Apple's Contacts Support

[q6276270]

Hello,
is there any possibility for support of Apple’s Contacts on Mac OSX? I’ve tried to login on both on radicale 0.9 and 2.x and both times (for 2.x considering the fix given in #269) I managed to login but not to write to contacts.
Thanks for your time!

[martinhoefling]

I have the same problem, radicale 2.0.8, here's the log of my reverse proxy.

- [08/Nov/2017:20:39:37 +0000] "PROPFIND /.well-known/carddav HTTP/1.1" 404 60 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
- [08/Nov/2017:20:39:37 +0000] "PROPFIND / HTTP/1.1" 401 61 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:37 +0000] "PROPFIND / HTTP/1.1" 207 230 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:37 +0000] "OPTIONS /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:42 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 384 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:43 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 756 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:43 +0000] "PROPFIND /.well-known/carddav HTTP/1.1" 404 60 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:43 +0000] "PROPFIND / HTTP/1.1" 207 230 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:43 +0000] "OPTIONS /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:48 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 384 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:39:48 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 756 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
- [08/Nov/2017:20:46:29 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/f4cda0ec-2f65-8f51-b17f-25bae7eed16e/ HTTP/1.1" 401 61 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:29 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/f4cda0ec-2f65-8f51-b17f-25bae7eed16e/ HTTP/1.1" 207 298 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
- [08/Nov/2017:20:46:29 +0000] "OPTIONS /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
- [08/Nov/2017:20:46:34 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 401 61 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:34 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 384 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:34 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 756 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:35 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/f4cda0ec-2f65-8f51-b17f-25bae7eed16e/ HTTP/1.1" 207 298 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:35 +0000] "OPTIONS /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 200 0 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:40 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 384 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"
martin [08/Nov/2017:20:46:40 +0000] "PROPFIND /martin/ HTTP/1.1" 207 756 "-" "Mac OS X/10.13.1 (17B48) AddressBook/1806" "-"

After setting up, the account is shown in radicale but no contacts are shown. f4cda0ec-2f65-8f51-b17f-25bae7eed16e is an addressbook created and synced from another application.

Any ideas what could fix the problem?

[tmst]

I had Radicale 0.7 events and contacts set up on my old Mac running 10.5. Everything worked as expected. Radicale was running on Linux over the local network. I sure miss the old thing after using Linux on the desktop.

[martinhoefling]

I tried Radicale 2.1.8 with high sierra contacts app.

[tmst]

Have you tried getting Radicale to work with any other client besides the contacts app?

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[q6276270]

No I haven't. I wanted my server software to be open source and to be able to interface with the native mac programs. Contacts are not that important to me. However I was hopeful that the issue would be resolved after some time. Mind you, I'm not trying to insist in any way. If support for Apple's contacts is not desired or too much work for whatever reason, just let me know and I'll be happy.

[return42]

Here, Radicale 2.x on a Linux host behind Apache works like a charm with Apple's Contacts and "Calendar" client. If you really want to get some help from community, please study the logs. If this does not help, come back with more detail information.

[Unrud]

I have the same problem, radicale 2.0.8, here's the log of my reverse proxy.

We need the logging output from Radicale. Start it with the --debug argument.

works like a charm with Apple's Contacts

Does it work without any special configuration?

[HaJoSa]

I also tried Radicale 2.1.8 with high sierra contacts app and activated debugging.
But I can't log in to radicale: Contacts app throws an error - Account/Password could not be verified
(in German "Accountname/Passwort konnte nicht überprüft werden")
But the contactas app does not ask radicale at all, since there is not entry in the log file.
Btw. The calendar app work as expected with radicale on Mac High Sierra.

[HaJoSa]

After doing some research on the owncloud forum I found following solution
thanks to user calmch on central.owncloud.org:

• In the Add Account window I choose the "Manual" option;
• I entered with username and password;
• In the server address I entered with a complete address in one line, i. e.,
  http://EXAMPLE.COM:MY_SERVER_PORT/USERNAME/ADdRESSBOOK

It seems that there is a bug in MacOS contacts client software, as it cannot compose the correct server link from the separated parameters we give to it. When we write manually the complete server link, as shown above, there is no need to compose the link and the login process succeeds.
I hope this solution could be useful to someone.

[q6276270]

@HaJoSa
I tried this some time ago. It was not successful, i.e. I couldn't login or I still couldn't write to the server. I only remember that it didn't solve my problem.

[return42]

@HaJoSa : I guess you are german speaker .. may it helps if you read my (german) article about macOS Contacts & Radicale. http://return42.github.io/handsOn/radicale/dav_client.html#apple-kontakte

[HaJoSa]

@return42 : Thanks for the link.
Before my friend upgraded his Mac to High Sierra I never had problems with the contacts app.

[return42]

@HaJoSa : Does the link help?

Before my friend upgraded his Mac to High Sierra I never had problems with the contacts app.

Ok, I have to say, that I have not tested with "high Sierra". What I have tested was "Sierra" (10.12.6). I have a handfull of old mac's with a remaining period. I don't buy these new macs (IMO crap hardware) and I upgrade mac OS as late as possible. My experience; every time I upgrade mac OS I got new iTunes & Cloud crap and apps like Calender & Contatcs are broken by some means or other .. Mac has had its days .. so sad.

[HaJoSa]

@return42 : your link is very helpfull.
I do not own a Mac myself but I give help to people with Macs ;-)
And they want support even on new system updates.

[return42]

but I give help to people with Macs ;-) And they want support even on new system updates.

you got my commiseration :)

If you think I can help you, contact me directly via eMail (my adress is given under the linked page) or leave an issue on https://github.com/return42/handsOn (its all german)