Calendar and Reminders Quick Start
You can read this book in whatever order suits your fancy, but I’d encourage you to start with Calendar vs. Reminders to get a good idea of what each app does best. The list below shows the book’s main topics. Click any link to jump to that topic.
Get started with Calendar:
Get the lay of the land and learn about day, week, month, and year views in Meet Calendar.
Learn how to connect Calendar to iCloud and other accounts, create and color-code new calendars, and customize everything from how many days show to how time zones are handled in Set Up Calendar.
Set up your schedule:
In Work with Events, you’ll discover all the ways you can add an event as well as what information it can include. You’ll see how to make events repeat at regular intervals or custom schedules like on the last Monday of the month. We’ll also discuss how to reschedule and delete events.
You’ll never forget an event again after you delve into the nitty gritty of how to Set Up Notifications and how to Set Up Calendar Alerts.
Start sharing:
- Learn how to Invite People to Events, so you can keep track of who’s coming. Make it possible for a group to view and edit a calendar together in Share & Subscribe to Calendars as well as how to create or subscribe to a read-only calendar.
Get started with Reminders:
Go past the deceptively simple exterior of this app in Set Up Reminders. Learn the basics of creating, managing, and sharing lists in Manage Lists.
In Work with Reminders, we look at how to make and manage reminders (including how to assign a reminder to someone and check them off when a deed is done), as well as how to set up alarms at a certain time or a certain place.
Go beyond the basics:
- Learn the best ways to Check Events & Reminders on your Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and HomePod. See how to solve common Calendar and Reminders conundrums in Troubleshoot Problems. Learn the quickest way to share calendars with family members in Share a Family Calendar. Explore how Shortcuts can help you automate complex tasks with Calendar and Reminders in Tap into Shortcuts.