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How to email or message Calendar event participants

Calendar Year View on Mac

When you create an event in Calendar, you can easily attach files, notes, and even links. Plus, you can add these types of items after you set up the initial event. But that doesn’t guarantee your participants will notice these additions. Sometimes, sending a message ahead of the event is the way to go.

You may not realize it, but the Calendar app on Mac gives you a simple way to email or message all event participants at once. So you can send an email with file or message them with important details ahead of time. Here, we’ll show you how to use this somewhat hidden feature in Calendar.

Downtime: 392: Spring Loaded Event Fantasy Draft

It’s Fantasy Draft time again! With Apple’s Spring Loaded event coming up, Sebastien and Cody play out their favorite game where they try to guess what Apple will unveil including new iPads, Macs, AirTags and more. It’s fun and competitive, and listeners can even join in and make their own picks. You don’t want to miss this!

Easy ways to reply to Calendar event invitations on Mac

Mac Calendar Event Invitations

When you receive an invitation to a Calendar event on Mac, you have more than one way to see it and reply to it.

Depending on how your notifications are set up, you might see an alert on your screen, in the Notification Center, or badge app icon in your Dock. You should also have email for the invitation waiting for you in your mailbox and a notification in the Calendar app itself.

With the flexibility you have for viewing Calendar event invitations, you also have several ways to reply to them. Here, we’ll walk you through your options.

How to propose a new time for a Calendar event invitation

Propose New Time for Calendar Event on iPhone

When you receive an event invitation, you may have a conflict with the date or time. In the Calendar app, you can propose a new time to the event organizer. This saves you from phone calls or the back and forth via email to reschedule the event. You can propose a new time before or after you accept the event invitation.

Here, we’ll show you how to use the built-in feature for proposing a new time for a Calendar event. And we’ll walk you through it on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

How to work with all-day and multi-day events in Calendar

Calendar Year View on Mac

As we all know, events don’t always last an hour or two. A holiday, anniversary, or birthday lasts all day long. Vacations, getaways, and conferences can last days or even weeks. So when you want to add an all-day or multi-day event to Calendar, you’ll need to do it the right way to avoid overlap, confusion, or mistakes.

Here, we’ll show you how to create and edit all-day and multi-day events in the Calendar app.

Check out an AR surprise for the upcoming “One more thing” Apple Silicon Macs event

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One of the more interesting products Apple unveiled today was the new iPhone 12 mini. It's almost identical to the iPhone 12, but it has a smaller 5.4-inch display, a smaller overall footprint, and a slightly cheaper price tag. Here are some other things you may not have known about the incoming handset.