I would like to essentially move all of my calendar alerts to appear 5 minutes before the event, rather than the time chosen by the event creator (typically 10 minutes). Is there a way to achieve this with Calendar.app? I can configure an extra alert in this menu for 5 minutes before: However, the event-specific alert is still shown. Selecting 'Ignore alerts' in the calendar info will ignore all alerts, even the configured 5 minute alerts in the settings panel: How can I receive only a 5 minute alert for all events?

The following command entered in Terminal will enable the Debug menu in iCal (Lion): defaults write com.apple.iCal IncludeDebugMenu YES I would like to accomplish the same thing in Calendar (Mountain Lion).

I just created an entry in the calendar for today but now I don't see this entry in the calendar. I think I might have entered the date incorrectly, so therefore the entry is not visible in todays view, week or month. Is there any way to get calendar entries by creation time so I can fix this error? I am open to any suggestions. Following systems are available for a solution: - macos Sonoma - iPadOS 17 - iOS 17

I launched the Mac Calendar app, only to see no calendars or events. I quit the app, but on restart it now shows "Updating calendars..." and a never-ending progress bar... Quitting the app doesn't work. Force Quitting the app does close it, but the progress bar is displayed at the next startup as well. How can I move past this screen and update my calendars?

Per-event calendar notifications appear not to have the option of audible/haptic alerts that persist until dismissed. Is there a way to create this feature? As a person who irregularly reads notifications, I'd like to enable selected events to nag me until I acknowledge them so that overlooking key things on my schedule is harder to do. If this feature exists already, how do I enable it for a given event, esp. for notifications on the watch?

Just reiterating a few locked threads that I found reporting the same issue but without any solution/conclusion: - [Calendar reminders - noticeable delay]( https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/calendar-reminders-noticeable-delay/697b23f2-bb8d-44b1-91b3-03bf05dd5ffe) - [Calendar reminders in Outlook for Mac v15.3 show up late](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_mac-mso_365hp/calendar-reminders-in-outlook-for-mac-v153-show-up/06c4e868-9862-4373-8fb0-a56c03267d3b) - [Calendar Reminders late on desktop](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/calendar-reminders-late-on-desktop/1fbde91f-0f0d-41e6-915d-f7eb546aee4d) - [Calendar/Reminder Notifications Late](https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8174496) And *hopefully* some day somebody can have an answer. For my case, MBP desktop, - reminders for first pop up (say 15 mins) and then when snoozed to (say) 5 mins before are normally on time (when pop up shows, the time on the URH corner is still the same, say 9:45, 9:55) - however, it is the the final reminder at the time of the event that constantly show up late, range from 50 seconds to 1.5 minutes (when pop up shows, the time on the URH corner is almost always at least a minute late, say 10:01+) - and today, the final reminder show up one hour late My OS: Mac Catalina $ sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.15.7 BuildVersion: 19H524

If a repeat question, please forgive me. With age, I am losing the memory to check my calendar every day and therefore just forget some issues. I have searched all the major search engines with the following question and find nothing. **When I reopen the desktop from sleep mode, is there a way to force the calendar to open with it so I can check and recheck what is going on in my life?** It seemed to be a simple idea, and notifications are on, but there seems to be no means of activating the calendar to open from sleep. The computer is never turned off so that is not an issue. I just want the calendar to appear whenever it awakes from sleep no matter how many times in a day. Thanks in advance

At my job, I organize large meetings (100+). At the end, I need a list of the email addresses of the people who accepted the invite. How do you export this list from Outlook on a Mac? I know it's possible on a Windows machine. What I really want is some sort of **Meeting > Right Click > Attendees > Accepted > Export** I'd even settle for **Meeting > Right Click > Attendees > Accepted > Reply All**

I have been creating an Apple Script that duplicates calendar items from our shared Family iCloud calendar to a work-related Outlook calendar with the same name (different email address). The following script has been iteratively generated with ChatGPT but it has at least 1 syntax error that I can't fix, relating to the apparently non-existent occurrence property of a Calendar.app event in the following line:

-- NOTE: the following line yields a syntax error "Expected class name but found identifier."
set occurrencesList to every occurrence of thisEvent

Can somebody help me out with this script?

