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Subscribing to calendars
You can subscribe to calendars that use the iCalendar (.ics) format. Many calendar-based services
support calendar subscriptions, including iCloud, Yahoo!, Google, and the iCal application in OS X.
Subscribed calendars are read-only. You can read events from subscribed calendars on iPod touch,
but you can’t edit them or create new events.
Subscribe to a calendar: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, then tap Add Account. Tap
Other, then tap Add Subscribed Calendar.
You can also subscribe to an iCal (or other .ics) calendar published on the web by tapping a link to
the calendar.
Importing calendar events from Mail
You can add events to a calendar by importing a calendar le from an email message. You can
import any standard .ics calendar le.
Import events from a calendar le: In Mail, open the message and tap the calendar le.
Calendar accounts and settings
There are several available for Calendar and your calendar accounts. Calendar accounts are also
used to sync to-do items for Reminders.
Add a CalDAV account: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars, tap Add an Account, then tap
Other. Under Calendars, tap Add CalDAV Account.
These options apply to all of your calendars:
Set calendar alert tones Go to Settings > Sounds > Calendar Alerts.
Sync past events Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Sync, then choose a time
period. Future events are always synced.
Set alerts to sound when you
receive a meeting invitation
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars> New Invitation Alerts.
Turn on Calendar time zone
support
Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Time Zone Support, then turn
on Time Zone Support.
Set a default calendar Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Default Calendar.
Use iCloud to keep Calendar
up to date on your iOS devices
and computers
Go to Settings > iCloud, then turn on Calendar. See “iCloud
” on page 16.
Important: When Time Zone Support is on, Calendar displays event dates and times in the time
zone of the city you selected. When Time Zone Support is o, Calendar displays events in the time
zone of your current location as can best be determined by your Internet connection. When you
travel, iPod touch may not display events or sound alerts at the correct local time. To manually set
the correct time, see “Date & Time” on page 106.
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