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Hello.
When I try to select a contact to share a calendar with I found that almost all my contacts are grayed out and cannot be selected while a few are not grayed out and can be selected. What could the reason be?
Thanks in advance.
Farzad
Thank you. The issue was the silent requirement that Apple has in order to facilitate sharing of a calendar with another apple user. Apparently if in my Contacts, say for John Doe, I don’t have an email entry and just a phone number and maybe physical address, then iOS considers John Doe “unreachable” to inform John Doe that I have shared a calendar with him. So, in order to share a calendar with a Contact, that Contact must have an email address.
Very unfortunate because the other user could be texted the invitation, or the sharing app could warn that the user does not have an email address and give me a link to share with the other person.
Farzad
Thank you. The issue was the silent requirement that Apple has in order to facilitate sharing of a calendar with another apple user. Apparently if in my Contacts, say for John Doe, I don’t have an email entry and just a phone number and maybe physical address, then iOS considers John Doe “unreachable” to inform John Doe that I have shared a calendar with him. So, in order to share a calendar with a Contact, that Contact must have an email address.
Very unfortunate because the other user could be texted the invitation, or the sharing app could warn that the user does not have an email address and give me a link to share with the other person.
Farzad
You can choose to share a calendar with one or more people in iCloud. If the Contact does not have iCloud then you may not be able to share with them.
iOS 14.5.1: Cannot Share Calendar W/ Contacts
