Share Calendars on iPhone and iPad
Who has not ever had the need to share an event, appointment, task with a family member, friend or partner?. Surely you have ever seen yourself in that position. That's why we add to our iPhone tutorials, this great function.
It happened to me with my wife. There was no way to keep track of appointments to the doctor, family events, meetings with friends, and if you don't put an order, in the end the plans can collapse.
Today we explain how to share calendars with the people you want. You are going to create a particular calendar in which you can consult and add any event, appointment that interests others.
How to share calendars with whoever you want, on iPhone and iPad:
We must bear in mind that this can only be done with contacts who have an iOS device. In addition, we must have added in the contact information, the iCloud account to which your calendar is linked.
Create a new calendar on iOS:
The first thing we have to do is create a calendar. This is done as follows:
- We enter the native CALENDAR app.
- Click on the "CALENDARS" option at the bottom of the screen.
Create a new calendar
After this, we will press the "ADD CALENDAR" option.
Add the new calendar you want to share
We will set a name and color for the new calendar.
Name the calendar
How to share calendars on iOS, with the person we want:
Once the calendar is created, click on the "i" that appears to the right of it.
How to Share Calendars on iOS
On the screen that appears, select the option "ADD PERSON"
Add the people you want
- Now we will have to add the person, or people, from our contacts that we want to include.
- After this, we will press «OK».
As soon as we add it, you will receive a notification in the form of an e-mail. This must be accepted in order to access the calendar created and shared by us.
Simple to share calendars right?.
If you see that the person you have linked to the new calendar does not appear in their app, surely they should go to their profile in the device Settings and in the iCloud option, enable the "CALENDARS" option .
How to include events, appointments in the shared calendar:
To do this we must:
- Choose the day of the event in the calendar.
- Press “+”, which appears at the top right of the screen, to add the event.
- Configure the event as you wish, but pay close attention to the "CALENDAR" option. We must press it and select the calendar in which we want to share said event.
Be careful with this when sharing calendars on iPhone and iPad
In this way, any appointment, event, meeting will appear on the calendar of the people with whom we have shared it and will be notified through their notification center, as long as they have been configured for it.
We hope you liked this tutorial on how to share calendars in iOS.
