Move from Google Calendar in a browser to a native Mac app. Connect your account, check sync and notifications, and switch without exporting events.
The biggest update since launch: Google Tasks in the sidebar and on the grid, real meeting rooms, finding a time everyone's free, and proposing a better one, all without leaving hora.
Fantastical is free to start, $6.99 a month, or $56.99 a year, and there is no one-time option. Here is what each plan costs and what you get for it.
Mac calendar apps cost anywhere from nothing to $35 a month for the same basic job. Here is what the money actually buys, and which app fits your setup.
Add your Google account in Apple Calendar on a Mac, fix the calendars that never show up, and see which Google features do not make the trip.
Fantastical and Google Calendar solve different problems. Compare pricing, providers, tasks, and scheduling links to see which one your workflow actually needs.
macOS doesn't have an iOS-style widget for Calendar. Here's what the native Notification Center widget can do, when a menu bar app beats it, and how to pick one.
hora Calendar now works on macOS Sequoia. Here is what changed, what stays the same, and which Apple Intelligence extras still need macOS 26.
Compare Apple Calendar and Fantastical on Mac by account support, daily workflow, scheduling, and the point where a focused Google Calendar app makes more sense.
A quick-start guide to time blocking in Google Calendar: create your first Busy event, choose between events, Tasks, and Focus Time, and keep the plan flexible.
Learn when you can forward a Google Calendar invite, what happens to the recipient, and when adding a guest is the better option.
Learn how to delete one, future, or all recurring events in Google Calendar without removing the meetings you still need.
Google Calendar settings not syncing? Learn what syncs through your Google account, what stays local, and how to troubleshoot on Mac.
Build a focus time calendar that protects deep work without overplanning your week. Learn the difference between Google Focus time and ordinary blocks.
One month after launch, hora is a more reliable Google Calendar app for Mac. Here is what changed, and what the work taught me.
Compare six Notion Calendar alternatives for Mac, Google Calendar, multiple providers, task planning, and free workflows.
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.
Want to download Google Calendar for Mac? No official native app — compare browser, Dock web app, Apple Calendar sync, Fantastical/BusyCal, and a native API client.
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.
Does Google Calendar support CalDAV? Yes. Compare Google CalDAV with the Calendar API, including sync, OAuth, event data, and multi-provider tradeoffs.
I hand-built a Google Calendar API client in Swift, then migrated hora to Google's GTLR library. See the code, tradeoffs, and rate-limit lessons.
A TestFlight screenshot exposed unreadable calendar tiles. Here is how I rebuilt hora's SwiftUI color system with OKLCH, APCA-style checks, and tests.
Compare Fantastical alternatives for Google Calendar on Mac by provider support, planning workflow, platform, and current pricing model.
Five days into hora's public beta, real calendars exposed SwiftData hangs, OAuth edge cases, and sync assumptions my test account never could.
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.
How hora uses Google Calendar watch channels, a Cloudflare Worker, APNs, and fallback polling to keep its native Mac calendar fresh and reliable.
A founder note from hora 0.6: recurring deletes, widget deep links, RSVP gestures, editor polish, and the SwiftData migration I reverted.
The real fix for a stale SwiftUI macOS window combined an explicit color scheme, adaptive styles, and a safer NSVisualEffectView bridge in hora.
A SwiftUI macOS window stayed in the old color scheme until focus changed. Here is the evidence, the failed fixes, and what my first tests missed.
A candid snapshot of hora's first ten days: 107 commits, three Swift packages, 21 resolved issues, useful workflows, and plenty still rough.
