Add calendars and calendar accounts on Mac
You can add calendars you keep in internet accounts—for example, iCloud, Google, or another CalDAV account—and access all your calendars and events in one place. You can also create separate calendars or calendar groups for different areas of your life, such as work, home, and school.
Add a calendar account
Go to the Calendar app
on your Mac.
Choose Calendar > Add Account, then do one of the following:
Select your calendar account provider, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.
If your calendar account provider isn’t listed, ask your provider for the information you need to enter.
Choose Other CalDAV Account, click the Account Type pop-up menu, then choose an option based on the information you need to enter.
Automatic: Choose this option if you just need to enter your email address and password.
Manual: Choose this option if you need to enter your user name, password, and the server address.
Advanced: Choose this option if you need to enter your user name, password, server address, server path and port number. You can also select checkboxes if you need to use SSL or Kerberos v5 authentication.
Each account you add is listed separately in the sidebar. If the sidebar isn’t showing, choose View > Show Calendar List or click in the toolbar.
Set up your iOS and iPadOS devices to use the same account, so that your calendars stay up to date across all those devices and your Apple Watch.
Add a calendar
Go to the Calendar app
on your Mac.
Choose File > New Calendar.
Name the calendar, then press Return.
If you can’t add a calendar for a particular calendar account, try adding a calendar on the account provider’s website. For example, to create a Google calendar, go to google.com.
Add a calendar group
You can create calendar groups in the On My Mac section of the calendar list.
Go to the Calendar app
on your Mac.
Select a calendar in the On My Mac section of the calendar list.
If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
If you don’t see an On My Mac section in the calendar list, your calendars are in an account (such as iCloud).
Choose File > New Calendar Group.
To add another calendar to a group, drag it to the group name. To remove a calendar from a group, drag it to the On My Mac heading in the calendar list.
Using Exchange calendars on Mac
If your calendars are administered through Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with Service Pack 1 or later (for example, through your workplace), you have a main Exchange calendar named Calendar in the Calendar app on your Mac.
You can add calendars to your Exchange calendar account, but you won’t be able to see updated invitations or attendee responses for events in those calendars. Also, events in the additional calendars won’t be visible to delegates (people who share your calendar account) and won’t appear when users check your availability. Full calendar features are available only in your main Exchange calendar.
You can view, add, and modify events, and respond to invitations, in the Calendar app on all your Apple devices that use the same accounts. You can also view, add, and modify your iCloud calendar events, and respond to invitations, on iCloud.com. Changes you make show up everywhere, so you always have your most current calendar events at hand. Calendar notifications also appear on your Mac and other devices that use the same accounts.
If you use Handoff, you can switch between your Mac and other devices while creating, modifying, or viewing events and calendars. To open an event or calendar handed off to your Mac, click the Handoff Calendar icon that appears at the left side of the Dock.