How to see your iCloud Calendar in Chrome

iCloud Calendar lives happily on your iPhone and Mac. In Chrome, especially on a Windows PC, it’s harder to reach. Here’s how to put it on every new tab, with two-way sync, in about two minutes.

Step 1: make an app-specific password

1. Go to account.apple.com and sign in.
2. Open Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords.
3. Create one and call it “Pax”. Apple shows a password like abcd-efgh-ijkl-mnop. Copy it.

Your Apple ID needs two-factor authentication for this, which most accounts already have.

Step 2: connect it

1. Open a new tab and press , (comma) for Settings, then Calendars.
2. Choose Add a calendar → iCloud.
3. Enter your Apple ID email and paste the app-specific password.
4. Your calendars appear, each in its iCloud colour.

If it says the password wasn’t accepted, make sure you used the app-specific one and not your Apple ID password.

A read-only alternative

If you only need to see one calendar, Apple can publish it as a public link. In Apple Calendar on a Mac, right-click the calendar, choose Share Calendar and tick Public Calendar, then copy the link. In Pax, choose Add a calendar → Subscribe by link and paste it. It doesn’t count towards the free plan’s one connected account, but anyone with the link can see that calendar, so use it for things that aren’t private.

Why bother

Many people keep a personal calendar in iCloud and a work calendar in Google or Outlook, then check both. Seeing them on one page, in their own colours, is the simplest way to stop double-booking yourself. Add Google or Outlook next to it.