MacBook Air: Unwanted invites for self-created iCloud events

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MacBook Air: Unwanted invites for self-created iCloud events

Question about Calendar on MacBook Air, 2022, running Tahoe 26.2: In the last few months, whenever I create an event within my own iCloud calendar, I receive a pop-up invitation for the event from "Somebody". Details regarding the calendar: The iCloud calendar is set up publicly so I can sync it with my work Exchange account, and I sync my work Exchange account to my personal laptop for cross-calendar visibility. That means from my MacBook Air I do see a "home" calendar listed in the Exchange calendar list, BUT I have it unchecked so I'm not seeing duplicate events all the time. Additionally, I have confirmed the invite is coming directly from the iCloud calendar event, not the Exchange duplicate. If I leave the Exchange calendar visible then I understandably get duplicate invite prompts from that calendar. I also get invite popups for every single Exchange calendar event even when I've accepted everything from the work Exchange account, which is annoying, but I figure is just the two platforms not playing well together, which will be unavoidable and too low a priority for anyone to bother fixing. Anyone else have this issue? Any fix possible other than keeping it entirely separate from the Exchange calendar (which isn't an option since I need visibility of all my calendars, personal and work, within a single calendar)?

MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Posted on Dec 31, 2025 8:41 AM

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muguy

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Dec 31, 2025 8:51 AM in response to CatCow

Do you not have both account set up on your Mac? Are you not using the checkboxes in calendar to display both?

I have work, personal, etc. all set up separately and just toggle on/off the checkboxes if needed. Not really understanding the public sync and what you're trying to accomplish.

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CatCow Author

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Dec 31, 2025 9:16 AM in response to muguy

Sorry some details weren't clear. I have both accounts set up on my Mac, and also set up on my work PC in Outlook. I am using the checkboxes to display only what I want to see while not showing duplicated calendars. By public sync, I mean that I make my iCloud "home" calendar published or visible so that I could add it to the work Outlook calendar. I need both my home iCloud and work Exchange calendars visible on my Mac AND on my PC Outlook, thus they are connected/synced across both platforms. Here's what it looks like from Calendar, the "Home" calendar is the duplicate and you can see I have it unchecked in the Exchange account (minor redaction there):

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