Logging iCal and AddressBook communication

Learn how to gather client side logs for the iCal and Address Book applications communicating with Kerio Connect.

Calendar (iCal) with CalDAV account

In the Terminal, use the following command:

defaults write com.apple.iCal LogHTTPActivity yes

The logs are stored in System Console.

Contacts (Address Book) with CardDAV account

Mac OS X 10.7 & Mac OS X 10.8

In the Terminal, use the following command:

defaults write com.apple.AddressBook.CardDAVPlugin EnableDebug -bool YES

defaults write com.apple.AddressBook.CardDAVPlugin LogConnectionDetails -bool YES

The logs are stored in System Console and ~/Library/Logs/CardDAVPlugin/.