

Change the server address to "/xxxxxxxx/principal" where “pxx” equals the webcal server address you copied down from, and xxxxxxxx is equals the unique iCloud ID you acquired from your iCloud calendar’s server path.“Address Book couldn’t discover the account settings…”, click Create again.Enter the following string as your username "xxxxxxxx%:password" where xxx is replaced with the appropriate parts of your iCloud email address, and password is replaced with your iCloud password.From the Menu Bar choose Address Book, then Preferences.Similar steps can be used for configuring Address Book. Enter the port number 443, and check “Use SSL” to complete the configuration.*Take note of the server path”xxxxxxxxprincipal”, you will need it for syncing your contacts.

Change the Server address to “” where “pxx” equals the webcal server address you copied down from.Access to the acount is not permitted.Enter your iCloud email address as your username.From the Menu Bar choose iCal, then Preferences.Check Public Calendar and write down the webcal address.Click concentric curves on any calendar to bring up the calendar sharing preferences.You can sync your iCloud Calendar with Snow Leopard’s iCal by following these steps. Click Continue then Create to take your iCloud email account online.The outgoing mail server should be “.com”.Switch your account type to IMAP, and enter your incoming mail server as “.com”.Mail.app will fail to automatically detect your email settings because it presumes you are a MobileMe subscriber.Fill in your full name, iCloud email address, and iCloud password.Click the plus button to create a new account.From the Menu Bar choose Mail, then Preferences.

Setting up Mail.app for iCloud email is easy once you know the server settings. If like me, you are still using a Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and want to continue syncing your iCloud email, calendars, and contacts, then these are the insturctions for you.Įmail is the only iCloud service Apple currently supports in Snow Leopard. By Thomas Brand 31st Mar 2012 Bringing iCloud to Snow Leopard
