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.ics files open in Calendar App instead of Microsoft Office Outlook
B_Van_Spanje This is what I found on Mac help desk and it worked for me: In Apple Calendar app, go to Calendar > Preferences and set Outlook as your default calendar. Thereafter, . ics files downloaded open automatically in Outlook.
LaurieD9 I am having the same problem and the suggested steps are already in place but it does not fix the problem. Outlook has not worked since updating macOS Big Sur to Monterey.
Hi, am running Monteray on an intel MacBook, with office365
Under Calendar App preferences, my default calendar app is set to Outlook, but each time I double-clicked on *.ics, it would open Calendar App, not Outlook.
what I had to do is right-click and choose open with, and I noticed that it had CalendarFileHandler selected.
To fix this, right-click on a *.ics file, and select "get info". then go to "open with" and select Outlook, and click on the "change all" button.
hope this helps a fellow mac user- This worked for me. Thanks!
- Thank you. Yes, I tried that, and it says that it cannot be associated with that kind of file type. I run windows, so it has to be done a little bit differently but the net effect is the same is that it won’t let me do it. Coincidentally, there is a minor glitch with word in that.DOCX Files don’t show up with a Microsoft Word icon, but still open find me a double click on them.
The only way to get an ICS file into outlook is to do an import from the main menu under file. Otherwise I’m just at a loss.
