Thank you very much for sending this. I have been having problems with my calendar and was getting ready to ask for help on this list so you spared everyone from my questions, lol!. Teresa☺
On 3/6/18, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > How to customize your Calendar settings on iPhone and iPad > > With Apple's built-in Calendar app, you have lots of customization options > to make it work the way you need it to. > By Lory Gil, 19 Jan 2018 > > The built-in Calendar app on iPhone and iPad is not only Apple's specially > designed event tracker, it's also a gateway to many other productivity apps > that sync with it to provide useful information for your daily life. Even > if > you use a different calendar service, like Google or Microsoft, you can > link > those services to your Calendar app to get the most out of your daily > planning. Apple's Calendar app has lots of dedicated customizations that > you > can use to help make it work for you. Here's how to set them up the way you > want. > . How to set up calendar accounts > . How to change the default time zone for calendar alerts > . How to select an alternate calendar type > . How to turn week numbers on and off > . How to turn invitee decliners on and off > . How to manage calendar syncing > . How to set default alert times > . How to set the start of your week > . How to set a default calendar > . How to turn location suggestions on and off > . How to turn Events Found in Apps on and off > > How to setup calendar accounts > Whether you're using iCloud, Gmail, Outlook, or a dedicated IMAP account, > you can set it up to sync with the built-in Calendar app on iPhone and > iPad. > Note: If you've already set up your email account, you may have already > completed these steps. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Accounts & Passwords. > 3. Tap Add Account. > 4. Select an account service like iCloud, Google, or Outlook. > 5. Sign in with your account login credentials. > 6. Turn on the Calendars switch to sync that account's calendar. > > How to change the default time zone for calendar alerts > By default, your iPhone and iPad will automatically change time zones as > you > move about the country. However, you may want your calendar information to > stay in the time zone you live or work in. If you want to change the > default > time zone, you can override it in your Calendar's settings. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Time Zone Override. > 4. Turn on the Time Zone Override switch. > 5. Tap Time Zone. > 6. Search for the city you want to change the time zone to. > 7. Tap the city to change the default time zone for your Calendar app. > > How to select an alternate calendar type > If you usually follow the Chinese, Hebrew, or Islamic calendar, you can > make > that your default calendar type instead of the western one. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Alternate Calendars. > 4. Tap Chinese, Hebrew, or Islamic. > > How to turn week numbers on and off > By default, the Calendar app numbers each week in the year. For some, this > is a useful way to quickly see how many weeks have gone buy, but for > others, > it's unnecessary information. You can turn this feature off or on to your > liking. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Turn the Week Numbers switch off or on. > > How to turn invitee decliners on and off > If you're big on inviting others to events, you may want to know everyone > that has confirmed and declined the invitation. You may, however, not have > any interest in who is not attending your event. You can turn this feature > off or on to your liking. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Turn the Show Invitee Declines switch off or on. > > How to manage calendar syncing > In order to keep data usage and internal storage to a minimum, your iPhone > and iPad, by default, only sync back one month. If you're likely to be > looking for older event information from your various calendars, you can > change how far back your accounts are synced. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Sync. > 4. Tap the time frame you want to sync back to. > > How to set default alert times > You can specify what time you want to receive an alert for an event on your > calendar. This does not override any events that you have manually selected > a notification time. It's for default event notifications for Birthdays, > timed events, and all-day events > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Default Alert Times. > 4. Select the alert you want to set a default time for. > 5. Select the time you want to receive the alert. > > How to set a reminder to leave on time > You can also enable the ability to receive an alert to remind you what time > you should leave in order to make it to your event based on typical travel > time for events where you have an address included. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Default Alert Times. > 4. Turn the Time to Leave switch on. > > How to set the start of your week > In the U.S., our standard calendar starts on a Sunday, but that may not be > right for you. Maybe you think of Mondays as the beginning of your week. If > you work a different schedule than 9-5/M-F, you might consider Saturdays > the > first day of the week. You can select any day to start your week off with > in > the Calendar app. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Start Week On. > 4. Tap a day of the week. > > How to set a default calendar > You may be trying to manage multiple calendars from your work, home, and > other activities. One of them will always be your main calendar - the one > you usually create events for. You can set one specific calendar as your > default, which means events created and shared will automatically be from > that specific account unless you switch to a different one manually. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Default Calendar. > 4. Select the calendar that you want to be your default. > > How to turn location suggestions on and off > When you're creating an event, the Calendar app includes a feature that > will > make locations suggestions based on what you've title it. For example, if > your scheduled to meet someone for lunch at Applebees, the Calendar app > will > suggest that you add the nearest Applebees location to the event, which > will > help if you're hoping to get a notification when it's time to leave for > your > luncheon. You can turn this feature on or off to your liking. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Turn the Location Suggestions switch off or on. > > How to turn Events Found in Apps on and off > When you're trying to find out when a specific meeting is, or when > someone's > birthday is, you can use Siri and Spotlight Search to help track it down. > For privacy reasons, Apple gives you the option to enable or disable the > ability to use Siri and Search to access your Calendar app in order to find > the information you're looking for. > 1. Launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad. > 2. Tap Calendar. > 3. Tap Siri & Search. > 4. Turn Search & Siri Suggestions on or off. > 5. Turn Find Events in Other Apps on or off, depending on whether you > want to keep your events only in the Calendar app. > > Original Article at: > https://m.imore.com/how-customize-your-calendar-settings-iphone-and-ipad > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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