Copying calendar events to non-default calendar.
October 9, 2014 10:58 AM Subscribe
More of my coworkers and friends are moving (finally!) to using Google Calendar to invite people to events and figure out optimal schedules for everyone. However, when copying events, I'm apparently stuck with my first (default) calendar. How do I change that?
When I started using Google Calendar a few years ago, I decided to create a public calendar with geeky dates (e. g. Final Fantasy Day, Dec. 18). When IFTTT came along, I decided to share these dates via Facebook just to remind people of Pi day.
But in the past 6 months or so, more of my coworkers, friends and other people are using GC to create events and invite people to them. Combine this with services like Eventbrite and you get heaven for a forgetful guy like me.
However, whenever I want to copy an event to my calendar, either from Eventbrite or another public calendar (like the NaNoWrimo one), the pop-up window only lists my first, default calendar with all the geeky dates that get published on my social media and I don't want to advertise all of my schedule to the public at large. I want to be able to flawlessly copy events to a non-default calendar, but I can't figure out how. Help me!
So far, I could just manually enter the event details into my phone app (Cal) and call it a day, but I want to avoid doing that. We have the technology to do this, I just need to know how (and the Google Help documents have been of no use so far)
When I started using Google Calendar a few years ago, I decided to create a public calendar with geeky dates (e. g. Final Fantasy Day, Dec. 18). When IFTTT came along, I decided to share these dates via Facebook just to remind people of Pi day.
But in the past 6 months or so, more of my coworkers, friends and other people are using GC to create events and invite people to them. Combine this with services like Eventbrite and you get heaven for a forgetful guy like me.
However, whenever I want to copy an event to my calendar, either from Eventbrite or another public calendar (like the NaNoWrimo one), the pop-up window only lists my first, default calendar with all the geeky dates that get published on my social media and I don't want to advertise all of my schedule to the public at large. I want to be able to flawlessly copy events to a non-default calendar, but I can't figure out how. Help me!
So far, I could just manually enter the event details into my phone app (Cal) and call it a day, but I want to avoid doing that. We have the technology to do this, I just need to know how (and the Google Help documents have been of no use so far)
Response by poster: I never actually noticed that. But I agree, it shouldn't happen like this. I'll wait to see if anyone comes up with something more
posted by andycyca at 11:23 AM on October 9, 2014
posted by andycyca at 11:23 AM on October 9, 2014
What about making your own personal calendar the default, and the public one your non-default calendar? That's the way I have it set up.
Personal calendar = 100% of events
Work Calendar = things applicable to coworkers (so...maybe 30% of events?)
Public Calendar = things for anyone (maybe 10-20% of events)
posted by barnone at 11:29 AM on October 9, 2014
Personal calendar = 100% of events
Work Calendar = things applicable to coworkers (so...maybe 30% of events?)
Public Calendar = things for anyone (maybe 10-20% of events)
posted by barnone at 11:29 AM on October 9, 2014
If you click on the event to open it, then click on the "More actions" menu at the top of the page, you can copy it directly to any of your calendars (screenshot).
posted by mbrubeck at 1:18 PM on October 9, 2014
posted by mbrubeck at 1:18 PM on October 9, 2014
Although, re-reading, it sounds like you tried that. I'm not sure why it's working for me but not for you. I tested it with events from both private shared calendars and the public "Holidays in United States" calendar, and both work correctly for me.
posted by mbrubeck at 1:20 PM on October 9, 2014
posted by mbrubeck at 1:20 PM on October 9, 2014
Aha! I think I figured out what I'm doing differently. I first "subscribed" to the public calendar, then clicked on an individual event from my own main calendar page. If I just view the calendar without subscribing to it, I have the same problem you describe.
Note that you can hide/unhide any calendar with a single click, if you want to use this work-around but don't want a bunch of stuff cluttering up your personal calendar all the time.
posted by mbrubeck at 1:24 PM on October 9, 2014
Note that you can hide/unhide any calendar with a single click, if you want to use this work-around but don't want a bunch of stuff cluttering up your personal calendar all the time.
posted by mbrubeck at 1:24 PM on October 9, 2014
Response by poster:
This is a partial solution to my problem. Unfortunately, the other part (creating events from services like Eventbrite) still rely on copying to the default calendar and then moving the event again.
posted by andycyca at 1:42 PM on October 9, 2014
barnone: What about making your own personal calendar the default, and the public one your non-default calendar? That's the way I have it set up.It is possible, and it's actually my last course of action. It seems like unnecessary calendar shuffling to me, but you may be right.
mbrubeck: If you click on the event to open it, then click on the "More actions" menu at the top of the page, you can copy it directly to any of your calendars
Aha! I think I figured out what I'm doing differently. I first "subscribed" to the public calendar, then clicked on an individual event from my own main calendar page. If I just view the calendar without subscribing to it, I have the same problem you describe.I must admit I never realized this. I just checked and yes, I can copy events to any of my calendars from any other I'm subscribed to. Clutter is hardly a matter to me, because my phone app can easily set up which calendars are visible.
This is a partial solution to my problem. Unfortunately, the other part (creating events from services like Eventbrite) still rely on copying to the default calendar and then moving the event again.
posted by andycyca at 1:42 PM on October 9, 2014
Response by poster: *** UPDATE ***
Fiddling with the NaNoWriMo calendar I posted above, I noticed that it's possible to copy events to a non-default calendar if you're not subscribed to the source calendar.
When I click on the event and then on "Copy to my calendar" I can only copy it to my default. But if I click on "More details", I get a different window, with a drop-down menu like the one mbrubeck describes. Click on "More actions" and then on "Duplicate event" and then I get a new window where I can pick any of my calendars.
It looks unnecessarily long, but it works. However, I still can't do the same with eventbrite events.
posted by andycyca at 2:49 PM on October 9, 2014
Fiddling with the NaNoWriMo calendar I posted above, I noticed that it's possible to copy events to a non-default calendar if you're not subscribed to the source calendar.
When I click on the event and then on "Copy to my calendar" I can only copy it to my default. But if I click on "More details", I get a different window, with a drop-down menu like the one mbrubeck describes. Click on "More actions" and then on "Duplicate event" and then I get a new window where I can pick any of my calendars.
It looks unnecessarily long, but it works. However, I still can't do the same with eventbrite events.
posted by andycyca at 2:49 PM on October 9, 2014
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posted by brainmouse at 11:01 AM on October 9, 2014 [1 favorite]