-- Path to a file where we store the event UIDs
set uidFilePath to "~/Documents/icloud_event_uids.txt"

-- Create or read the list of already processed event UIDs
set uidFile to open for access (POSIX path of uidFilePath) with write permission
try
    set processedUIDs to read uidFile as text
on error
    -- If file does not exist, create an empty list
    set processedUIDs to ""
end try

tell application "Calendar"
    -- Select the iCloud calendar
    set sourceCalendar to calendar "Family" -- Replace "iCloud" with the actual calendar name if needed
    set eventList to every event of sourceCalendar
    
    -- Access Outlook application
    tell application "Microsoft Outlook"
        -- Select the Outlook calendar (replace with the name of your desired calendar)
        set targetCalendar to calendar "Calendar" -- Replace "Calendar" with the name of your Outlook calendar
        
        -- Get the current date for comparison
        set currentDate to current date
        set thirtyDaysAgo to currentDate - (30 * days)
        
        -- Normalize currentDate and thirtyDaysAgo to UTC
        set currentDateUTC to convertToUTC(currentDate)
        set thirtyDaysAgoUTC to convertToUTC(thirtyDaysAgo)
        
        -- Check for events older than 30 days in Outlook and remove them
        set outlookEventList to every calendar event of targetCalendar
        repeat with outlookEvent in outlookEventList
            set eventEnd to end time of outlookEvent
            set eventEndUTC to convertToUTC(eventEnd)
            if eventEndUTC < thirtyDaysAgoUTC then
                -- Remove event if its end time is older than 30 days
                delete outlookEvent
                -- Remove the UID of the deleted event from the processed list
                set eventUID to subject of outlookEvent -- Use the subject or another unique property to track this
                set processedUIDs to removeUID(eventUID, processedUIDs)
            end if
        end repeat
        
        repeat with thisEvent in eventList
            -- Get the start time, end time, summary, and UID of the iCloud event
            set eventStart to start date of thisEvent
            set eventEnd to end date of thisEvent
            set eventSummary to summary of thisEvent
            set eventLocation to location of thisEvent
            set eventDescription to description of thisEvent
            set eventUID to id of thisEvent -- iCloud unique identifier (UID)
            
            -- Normalize event start and end times to UTC
            set eventStartUTC to convertToUTC(eventStart)
            set eventEndUTC to convertToUTC(eventEnd)
            
            -- Check if the event UID has already been processed
            if eventUID is not in processedUIDs then
                -- Process this event (e.g., duplicate it into Outlook)
                
                -- Check if it's a recurring event
                if recurrence of thisEvent is not missing value then
                    -- Handle recurring event by extracting all occurrences
                    set recurrenceRule to recurrence of thisEvent
					-- NOTE: the following line yields a syntax error "Expected class name but found identifier."
                    set occurrencesList to every occurrence of thisEvent
                    
                    repeat with occurrence in occurrencesList
                        -- Get start and end time for each occurrence
                        set occurrenceStart to start date of occurrence
                        set occurrenceEnd to end date of occurrence
                        
                        -- Normalize occurrence start and end times to UTC
                        set occurrenceStartUTC to convertToUTC(occurrenceStart)
                        set occurrenceEndUTC to convertToUTC(occurrenceEnd)
                        
                        -- Check if the occurrence already exists in Outlook
                        set eventExists to false
                        set outlookEventList to every calendar event of targetCalendar
                        repeat with outlookEvent in outlookEventList
                            set outlookEventStart to start time of outlookEvent
                            set outlookEventStartUTC to convertToUTC(outlookEventStart)
                            if (outlookEventStartUTC is occurrenceStartUTC) and (subject of outlookEvent is eventSummary) then
                                set eventExists to true
                                exit repeat
                            end if
                        end repeat
                        
                        -- If the occurrence does not exist, create it
                        if eventExists is false then
                            make new calendar event at targetCalendar with properties {subject:eventSummary, start time:occurrenceStart, end time:occurrenceEnd, location:eventLocation, content:eventDescription}
                        end if
                    end repeat
                else
                    -- If it's a single (non-recurring) event, process as usual
                    set eventExists to false
                    set outlookEventList to every calendar event of targetCalendar
                    repeat with outlookEvent in outlookEventList
                        set outlookEventStart to start time of outlookEvent
                        set outlookEventStartUTC to convertToUTC(outlookEventStart)
                        if (outlookEventStartUTC is eventStartUTC) and (subject of outlookEvent is eventSummary) then
                            set eventExists to true
                            exit repeat
                        end if
                    end repeat
                    
                    -- If the event does not exist, create it
                    if eventExists is false then
                        make new calendar event at targetCalendar with properties {subject:eventSummary, start time:eventStart, end time:eventEnd, location:eventLocation, content:eventDescription}
                    end if
                end if
                
