Follow these instructions to subscribe to a Hebcal Jewish holiday calendar 5-year feed in Calendar.app on macOS (formerly called Mac OS X) desktop:
1. Open a web browser on your macOS computer.
- to download holidays and candle-lighting times, navigate to https://www.hebcal.com/hebcal
- OR, to download Yahrzeit + Anniversary calendar, navigate to https://www.hebcal.com/yahrzeit
2. Fill out the form with your preferences and click the Create Calendar button
3. Click the Download… button
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4. Select the Apple option from the download dialog box
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5. Click on the grey “Subscribe on iPhone, iPad & macOS” button
6. Click Allow if your browser prompts you Do you want to allow this page to open “Calendar”?
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7. Apple Calendar (OS X Mountain Lion and later) or iCal (OS X Lion and earlier) will start up
8. Click Subscribe in the “Calendar URL” dialog box
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9. In the next dialog box, uncheck the “Remove Alerts” option if you wish to be notified of candle-lighting and Havdalah times.
10. Choose the Location for your subscription
- Use iCloud if you wish to synchronize with other Apple devices such as iPhone or iPad
- Use On My Mac if you wish to have the calendar subscription only on your desktop/laptop
11. Click OK
12. Congratulations! You should now see the Hebcal holiday calendar on your Calendar app
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