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One of the most common issues I find is when a person’s Mac is set to add events by default to one calendar and his or her iPhone is adding them automatically to an entirely different one. If the person in question doesn’t know what’s happening, this’ll make it seem like iPhone events are just color-coded differently than Mac events, which is pretty weird and confusing. The way to fix this, though, is simple.
At the moment when I receive an invitation for an appointment via mail it gets stored in the 'On your computer' calendar (even if I set the option to hide 'On your computer'!) - that's a quite annoying behavior and I want to set the Exchange calendar as the default calendar account.
All of your Apple devices that can sync with your iCloud account have a “default calendar” setting that’ll be applied when you don’t specifically change which one you’d like to add an event to. On the Mac, this setting is within Calendar Preferences under the “General” tab. On the iPhone and iPad, this option is listed under Settings Calendar.
Make those both the same calendar as I’ve done, and any events you add will by default go on that! But here’s one more thing: A syncing complaint I have to troubleshoot quite often is when a device is set to sync to a calendar (say, a Google one) and that particular calendar isn’t even configured on another of that person’s devices. That’ll make it seem like everything from one device is disappearing into the ether, never to be seen anywhere else! You can check which accounts you’ve got set to sync calendars on the Mac under System Preferences Internet Accounts. Any of your accounts that have “Calendars” listed in grey underneath their names are syncing that service with your Mac.
Verify that you’ve got the same list turned on for your iPhone or iPad at Settings Calendar Accounts. I’m only using iCloud to sync my calendars, contacts, notes, and so on, as I’m not the biggest fan of using multiple services for that stuff.
But you do you—as long as all the same accounts are syncing all the same info across your devices, you should be good to go!
Just as an assistant can help you manage your paper mail, your assistant can use Outlook to act on your behalf: receiving and responding to email, meeting requests, and meeting responses. You can also grant additional permissions that allow your delegate to read, create, or have full control over items in your mailbox.
NOTE: If all you want is for someone to be able to see what's in one or more of your folders (your Inbox, your Calendar, etc.), just share a mail folder or share your calendar with permission set to reviewer. If you use the default values, your delegate will. Have 'Send on Behalf' permission, which means your delegate can compose and send meeting invitations that, when received, will say they come from 'Bob Assistant on behalf of Judy Manager' (with real names, of course). Have full access (view, create, edit, delete) to your Calendar and Tasks folders. Receive your meeting requests, and responses to meeting requests you have sent. Your delegate will not see any other messages sent to you.
Be able to respond meeting requests on your behalf. If you grant someone access to your folders, that person has access to all items in the folders except those marked private. Items in sub-folders are not available to the delegate unless you change the sharing permissions on each sub-folder. New sub-folders (created after the Delegate Access was established) inherit the folder access permissions of the parent folder. From the Tools menu, select Accounts. An Accounts dialog box will open.
On the left, all your mail accounts will be listed. Highlight the account to which you'll be granting access, then click Advanced.
Click Delegates. Below the Delegates who can act on my behalf text block, click the plus sign (Add).
In the Choose a Person dialog box, type the person's name and Outlook will display probable matches. Click the name of the person who will be your delegate, then click ADD. In the Permissions dialog box, you can select access levels. Calendar Only: If all your delegate needs is to work with your calendar and meeting requests and responses, the default permission settings are appropriate. Other Access: If you want your delegate to work with more than calendar you'll need to change the default permissions. For each, you'll choose from these access levels:. Reviewer - the delegate can read items in the manager's folder.
Author - the delegate can read and create items, and modify and delete items that he or she creates. For example, a delegate can create task requests and meeting requests directly in the manager's Calendar folder and then send the item on the manager's behalf. The delegate cannot modify or delete something the manager created. Editor - the delegate can do everything that an Author has permission to do and can modify and delete the items that the manager created. To notify the delegate of the new permissions, select the Send permissions summary check box. Click OK to close the Permissions dialog box. Click OK to close the Delegates dialog box.
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Close the Accounts dialog box. From the Tools menu, select Accounts. An Accounts dialog box will open. On the left, all your mail accounts will be listed. Highlight the account to which you'll be granting access, then click Advanced. Click Delegates.
Click the name of the delegate for whom you want to change permissions, then click the gear icon below the text box, then select Set Permissions. A Permissions dialog box will open.
Change the permissions to the desired level of access for your Calendar, Inbox, and/or Address Book. Note: If you want copies of meeting requests and responses that you receive to be sent to a delegate, make sure the delegate is assigned Editor (can read, create, and modify items) permission to your Calendar folder, and then select the Delegate receives meeting invites check box. To send a message to notify the delegate of the changed permissions, select the Send permissions summary check box. Click OK to close the Permissions dialog box. Click OK to close the Delegates dialog box.
Close the Accounts dialog box.