icalendar text colors

How do I, or is there a way to have the text of calendar events to be colored? I have several calendars and the entries have only a small colored dot showing which calendar the event is. In one one of the "help" windows I saw several event blocks in different colors. Or can the calendar color dot be made larger? Running El Capitan 10.11.6 on iMac.

Welcome to the forum.

I take it you are using the "month" view? In the "week" view the individual events are all colored in the color of the calendar, but in the Month view I think the dot is all you get.

How do I, or is there a way to have the text of calendar events to be colored?

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I assume you're referring to the El Capitan Calendar.app???

Does this Apple article help?
Calendar (El Capitan): Rename a calendar or change its color
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22714?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Or:
Calendar (El Capitan): Calendar overview -> Color code your events
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22699?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US


EDIT:
Or even this:
Mac Basics: Calendar keeps your appointments
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT202835


OR:
https://www.google.ca/search?client...&q=how+to+change+event+colors+on+mac+calendar






- Patrick
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The colour 'block' only appears for 'All Day' events. But I agree the little dot is almost useless.

I don't get any little dot, and I get a full color of the appointment for the appropriate calendar.

Is this unusual???

Example shot from my El Capitan Calendar below:









- Patrick
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Patrick, are they all day events? Most of them appear to be (holidays, for example). I get the colored blocks for all day events, but just a little dot of color for an event with a specific time and duration.

MacInWin said:

Patrick, are they all day events? Most of them appear to be (holidays, for example). I get the colored blocks for all day events, but just a little dot of color for an event with a specific time and duration.

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Yes Jake, those are all day things, I hadn't really noticed that there was any difference as I generally just use Fantastical and/or Calendar 366 Plus as I got tired years ago as to how iCal/ Calendar never displayed things the way I wanted. But the appointment times are still shown with a colored dot. I never really noticed anything wrong with the drop down menu view.

Thank God for some good third-party Mac apps!!






- Patrick
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