                -- Append this event UID to the list of processed UIDs
                set processedUIDs to processedUIDs & eventUID & linefeed
                write processedUIDs to uidFile
            end if
        end repeat
    end tell
end tell

-- Close the file after processing
close access uidFile

-- Function to remove UID from the processed list
on removeUID(thisUID, uidList)
    set textItemDelimiters to linefeed
    set uidListItems to every text item of uidList
    set newUIDList to {}
    
    repeat with currentUID in uidListItems
        if currentUID is not thisUID then
            set end of newUIDList to currentUID
        end if
    end repeat
    
    return (newUIDList as text)
end removeUID

-- Function to convert date to UTC
on convertToUTC(inputDate)
    set timeZoneOffset to (time zone of (current date)) -- Get the current time zone offset
    set utcDate to inputDate - timeZoneOffset -- Convert to UTC by subtracting the offset
    return utcDate
end convertToUTC

My wife and I each share a couple of our calendars with each other all contained in the iOS/iCloud ecosystem. Recently, I started getting calendar event invitations in my calendar app on my mac for events she creates or edits that don't involve me in any way, i.e. I'm not an invitee on the calendar event, e.g. she has a horseback riding lesson event that she schedules occasionally. 1. Why am I getting event invitations for these events? 2. Why am I not getting invitations for other events she creates on the same calendar? 3. Why is it when I decline the invite, it does not show up in the replied events alongside other declined events? 4. How the heck do I stop these superfluous invites from happening in the first place? I could switch the calendar to a subscribed calendar to stop receiving these invites, but I do occasionally make updates to her calendar if she asks, so that's not ideal. I have "Ignore alerts" checked on that calendar. This seems like a bug. Has anyone run into this before and solved it?

I have an Automator script (app) that simply does few clicks in an app. This script is launched via a calendar event. The script is scheduled and run from a different admin account than the account that is "physically" opened on the computer screen. Here is how it goes : when I test the script while connected with Screen Sharing, the script run just fine. But if I leave the Screen Sharing app (the user session should still be running in background), the script return an error when launched by the calendar event **"Watch me do error : (OSStatus error -50)"**. If I do the same, but I schedule the script from the other admin account (the one "physically" opened on the computer screen), it runs fine. I already set the permissions in Privacy settings to the script. It seems to be a problem of Automator script execution when runned on a "not on the screen" user account.

I'd like to create an event of my flight which is between two cities in different time zones on macOS. I know I can do it on iOS but can't make it work on mac. Let's say my **departure (start)** is on **11:40 (CET)** and **arrival (end)** is at **14:20 (EET)**. macOS (seems like there is one setting for both **start** and **end**): iOS (separate timezone settings for **start** and **end**):

If I subscribe to a calendar in the iOS calendar app, it is only visible on that device: However, in the past I’ve been able to add a calendar subscription to my iCloud account so it syncs across all devices: I can’t see for the life of me how I did this. I think it was from the settings app but I can’t find the option on my iPhone (iOS 18) or iPad (iPadOS 17). I’ve read I can do it from a Mac, but I don’t own a Mac so I know I never did it that way. How can I add a subscription so it’s synced to all my devices?

When traveling, I carry an old MacBook Air running Big Sur, and I use the stock macOS Calendar.app. I live in the Pacific Time Zone, and am now traveling in the Central European Time Zone. While traveling, I often view and manage home time zone appointments and dates. So that these entries appear accurately in Calendar, I turn on Time Zone Support in Calendar > Preferences, set to reflect my home time zone. Calendar then displays in my home time zone, as I wish. However, the time and date in the Mac’s Menu Bar clock then reflect the home time and date, not the time and date where I am in a different time zone. I would prefer the Menu Bar to reflect the time and date of my actual physical location, while the displayed calendar shows the time and date in my home time zone. Can this be accomplished in the stock macOS?

A calendar I am subscribed to is up-to-date and represented accurately on my iPhone, but not on my MacBook. I keep refreshing calendars ⌘R, quitting and reopening Calendar.app, went into preferences to set "refresh calendars" to manually, and then refreshed, but still I can't see events that my iPhone is showing me to exist.

Due to the current situation I'm using a lot of video conferencing software to meet with other people. I organise my daily schedule using Apple Calendar Version 11.0 and noticed that when I'm using a Zoom link as the location for an event, a nice telephone symbol appears. When clicking on it I get redirected to the said link and can conveniently open Zoom. However, when I use less popular video conferencing tools (e.g. https://bigbluebutton.org/) this doesn't work. Is there a way to achieve the same behaviour for less popular tools as for e.g. Zoom?

