Bookly Apple Calendar (Add-on) provides seamless real-time synchronization between your Bookly and Apple Calendar. This integration keeps all your calendar data up to date, helping you stay organized, prevent scheduling conflicts, and never miss important appointments.
Setup
- Purchase, download, install, and activate the Bookly Apple Calendar (Add-on) in Plugins.
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For each staff member who should be connected to Apple Calendar, create an app-specific password by following these steps:
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Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in with the account that will be used for synchronization.
- Navigate to:
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Account → Sign-In and Security → App-Specific Passwords
Create a new password and save the generated value
Please note that this value is displayed only once
- Go to Bookly → Staff Members.
- Click Edit for the required staff member and open the Advanced tab.
- In the Apple Calendar integration section, enter the staff member’s iCloud email address and the app-specific password created in Step 2, then click Connect. If everything is configured correctly, the page will refresh automatically.
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Return to the Advanced tab and select the calendar that should be used for synchronization.
- Click Save.
Synchronization settings
Go to Bookly → Settings → Apple Calendar and choose the synchronization mode that best suits your needs.
One-way sync
All new appointments created in Bookly, as well as any further updates, will appear in Apple Calendar.
Two-way sync
All updates made in Bookly will automatically sync to Apple Calendar.
Additionally, Bookly will treat time slots occupied by Apple Calendar events as unavailable for booking.
Note
Please note: events originally created in Apple Calendar are not automatically displayed in Bookly Calendar in real time. To import them manually, go to Bookly → Calendar and click the Apple Calendar button.
All events from the connected calendar will then be fetched into Bookly.
If you choose Two-way sync, you can define how many days of past appointments should be synchronized using the Sync appointments history field.
For example, entering 1 will sync appointments starting from yesterday.
The initial synchronization process may take some time depending on the number of events being synchronized.
The Limit number of fetched events option allows you to restrict the number of imported events. This helps prevent PHP memory issues when Bookly attempts to retrieve a large volume of events from Apple Calendar.
Display settings
Bookly also allows you to configure how booking information is displayed in Apple Calendar.
Use the event title template to define which details should appear in the Apple Calendar event title.
Use the event description template to insert appointment-related placeholders and display the required booking information in the event description.