer

I have found a workaround (multi-step - not impressed by Zoom) by selecting "other calendar" instead of iCal when setting up a meeting, and then clicking "Open" - it seems to default to my iCal again.

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Growwth

Newcomer

Works for me too.

@zoom If this works, why not just make the iCal option do this?

Makes me think this is a bug rather than design.

Please can you fix?

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suegodby

Newcomer

Magic! Thanks Laura, that worked for me too - phew!

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Adajohns

Newcomer

Did anyone get the memo?!

I definitely didn't.

Is this Apple being an A hole? Surely they wouldn't cut out the volume of Mac users out of their market for no reason. Much of the design industry depends on Mac.

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LeadershipSolve

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It is clear to me that the people at Zoom have no sense of urgency about nor desire to fix the iCal problem. I remember the movie Bug's Life and the grasshoppers did whatever they pleased to the ants until the ants figured out they had the power. Well, this ant is taking his money to another platform when my annual membership expires. Zoom will not notice nor care.