Calendar (Yosemite): Export and import calendars
To share or back up a local calendar, you can export the calendar’s events, then import them on another calendar or computer.
If you use iCloud calendars or a calendar server account, you don’t need to export and import calendars to back them up. Your devices’ calendars are synced; when you set up new devices to use the account, your calendars are restored from the cloud or from the calendar server and you don’t need to restore from a backup.
To merge an entire calendar with another, export the calendar, import it into a calendar, and delete the old calendar.
Export a calendar’s events
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Click the calendar’s name in the calendar list.
If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
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Choose File > Export > Export.
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Choose a location, then click Export.
The events are exported to an calendar (.ics) file.
Export all calendars
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Choose File > Export > Calendar Archive.
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Choose a location, then click Save.
Import events into a calendar
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If you want, create a new calendar for the events.
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Choose File > Import.
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Select the file with the events, then click Import.
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Choose the calendar to add the events to.
You can also drag a file with events to Calendar. The events are added to the calendar selected in the calendar list.
Import calendars from an archive file
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Choose File > Import.
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Select the archive file, then click Import.