Unable to Accept, Maybe, or Decline calendar invites received as attachments from iPhone 90% of the time

Most of the time when I receive a calendar invite to my iCloud address, it comes as two attachments to the email. Mime Attachment.ics and invite.ics. When I open either, generally it adds to my calendar without the ability to respond with Accept, Maybe, or Decline.


When I go into my calendar app and click on the newly created event, the options are also not present.


When I click "Inbox" on my calendar app, likewise, no invites are listed to respond to.


However, when I open my MacBook, the Apple Calendar app does present the option to respond to the invites added.


About 10% of the time, when I add an invite, it pops up with the ability to respond. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Posted on Apr 20, 2023 8:42 AM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2024 6:26 PM

I had this same issue and the solution I found was to go into Settings > Yourname > Apps using iCloud > iCloud Calendar in Account Settings (send Receive) updated so your calendar requests will be sent from your iCloud email.


That change resolved my issue.

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Jan 15, 2024 6:32 PM in response to averyfisher

If I receive a calendar invitation to my email (iCloud.com) I can see an .ics attachment and I can add the meeting to my iCloud calendar but I cannot reply (accept, maybe, decline).


If it is to another email (like outlook.com) I cannot download or open the .ics file and cannot add it to my calendar (iCloud calendar) but if I turn on the right options, I can add it to my other provider calendar (which I don’t use). However, if I open Mail on my MacBook Air, I can add it to iCloud Calendar with no problem but still no ability to RSVP.

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