Macs All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

Chapter 2

Staying on Schedule with Calendar

IN THIS CHAPTER

Navigating the Calendar window

Viewing calendars

Creating and storing events

Finding the events you’re looking for

Organizing tasks with Reminders

You’re busy. You may rely on a planner, random scraps of paper, sticky notes attached to your computer, or your memory to keep track of obligations, appointments, and commitments. Your Mac comes with an alternative: Calendar, which is Apple’s calendar application. Calendar helps you track appointments and reminds you of tasks or deadlines.

In this chapter, first we introduce the Calendar interface. Then we show you how to create calendars and access them from different sources. Next, we explain how to put events (what Calendar calls anything such as an appointment, a birthday, or whatever else that requires a time/date reference) on your calendar(s). We talk about sharing your calendar with your other devices and with other people, both online and in print. And while we’re on ...