I have an iMac ( 2017 ) running Catalina 10.15. A year and half ago when I was running Mojave I purchased Adobe photoshop Elements 2019 directly from Adobe . The program was very glitchy but did function after a fashion. When I upgraded to Catalina, Elements got even worse and the only solution Adobe wanted to offer was to get me to pay more money and then to continue to do so. When I bought Elements 2019 it was not available in the App store and now it is. My question is this: is the ability to design and print the multipage wall calendars that are part of the Adobe purchased app, still available in the App store version?

Problem -------- Calendar invites sent to my email (usually .ics attachments, as they originate from a customers' Exchange server) do not add and sync to my calendar. The UI to handle the calendar invite differs from my wife's phone (as evidenced in the screenshots below. Invites work as expected on her phone, but not on mine. This happens to be the case on all of my iOS devices (iPad, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 7). My devices (all iOS 14.0.1) ----------- iPad 6th Generation, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 7 (no SIM) My wife's devices (iOS 14.0.1) ----------- iPhone 11 Services (all inclusive and simplified, for troubleshooting) ----- - iCloud Mail and Calendar DISABLED on both of our accounts - Google account connected, syncing Mail, Contacts and Calendars - Default Mail and Calendar on all accounts are not Gmail and Google Calendar Detail (My devices) ------ When I receive a meeting invitation, there is an .ics attachment. When tapping on that attachment, I am presented with a card that has "Add to calendar" and "Delete Event" at the bottom. - My name appears in the invitee list with a gray "?" - Tapping on "Add to Calendar" brings up another card where I can choose the calendar to add the event to (in this case, I choose Personal Calendar, but it doesn't matter what calendar I choose, the results are the same). - I then tap "Done" in upper right corner - Card disappears - Event never shows up on calendar, and never syncs back to the cloud (Google, in this case, but could be iCloud, Outlook.com or Exchange) Screenshot ----- Detail (Wife's device) ----- When she receives a meeting invitation (from same source), the same .ics attachment appears. When tapping on that attachment, she is presented with a card that has "Accept", "Maybe", and "Decline" at the bottom. - Her name appears in the invite list with a green "checkmark" - Tapping "Accept" immediately adds the event to her calendar (visible in iOS Calendar app as well as web version of Google Calendar Screenshot ----- Troubleshooting ----- - Performed a full factory reset and set up device AS NEW (not restored) - Deleted and re-added iOS Mail application - Installed Gmail application from App Store (to determine if that application provided different sync functionality to default iOS apps) - Installed Outlook app from App Store (Outlook RSVP also didn't work on any calendar) - INTERESTING NOTE: If Siri detects an event in the email message and I tap on the small bar at the top that says "Siri found 1 event", it WILL add to my calendar. I am at a loss as to what could be different on my device or account that is preventing my Mail and Calendar from behaving as they should, and it is creating issue with meeting invites accepted while traveling. I have to actually accept on a laptop OR hope Siri finds an event and tap that to add it to the calendar. Any help you all could provide would be appreciated! Regards

We use Mac / calendar / iCloud here at my company for time management. In my personal life, I use google Calendar. So I import my google calendar into my Mac Calendar. This works great, I can see all my events in one place. Problem: other people cannot see when I am busy on my personal calendar. The "Check Availability" option shows me as available during the times I have personal events. Here is a screenshot showing a concrete example. The blue event "PERSONAL EVENT" from 12PM to 1PM is my personal event. In the screenshot I am creating a new "WORK EVENT" from 2PM to 3PM. **You can see in the "Check Availability" window that my availability does not include the personal event. Why?** I found a setting in the imported calendar named "Event affects availability". It was already checked. The name makes me think that the imported calendar should already be affecting availability? But it is not. Is there any way for me to indicate that I'm busy for my imported Google events on my Apple Mac Calendar?

I have long ago discovered that if I want to keep calendar event times in the local time zone to set the time zone as floating. In reality, that’s no time zone at all. This really important when scheduling flights. This is easy enough to do in the Calendar app on macOS. It’s also easy to do if I construct VCALENDAR events manually. In either case, it works well on my iPhone (or iPad). The problem is that I can’t find a way to do this from iOS itself. The timezone options don’t include floating, which means that though I can add an event on my iPhone, I have to go to a Mac to finish the job. Is there a way to set the timezone to floating / remove the timezone on iOS? From the Calendar app, a third party app, a shortcut or even some code in Swift? __Edit:__ A simple workaround is t create a dummy event on the Mac with a floating timezone. On the iPhone, I can then copy and paste as many times as I like.