Move an Event


To move an event to another day or time, drag the event to a new location in the calendar window. If the date is not visible in your current view, change to another view. For instance, in Month view you can drag an event anywhere in the month.

To move an event to another month or year:

1.

Single-click the event to select it.

2.

Click the Show Info button to open the Info drawer.

3.

In the Info drawer, change the month, date, or year information. The event immediately jumps to the new setting's calendar location.

To move an event to another calendar:

When you move an event to a different calendar, nothing changes except the color of the item in the calendar grid (and some invisible iCal reorganization).

  • Either Controlclick the event, then choose a calendar from the pop-up menu that opens. The event will change to the color associated with the new calendar category.

  • Or select an event, click the Show Info button, then in the Show Info drawer (above), choose a calendar from the "calendar" pop-up menu.

Change iCal's Time Zone Setting

iCal uses the time zone setting in your Date & Time preferences to set the time zone for your calendars. You can change the time zone setting for iCal, Or you can change the time zone setting for a single event, without changing your Date & Time preferences.

If, for instance, you create an iCal event to call someone at a certain time in another time zone, you can set that event to the other person's time zone. iCal moves the event forward or back in time in your calendar to compensate for the time zone difference. Or if you take a trip and want to change all calendars and events in iCal to your current time zone, you can do that with a click or two.

To change the time zone setting for iCal:

1.

Open iCal Preferences. In the "Advanced" pane, select "Turn on time zone support" to show a time zone setting in the top-right corner of the iCal window, and also in the Info drawer (below).

2.

Click the time zone text in the upper-right corner of iCal's main window to open the pop-up menu shown on the left.

Choose "Other..." to open the map sheet shown below. Select a new time zoneuse the "Closest City" pop-up menu or click a map location.

3.

Click ok. Once you've selected alternative time zones, they remain in the time zone pop-up menu.

To change the time zone setting for an event:

1.

Open iCal Preferences and select "Turn on time zone support" (see the previous page) to show a time zone setting in the Info drawer (circled below-left).

2.

Select an event in your calendar. Open the Info drawerclick the Show Info button, or just double-click an event to select it and open the Info drawer.

3.

In the Info drawer click to the right of the time zone label (the text and small doublearrows), then choose one of the options in the pop-up menu (aboveright).

An event's time zone setting affects its location on the calendar. If the iCal time zone is set to San Francisco and you create a lunch event and change its time zone to Paris, the event will move nine hours back in the iCal window.


If you previously selected other time zones, they remain listed in the top section of this pop-up menu.

utc/gmt sets the time zone to Universal Time/Greenwich Mean Timestandards used as a basis for calculating time throughout most of the world.

Choose Floating if you want to create events that stay at the same time, no matter what time zone you're in. For instance, a lunch event scheduled for noon will always appear in the noon time slot, no matter where you are or if you've changed the iCal time zone (as explained on the previous page) or the time zone setting in Date & Time preferences.

Select other... to show a small world map, (right). Click a time zone in the map to open a pop-up menu of cities in that time zone. Select a city, then click OK.




Macs on the Go!(c) Guide to Mobile Computing for Mac Laptops Using Mac OS X
Macs on the Go
ISBN: 0321247485
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 119

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