Syncing Facebook Bdays/Events with Other Calendars

I'm sure i'm not alone when I say that without Facebook events/bdays I would be so much more out of the loop. A while ago I realised that I could subscribe to events/bday feeds in my external calendars (in this case, my iPhone). Best; Day; Ever! Suddenly I don't need to be at my computer to know what's going on, which for me is great since I tend to have the 'out of sight out of mind' mentality. Even if I looked at them this morning, ask me at midday and I won't remember a thing I have planned.

In any case, this stopped working for a while, and I finally got around to reenabling it yesterday, so figured I would make a quick post about how to find it for anyone else interested.

Hope you guys enjoy/find it useful! :)

Facebook Event Feed

  • Go to http://www.facebook.com/events/
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page
  • Click on the export link
  • Copy the webcal:// link
  • Go to your favourite calendar application and use it's subscribe feature, pasting in the copied link (on an iPhone if you just click the link it will add it for you)

Facebook Birthday Feed

  • Go to http://www.facebook.com/events/birthdays/
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page
  • Click on the export birthdays link
  • Copy the webcal:// link
  • Go to your favourite calendar application and use it's subscribe feature, pasting in the copied link (on an iPhone if you just click the link it will add it for you)