#CALENDAR CHECK OFF CRACK#

The calendar app pulls in holidays and birthdays, which can be helpful for planning your week, but I find including birthdays to be overkill (that's what Facebook is for). Go to Settings > Calendar, tap Default Alert Times and choose to be alerted for Birthdays, Events and All-Day Events. Your calendar can keep you from missing an event or forgetting a birthday by alerting you to such things. To do so, go to Settings > Calendar, tap Default Calendar and then select Family. If you operate as your family's primary scheduler, then it might be helpful to change the default calendar from Home to Family. Tap Calendar and then you can choose to schedule your event on your Family calendar. The default is likely Home, which isn't shared. To create an event that will appear not only on your calendar but also on those of the rest of your iPhone-toting family members, scroll down under the start and end times and you'll see a line for Calendar. If you use Family Sharing to share app purchases among other items, then you should know that a family calendar has been created for you. My life has been greatly aided and streamlined ever since my wife and I started using a shared family calendar. Here are seven tips to get the most out of the iOS Calendar app.

#CALENDAR CHECK OFF CRACK#

Who knows - with a few minutes of work upfront, the Calendar app might crack your top ten list of favorite iPhone features. It's simple but deceptively powerful if you set it up right.

When setting up your iPhone ( $293 at Amazon), there are a number of settings to change and tweak right away, but one that often goes overlooked is the stock iOS Calendar app.

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