Calendar (El Capitan): General preferences
Set day, week, and default calendar preferences. Also, select whether to show birthdays and holidays. To set these options, open Calendar, choose Calendar > Preferences, then click General.
| Default calendar app | Choose which calendar app to use when you open calendar (.ics) files or when you click weblinks to subscribe to calendars. |
| Days per week | Show 5 (Monday through Friday) or 7 (Sunday through Saturday) days in Week view. |
| Start week on | The day on which to start the week in Week and Month view. If you change this option, it isn’t affected by subsequent changes to the “First day of week” option in the Language & Region pane of System Preferences. |
| Scroll in week view by | Scroll in Week view by days, weeks, or weeks with an additional stop on the current day. |
| Day starts at | The hour on which to start your days (between midnight and noon). |
| Day ends at | The hour on which to end your days (between noon and midnight). |
| Show __ hours at a time | How many hours to see in Day and Week view (between 6 and 24 hours). |
| Default Calendar | The calendar where new events are added by default. If you choose “Selected calendar,” then the highlighted calendar in the Calendar list is the default calendar. |
| Show Birthdays calendar | Show the Birthdays calendar in Calendar. The Birthdays calendar displays birthdays that are in Contacts. To change the Birthdays |
| Show Holidays calendar | |
| Show Events Found in Mail | Show the Events Found in Mail calendar. This calendar has event proposals added automatically based on Mail messages that contain details about a flight, car rental, restaurant reservation, hotel booking, ticket purchase, or similar event from a known provider (such as Expedia or Open Table). A proposed event is tentative until you add it or remove it. |
| Show alternate calendar | Show lunar calendar dates along with their Gregorian calendar equivalents. |