Manage work and personal calendars together on Mac
You can view work and personal events together without moving them into the same account. Dot reads the calendars already connected to macOS and lets you choose what appears.
By Prateek Keshari · Updated
Keep the accounts separate
Connect supported accounts through macOS Internet Accounts. Confirm each calendar appears in Apple Calendar. A combined agenda does not merge ownership: an event saved to your work calendar still belongs to that work account.
Choose your agenda calendars
- Open Dot Preferences → Calendars.
- Enable the calendars you want to see. Hide calendars that create noise or duplicate another subscription.
- Set a default calendar for new events.
- When creating something sensitive or personal, verify the destination before saving.
Three selections with different jobs
| Setting | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Selected calendars | Which events appear in the agenda. |
| Next-event exclusions | Which calendars contribute to the menu bar’s upcoming-event display. |
| Meeting-reminder exclusions | Which calendars can produce Dot meeting alerts. |
Keep shared calendars useful
A team availability calendar may be useful to view but unnecessary for alerts. A holiday calendar may belong in a month view without dominating your daily agenda. Configure each display for its purpose.
If an event appears twice, inspect the calendar names before deleting anything. The same meeting may arrive through a shared calendar and your personal invitation.
Add Apple Reminders separately
Reminder lists have their own selection and access settings. Enabling a calendar does not enable its corresponding reminder list. Use the Reminders controls to choose which tasks appear beside your events.
Missing and read-only calendars
Shared or delegated account support depends on what macOS exposes. Check Apple Calendar first, then Dot’s permission and selection. A subscribed calendar can be visible but read-only; select a writable calendar to create or edit events.
Further reading
Apple’s guide to adding calendar accounts on Mac explains the connection managed by macOS. Dot displays calendars from that local store.
Keep going
Dot reads the calendars configured in macOS. Settings labels can vary by macOS version. System requirements and installation.