iCal: import holidays and vacations

In this practical tip, we will show you how to import holidays and vacations into your iCal calendar.

Download Holidays and Vacation for iCal

First of all you have to download a file that contains the holidays and vacations. At schulferien.org you will find all holidays and vacations sorted by state and year in a table so that you can easily download them.

Import holidays and vacations into iCal

Now you can import the downloaded public holidays and vacations into iCal.

1. To do this, open the downloaded .ics file with a double click.
2. iCal opens and asks in which calendar you want to import the holidays and vacations. Select your desired calendar and confirm with OK.
3. The holidays and vacations in your state are now saved in your iCal calendar.

You can find out how to activate the birthday calendar in iCal here.