Mac Kung Fu, 2nd Edition

Tip 137

Create an Event from an Email or Web Page

Here’s how to quickly create new Calendar events.

Creating a Calendar Event from an Email

Click and drag an email from the list within Mail onto a day displayed in the Calendar app, and you’ll automatically create an event named after the title of the email.

If you drag and drop onto a day shown within Day or Week view, you’ll be able to set the time for the event by moving it up and down vertically before releasing the mouse button (the appointment time is automatically set for an hour, which is default).

If Calendar is set to Month view, the time of the event will default to midday when you drop the email onto a particular day, but you can easily change this by clicking the Edit button in the ...