Birtdays in shared calendar

Birthay information from the address book only seems to appear in the local ical, but not in the icloud ical. Is there a remedy?
Also, is 'birthday' the only annual event that's marked with a special symbol. Are there no similar facilities for recurrent anniversaries - e.g. 'in memoriam; wedding anniversaries; etc.? - Or do these have to be in separate 'calendars'?
Alan Butcher

Hi Alan,
I suggest you try my application Dates to iCal.
As well as automatically syncing birthday dates from Address Book, Dates to iCal 2 can sync anniversary and custom dates. It can set up to five alarms for each date in iCal and can also set different alarms for birthdays and anniversaries.
It is shareware, you can try it for free 2 weeks before needing a £4 registration code.
Best wishes
John M
As I sell software on my site and ask for donations, the Apple Support Communities Use Agreementrequires that I state that I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

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