MobileMe: Using Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard with MobileMe Calendar

Summary

All of your Mac computers with MobileMe Calendar should have Mac OS X v10.6.4 or later as a minimum requirement. Mac OS X v10.6.8 is ideal for Macs with Snow Leopard, but upgrading to OS X Lion is recommended. Mac OS X v10.5 is not fully supported, but can still run basic MobileMe Calendar features.

Note: To see which version of Mac OS X you have, choose About this Mac from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner. The version is shown directly under "Mac OS X."

Products Affected

MobileMe, MobileMe Calendar

Considerations before upgrading to MobileMe Calendar:
  • If you have recently synced your MobileMe Calendar with a computer running Mac OS X v10.5.8, you may receive an alert when upgrading MobileMe Calendar. If you are no longer syncing with any computers running Mac OS X v10.5.8, you can safely ignore that warning.
  • Features of the MobileMe Calendar that are not available with Mac OS X v10.5.8:
    • Push updates. See this article for more information.
    • The ability to share and accept shared calendars with others from within iCal. These changes can still be made at me.com/calendar.
    • Subscribed calendar syncing.

If you need to sync a computer running Mac OS X v10.5.8 with MobileMe Calendar, follow these steps:

Important: Do not follow these steps until you have successfully upgraded MobileMe Calendar. For more information about upgrading MobileMe Calendar, see this article.

  1. Open iCal Preferences.
  2. Click Accounts.
  3. Click the plus button at the bottom of the page.
  4. For both Description and Username, enter your full MobileMe email address, including @me.com or @mac.com. If you don't include @me.com or @mac.com, the setup will not be successful.
  5. Enter your MobileMe password.
  6. Click the disclosure triangle next to Server Options.
  7. For Account URL, enter the following without quotes: "https://cal.me.com". Be sure to include the full URL, including the "https://". Note that you do not need to include a closing "/" at the end of the url.
  8. Click Add.

Now that your MobileMe account is set up, iCal will begin downloading the data from MobileMe Calendar servers.

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