Installing the Oracle Calendar Desktop Client for Mac OS X

Before you begin

The Oracle Calendar desktop client for Mac OS X requires Mac OS 10.1.5 or higher. If you need to access dCal from previous Mac OS versions, use the Oracle Calendar Web client.

Download and install the client

The Oracle Calendar desktop clients for use with dCal are available from the dCal software downloads page.

  1. Download and open the package for Mac OS X .
  2. Drag the Oracle Calendar application to the Applications folder.

Note: There is a known bug in Oracle Calendar for Mac OS X version 10.1.2.3 making the software usable only by the installing user. If you are installing this application in a shared environment (computer lab, shared computer, etc.) or doing administrative installs, please contact us for the work-around.

Next steps

Now that you have the Oracle Calendar desktop client for Mac OS X installed, configure the client to connect to the dCal server. Server-based authentication provides a reasonable level of security and requires no additional software; Kerberos authentication provides a higher level of security and provides a persistent login lasting at least 10 hours. Also, other Kerberos-aware applications (SAP's "Authentic Login", Mulberry, etc.) will use the same Kerberos ticket as dCal. Select the desired method below.