Guides
Google Calendar Settings Not Syncing? What Actually Syncs
Google Calendar settings not syncing? Learn what syncs through your Google account, what stays local, and how to troubleshoot on Mac.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Stories
Guides
Focus Time Calendar: A Simple System for Protecting Deep Work
Build a focus time calendar that protects deep work without overplanning your week. Learn the difference between Google Focus time and ordinary blocks.
Maciej Szamowski7 min read
Product updates
One Month Building a Better Calendar App for macOS
One month after launch, hora is a more reliable Google Calendar app for Mac. Here is what changed, and what the work taught me.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Guides
Notion Calendar Alternative: 6 Best Options for 2026
Compare six Notion Calendar alternatives for Mac, Google Calendar, multiple providers, task planning, and free workflows.
Maciej Szamowski9 min read
Guides
How to Transfer Apple or iCloud Calendar to Google Calendar
Learn how to transfer iCloud or iPhone Calendar events to Google Calendar with an .ics export, avoid duplicates, and know what will not stay in sync.
Maciej Szamowski9 min read
Guides
Google Calendar App for Mac: 5 Desktop Options
Looking for a Google Calendar app for Mac? Compare browser, web app, Apple Calendar, multi-provider, and native desktop options.
Maciej Szamowski9 min read
Guides
How to Sync Calendly With Google Calendar
Connect Calendly to Google Calendar, choose conflict calendars, prevent double bookings, and understand the Apple Calendar and iCloud limits.
Maciej Szamowski10 min read
Guides
Google Calendar Views: Day, Week, Month, or Schedule?
What are the 4 types of calendars? Compare solar, lunar, lunisolar, and seasonal systems, then learn when to use Day, Week, Month, and Schedule views.
Maciej Szamowski9 min read
Product updates
hora Calendar 1.0: The Mac App I Wanted for Google Calendar
hora Calendar 1.0 is a native Google Calendar client for Mac with direct sync, menu bar access, focus planning, and privacy built around local data.
Maciej Szamowski8 min read
Guides
7 Best Time Blocking Apps for Mac in 2026
Compare 7 time blocking apps for Mac, from Apple and Google Calendar to hora, Sunsama, Motion, and Reclaim, and choose the right planning style.
Maciej Szamowski14 min read
Guides
Best Fantastical Alternatives for Google Calendar
Compare Fantastical alternatives for Google Calendar on Mac by provider support, planning workflow, platform, and current pricing model.
Maciej Szamowski10 min read
Product updates
What I Wanted hora's First Public Beta to Prove
A founder note prepared before hora's first public TestFlight beta: what version 0.6 shipped, what I asked testers to break, and what changed next.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Build notes
Six QA Groups and the Week hora Stopped Feeling Fragile
A founder note from hora 0.6: recurring deletes, widget deep links, RSVP gestures, editor polish, and the SwiftData migration I reverted.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Build notes
Week One Building hora: 107 Commits Later
A candid snapshot of hora's first ten days: 107 commits, three Swift packages, 21 resolved issues, useful workflows, and plenty still rough.
Maciej Szamowski7 min read
Build notes
Five Days Later: The Road to Launching hora Calendar
Five days after I first wrote about hora, the visible app worked. The road to launch was now OAuth verification, TestFlight, reliability, and feedback.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Build notes
Building a Native Mac Calendar App in 48 Hours
What I cut, rebuilt, and shipped during a 48-hour sprint on hora, including PKCE auth, Day View, FreeBusy sharing, and WidgetKit.
Maciej Szamowski6 min read
Build notes
Why I Built a Native Google Calendar App for Mac
Why I built hora as a native Mac client for Google Calendar, chose the official API over CalDAV, and kept Google as the source of truth.
Maciej Szamowski7 min read