Mini Calendar has everything I need plus convenient bonuses I didn't think to ask for, and I highly recommend it. It even displays week numbers and sunrise/sunset times, so I can check those easily without going elsewhere. It's far easier to navigate than the widget calendar I can access it from the notification center with a single swipe I can call up a floating calendar with hot keys or by clicking the icon in the menu bar (and then keep typing or scrolling while it floats as a reference) it opens in the background at login. I thought I'd make do without, but after swiping for it fruitlessly multiple times a day, I realized I desperately needed a replacement.Ī bit of hunting on the app store turned up Mini Calendar, and I couldn't be happier. For some reason, Apple doesn't have a replacement for the widget calendar and there's no way to add a monthly calendar to the Today view in the notification center. Hope this helps!Īfter Widgets was terminated, I lost my easily accessible month-at-a-glance calendar. There are many times where I don’t need to look at MY calendar, I just want to see an unadulterated miniature calendar! These frustrations are entierly valid, and Mini Calendar addresses all of them…oh, and it does so for FREE with no in-app purchases!! Helpful Tip to replace your stock menubar date and time with the Mini Calendar equivalent: On your stock Mac OS menubar, right click on the date (usually next to the spotlight magnifying glass)-> open date & time preferences-> select 'clock' tab-> click the lock to make changes (bottom left corner of window)-> uncheck the box for “show date and time in menu bar.” Now you can put the Mini Calendar date and time version in the menubar by going to “preferences” in Mini Calendar-> check “menu bar icon” and click “digital clock” with “display date and time” in the drop down-> “done”-> press and hold the Command button while clicking on the menubar item, then drag it across the menubar to its new location. Stop reading this and just download it! Like me and many other reviewers, you’ve probably asked yourself why Mac OS didn’t already come prepackaged with a tool as simple as a popup mini calendar. An indispensable tool this should be app of the year!

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