diff --git a/calendar/mac/createMacXPI.sh b/calendar/mac/createMacXPI.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+suffix="so"
+
+if [ -f calendar_mac.xpi ]; then 
+   rm -rf calendar_mac.xpi
+fi
+
+mkdir -p viewer/components
+mkdir -p viewer/chrome
+ln -sf ../../../../dist/bin/components/libxpical.$suffix viewer/components/libxpical.$suffix
+ln -sf ../../../../dist/bin/components/calendar.xpt viewer/components/calendar.xpt
+ln -sf ../../../resources/content viewer/chrome/
+ln -sf ../../../resources/locale viewer/chrome/
+ln -sf ../../../resources/skin viewer/chrome/
+find install.js viewer/components viewer/chrome/content/ viewer/chrome/locale/ viewer/chrome/skin/ \( -name CVS \) -prune -o -print | xargs zip calendar_mac.xpi