How you can preserve a member of the family or colleague from messing with a shared Calendar

You can share a completely editable calendar by way of iCloud with different individuals in your loved ones or at work, college, or in teams so you’ll be able to have a collective place to coordinate appointments and share details about them. But that’s a two-edged sword: if another person can edit a calendar you’re sharing, they will–often unintentionally–delete or modify occasions.

My household shares a number of calendars amongst ourselves, together with ones my partner and I share with one another for work and private scheduling. The different day, I bought a textual content from my accomplice: “Why did you modify this occasion of mine?” about an appointment that was solely hers. Me: “I didn’t! Oh, I used to be making an attempt to pull so as to add an occasion on my calendar, and I saved grabbing that one. But I used Undo!” She obtained a notification that it was modified, nonetheless.

There’s a easy resolution: when you don’t want one other individual or different individuals to change your calendar (or vice versa), you’ll be able to mark it as read-only on a person-by-person foundation (repeat beneath for every particular person):

• In macOS: In the Calendar app, click on the “individual in a circle” icon to the proper of a calendar identify within the left-hand sidebar. (Choose View > Show Calendar List if calendars aren’t seen.) Click an individual’s identify underneath the Shared With checklist. From the popup menu, select View Only.
• In iOS/iPadOS: In the primary view within the Calendar app, faucet Calendars, then faucet the information i icon to the proper of the calendar identify. Under the Shared With part, faucet an individual’s identify, then disable Allow Editing.
• At iCloud.com: In the Calendar internet app, click on the radio-waves icon to the proper of the calendar identify. (It’s unclear why Apple hasn’t standardized its icons.) From the Shared Calendar Info popup that seems, click on the individual’s identify and select View Only. Click OK.

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