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Bookings on every Apple device
New bookings appear in Apple Calendar on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch through iCloud, with the customer, service and booking link.
Apple Calendar sync for iPhone-first businesses
Live in Apple Calendar? Connect your iCloud calendar and bookings appear on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, while your own events stop customers booking those times.
Thursday, 24 Sep
iCloud Calendar · two-way sync
- 09:00Portrait session · Noah→ iCloud
- 10:30Open to book
- 12:00GymHidden
- 13:30Headshots · Lea→ iCloud
- 15:00Pick up kidsHidden
- Category
- Calendar sync
- Direction
- Two-way
- Devices
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch
- Setup
- App-specific password
What you get
What DatePick and iCloud Calendar do together
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Your events block booking times
Anything in the iCloud calendars you choose counts as busy, so customers can't book over your gym class or the school run.
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Secure by design
Apple doesn't share your main password with apps. You create an app-specific password just for DatePick and can revoke it from your Apple Account at any time.
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Choose your calendars
Pick which iCloud calendar new bookings are written to, and which of your calendars should block availability.
Set up
Connect iCloud Calendar in 3 steps
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Create an app-specific password
Sign in at account.apple.com, open Sign-In and Security › App-Specific Passwords and create one for DatePick.
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Connect in DatePick
In Team › a teammate › Calendar sync, choose iCloud and enter your Apple ID email and that password.
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Pick calendars
Choose where bookings go and which calendars count as busy.
Made for
How shops that sell time use it
Solo stylists and barbers
Run the whole business from an iPhone: bookings arrive in Apple Calendar, and personal plans block slots without opening an admin.
Photographers
Block shoot days and travel in Apple Calendar and only open the times you're really free for portrait sessions.
Tour guides
Glance at your Apple Watch between tours to see the next group's name, size and meeting point.
Under the hood
The details
Exactly what moves between DatePick and iCloud Calendar, which way it goes and when. Included on every plan, Free too.
- Direction
- Two-way: bookings written to iCloud; busy time in iCloud blocks DatePick slots
- Protocol
- CalDAV, Apple's standard for calendar access
- Sign-in
- Apple ID email plus an app-specific password (requires two-factor authentication)
- Devices
- Anywhere iCloud Calendar syncs: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, iCloud.com
- Connection
- Per teammate
FAQ
iCloud Calendar questions
Why do I need an app-specific password?
Apple requires one for any third-party app that connects to iCloud Calendar. It keeps your main Apple ID password private, and you can revoke it whenever you like.
Can my iPhone events block booking times?
Yes, with the iCloud connection. DatePick checks the calendars you choose and hides any times you're busy.
Is iCloud Calendar the same as Apple Calendar?
Apple Calendar is the app; iCloud is the service that syncs it across your devices. Connecting iCloud is how DatePick reaches Apple Calendar.
+Connect iCloud Calendar today
Install DatePick for free. The iCloud Calendar integration is included.