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How to Use iOS Calendar Smarter and Faster: One of the most important things we use to stay on top of things is an online calendar. It keeps track of my dogs’ monthly heartworm pills and other appointments, events, and birthdays. People use calendars to plan their lives, like figuring out the best time to take a trip or the most important dates during a pregnancy.
If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Mac and use Apple’s Calendar app, you probably learned how to make and manage appointments right away. Since it first came out, though, the app has become much more interesting and useful. There are a few new skills and features you should learn because they can make your use of a calendar not only more effective but also more interesting.
How to Use iOS Calendar Smarter and Faster
Move Event & Appointment Times the Fast Way
- Within Calendars app, tap on the date with the event you wish to quickly change the time for
- Tap and hold on the event itself, then drag the event up or down to move times, or drag the event to the left or right to change days
Quickly Change an Events Associated Calendar in iOS
Need to change an appointment or events associated calendar on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch? Rather than deleting the event and adding a new one in the other calendar, just make a quick adjustment for the event itself to relocate it:
- Launch Calendars and then tap on the event you wish to change calendars for
- Tap “Edit” and then tap on “Calendar”
- Select the new calendar to reassign the event to, and then tap on “Done”
Create New Events & Appointments from Emails & Check for Schedule Conflicts
- Open any email message with a date and time in the message, then tap and hold on the time and choose “Create Event”
Wondering if there may be a scheduling conflict with a particular date and time mentioned in an email? Reveal that precise time and date in the Calendar app to see if there is any overlapping appointment, or if an event is too nearby to work out:
- Tap and hold the date in an email, then choose “Show in Calendar” to quickly look for conflicts
Set a New Appointment with Siri
- Summon Siri and say “Create appointment at [time] on [date] for [purpose]“
Navigate Between Days, Months, and Years at Lightning Speed
- Tap and hold on the Forward or Back arrows to fast navigate
FAQs
The most probable reasons for the slow Calendar app issue are listed below. Your iPhone may not be updated properly to the latest software update. A network issue may be causing this problem. The version of Calendar is outdated.
Google Calendar is also the most useful app if you’re someone who isn’t locked into one ecosystem. Since it’s available on every platform, you can easily use it with your Windows PC, an Android smartphone, an iPhone, and a Mac. Google Calendar also easily handles scheduling and sending invitations.
When it comes down to it, Google Calendar has a lot more advanced features and integrations than Apple Calendar. Some examples: You can integrate Google Calendar with Zapier to connect it to thousands of other apps, so you don’t spend time creating events or copy/pasting event info.