> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sonto.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Calendars and Time blocking
> Connect your calendars, then block time for the work that matters
Sonto connects to the calendars already on your Mac and iPhone, shows your events next to your tasks,
and lets you block time for tasks right on the calendar. Watch the setup walkthrough below, or read the
written steps that follow.
## Connect your calendars
On the Day or Week screen, Sonto invites you to add your calendars. Click the arrow to open
**Settings**, then enable calendar access — macOS asks for permission, so choose **Allow Full Access**.
Now click the **+** to see every calendar on your Mac. These come from the accounts in **System
Settings → Internet Accounts**: any account there with calendars enabled shows up in Sonto, ready to
add.
## Choose a default calendar
One calendar is marked as your **default** — it's where new events go, whether you create a plain event
or schedule a task. Click any calendar to make it the default instead.
Areas can have their own default calendar. Set one on an area, and tasks you schedule from that area
land on that calendar — shown in its own colour, so you can tell your work apart at a glance.
## Keep task names private
When you put a task on your calendar, Sonto marks the event **private** by default. Anyone with access
to your calendar sees only "Busy" rather than the task's name and notes.
* For Google calendars specifically, connect your Google account in Sonto (**Connect Google account**)
to enable proper private marking — the standard Apple connection can't do this on its own.
* For calendars that don't support private events, the name shows as "Scheduled task" instead.
## Create and join events
Click and drag in the calendar to create an event, then name it. Drag it around or adjust its start and
end like any calendar.
For a meeting with a video link, Sonto shows a video icon. Open the event and click **Join Video Call**,
right-click and choose **Join Video Call**, or hover and press Cmd + J. You can
also accept, decline, or mark an invitation tentative right from Sonto.
## Block time for a task
This is *time blocking* — putting a task on your calendar so you simply follow your schedule and know
you'll reach your important work.
* **By hand:** pick a task up and drag it onto the calendar. Stretch it if you need more time.
* **Let Sonto find time:** select a task and press Cmd + F (or right-click →
**Find time on calendar**). Sonto finds the first opening that fits, respecting your working hours and
existing events.
Working hours and the default event duration (30 minutes) are set in **Settings → Calendar**. They're
what Cmd + F uses to place a task. See [Auto-schedule](/reference/auto-schedule).
On the Week screen the same moves apply. Drop a task on a day it isn't scheduled for yet and it's
scheduled for that day. Move the *event* and the task moves with it; move the *task* instead and the
event is removed — it's still scheduled for the day, just no longer at a fixed time.
## Where to next
Every detail of calendars in Sonto.
Make a task — and its calendar event — come back automatically.