Set Up Notifications

What a Calendar or Reminders notification looks like on your Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Apple Watch depends on each device’s Notifications settings. In addition, whether a notification appears in Notification Center depends on the settings. Let’s take a quick look at how you can make your Notifications settings work best for you.

Notifications on Your Mac

What your notifications ultimately look like—and sound like—depends on the settings in System Preferences > Notifications. After you open this pane, select Calendar or Reminders in the list on the left to view your options on the right. Figure 106 shows the Calendar options, but your choices are identical if you’ve selected Reminders.

Figure 106: To change Calendar’s ...

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