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Ever wonder if you want to schedule a meeting or invite somebody through mail ? how can it be possible ?

From here the answer arises , it can be possible by iCalendar/ ICS file.

An ICS file contains the schedule of an event or a meeting that has time date and location in it.

Lets talk about it briefly.

If you wants to fix an upcoming meeting or schedule an upcoming event that contains date, time, location and description , you can use iCalendar scheduling In that case , iCalendar or ICS is compatible in multiple platforms and contains the ability to share the ICS files from different platforms.

However there is some more information about ICS file . the ICS files contains the file extension of f .ics and the file format of ICS is plain text which is universal format.

Note: Sometimes users may find the problem of sharing files ,that’s usually because the ICS file the users is having is too large . To overcome this problem ,SysTools created a separate software called SysTools ICS Splitter , SysTools ICS splitter , splits the large files into small sub parts i.e. of (1Mb-10MB) .so that the user can easily share those files . Apart from that there is one more problem that may occur .If the user is having multiple files and it’ll be difficult to send those files in one go , To overcome this problem the same software company SysTools, created a software named SysTools ICS Merger. Basically this software merge all the files together and user can easily share the files in one go.

Elements that ICS File Contains

• Title
• Summary and description
• Start and end times
• Location
• Alert trigger 

What Does .ics Mean and Why it is Different From ICS File

ICS file or iCalendar scheduling is nothing but the process of scheduling the upcoming events or a meeting and can easily share the calendar details that contains,  (date, time, location and description )via Email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Google calendar , Apple calendar etc.

On the other hand, .ics is a file extension of ICS file, all the files are saved in .ics .

How to Open & Use ICS File in Different Systems

You can use ICS file in multiple platforms as it is compatible with multiple email clients , however using the ICS file differ from platform to platform and they’re having different set of steps to export those files and import also

Here are some steps to export and import ICS files

1) How to open an ICS file in desktop

If you are using Google calendar as a default calendar

1. You can open the Google calendar application on your desktop .
2. You’ll find a gear icon, click on that icon and search for the setting option by simply scrolling down .
3. click on the setting option and you’ll be able to see the export and import option there .

So that’s how you can import and export ICS file in your desktop.

2) How to open ICS file in android :

For import

1. You have to open the file manager that is already present in your android mobile phones.
2. find the .ics file in your file manager and click on that file.
3. You’ll see the pop message that shows the “open with” message and you can select the particular calendar application that you are using .
4. you will be directed to the particular application and will able to see the information

 3) How to open ICS file in IOS:

Generally there are only two known ways to get a calendar file to actually show the “Add to Calendar” option:

Core Components that ICS File Contains

1) BEGIN:VCALENDAR / END:VCALENDAR (wrapper of the file).

2) Events (VEVENT): Information about a specific event.

3) To-do items (VTODO): Tasks and deadlines.

4) Journal entries (VJOURNAL): Notes or logs.

5) Free/Busy information (VFREEBUSY): Availability details.

6) Time zones (VTIMEZONE): Ensures accurate time across regions.

Key Properties that ICS File Contains

CONCLUSION

An ICS or iCalendar scheduling  contains the calendar data which is used in day to day life for sharing the upcoming events or used for scheduling the upcoming meeting by providing the recipient the complete information that  contains date , time , location and description . That’s how we can describe the answer for “ what does ICS file contains”