Quickly create events in Calendar by entering the name and other event details using natural language.
Create a new event: Click the Add button
, then describe your event. For example, enter “Party Feb 6,” “Soccer Game on Saturday from 11am-1pm,” “Breakfast with Jon,” or “Vacation in Bahamas Mon-Fri.”
As you enter an event name, suggestions based on previously entered events may appear. Choosing a suggestion fills in event details such as location and invitees using the previous event’s details.
You can enter “breakfast” or “morning” to start it at 9 a.m., “lunch” or “noon” to start it at 12 p.m., or “dinner” or “night” to start it at 8 p.m.
If you click and hold the Add button
, you can create the event in a different calendar from the default. To set your default calendar, choose Calendar > Preferences.
Copy details from a previous event: Double-click an event whose details you want to replace, or force click the event. Select the title, start typing the same title as the event whose details you want to copy, then choose the event to copy from the suggestions list.
If you copy an event while using Month view, the time of the event is also copied.
Events written in natural language can also be detected in Mail. For more information, see Add events, contacts, and more from messages.