Copy to my calendar

I'm looking for some instructional information on the "Copy to my calendar" feature in the LDS Tools app.

When I select the option and hit add nothing seems to happen. To what calendar is it supposed to add? A google calendar or an LDS calendar?

Which OS are you running LDS Tools on?

IOS 10.3.3 on an IPad

Moved to the appropriate sub-section.

It should copy the event to the built-in iOS Calendar app, assigning it to whichever calendar is set as default. Do you have any calendars set up in the Calendar app?

Is there anyway to make it interact with google calendar in stead of IOS Calendar?

No, but it's pretty easy to add your Google calendars to the iOS Calendar app:
https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-sync-go ... ar-1172187

It's pretty easy to add the church calendar as a layer in your Google calendar. It's all done from Google, no settings in your iPhone. I'm not sure if it's still the case, but it used to be that was how you got the calendar on a Android.

Help Center: Calendar Settings and Sync

JasonWatts wrote:I'm looking for some instructional information on the "Copy to my calendar" feature in the LDS Tools app.

When I select the option and hit add nothing seems to happen. To what calendar is it supposed to add? A google calendar or an LDS calendar?

In iOS, if you are just copying one event to your calendar app, once you tap Copy to My Calendar, another 'bubble' will pop up, that also says, Copy to My Calendar. If you tap that, your default calendar app will open a new screen allowing you to edit the event and calendar details. Tapping Add will then add it to your calendar app.

I do suggest you use the instructions already provided to sync your LDS calendar with whatever calendar app you are using. I have been using the Google calendar, and all the updates are automatic. And it also keeps up with all the calendars I am subscribed to.

falcon771 wrote:

JasonWatts wrote:I'm looking for some instructional information on the "Copy to my calendar" feature in the LDS Tools app.

When I select the option and hit add nothing seems to happen. To what calendar is it supposed to add? A google calendar or an LDS calendar?

In iOS, if you are just copying one event to your calendar app, once you tap Copy to My Calendar, another 'bubble' will pop up, that also says, Copy to My Calendar. If you tap that, your default calendar app will open a new screen allowing you to edit the event and calendar details. Tapping Add will then add it to your calendar app.

I do suggest you use the instructions already provided to sync your LDS calendar with whatever calendar app you are using. I have been using the Google calendar, and all the updates are automatic. And it also keeps up with all the calendars I am subscribed to.

That’s the problem for me - the bubble does not appear. Maybe I need to give iCal permission to access lds tools or visa versa but I don’t know how. I did subscribe to the lds tools calendar but that puts Everything on my calendar - too much.

swilde1 wrote:I did subscribe to the lds tools calendar but that puts Everything on my calendar - too much.

Calendar 2.x puts syncs everything you are subscribed to in the sync. "Subscribe" shouldn't be confused with the check boxes on the main page that's selected for view. Subscriptions are sliders. You can get to it via the Settings.

In Calendar 3.0, you can have a separate sync that is just of selected calendars. I believe that's going to be rolled out some time in Feb.

swilde1 wrote:That’s the problem for me - the bubble does not appear. Maybe I need to give iCal permission to access lds tools or visa versa but I don’t know how. I did subscribe to the lds tools calendar but that puts Everything on my calendar - too much.

Okay. That means that at some point when you originally tapped the Copy to My Calendar link, you selected Don't Allow. This basically denies LDS Tools from accessing your calendar, forever-ish.
To reset this, go to Settings > Privacy > Calendar and slide the toggle button next to LDS Tools to enable (I am using iOS 12.1.3).
You will have to log in to LDS Tools again. Then go to the calendar and tap Copy to My Calendar for the event you want to add, another 'bubble' will pop up, that also says, Copy to My Calendar. If you tap that, your default calendar app will open a new screen allowing you to edit the event and calendar details. Tapping Add will then add it to your iOS calendar app.

Additionally, I understand the "too much" comment. That is why I created a third Google Calendar just for the stake calendar (I have one for my work, personal, and church). I can turn it on and off in my view, but it is always synced with the calendar on lds.org. As a stake clerk, this has proved to be invaluable. I can see the stake calendar, ward calendars, and meetinghouse calendar without having to sign in to lds.org every time.