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Check out a video walkthrough showing calendars in Sonto

Get introduced to calendars and time blocking in Sonto.

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Connecting your calendars

Sonto uses the calendar accounts already set up on your Mac and iPhone. Because it reads from your device’s native calendar, practically every calendar works — iCloud, Google, Microsoft Outlook (Exchange), Yahoo, Proton, AOL, and any CalDAV calendar. The first time, Sonto asks permission to use your calendars — choose Allow Full Access. Then click the + to add any calendar on your device.
Calendars come from the accounts in your device’s system settings — on Mac, System Settings → Internet Accounts; on iPhone, Settings → Apps → Calendar → Accounts. Any account there with calendars enabled shows up in Sonto automatically; there’s no separate sign-in inside Sonto.

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Where events go

One calendar is your default — new events and scheduled tasks go there. Change it in your calendar settings. An area can also have its own default calendar, so tasks you schedule from that area land on a specific calendar, shown in its own colour.

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Private events on Google

Events Sonto adds to your calendar are marked private, so anyone with access sees only “Busy”. For Google calendars, connect your Google account in Sonto settings (Connect Google account) to enable this — the standard Apple connection can’t mark Google events private on its own.

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Calendar on the Day and Week screens

On the day and week screens, Sonto shows your events right alongside your tasks, so your meetings and your planned work live in one view.
Calendar events shown next to tasks on the day and week screens

Events

You can create and edit events, as well as accept or decline invitations, without leaving Sonto. You can also join video calls, either by opening the event and clicking the Join Video Call button, or, on Mac, by hovering over the event and pressing Cmd + J.
An event open in Sonto with options to edit it and join a video call

Edit events and join calls right from Sonto

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Tasks on your calendar

You can drag tasks onto your calendar. This creates an event which is linked to your task — a time block. The event syncs to your calendar, so others with access to your calendar can also see it. The event is marked private, so they only see “Busy”, rather than the full name and notes for your task.
A task dragged onto the calendar, shown as a linked time block

A task on your calendar

You can also create a time block by typing. Name a task Review deck tomorrow 3pm 1h and Sonto blocks the time for you — see Natural language input.
Sonto can also place a task for you automatically, finding an opening that respects your working hours and existing commitments — see Auto-schedule.

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Availability

Calendars work on both Mac and iPhone. Joining a video call with Cmd + J is a Mac shortcut; on iPhone, open the event and tap Join Video Call.

Calendars and time blocking

A visual walkthrough of connecting calendars and blocking time.