To store your calendar events with iCloud, you’ll need to ensure iCloud’s Calendars option is enabled on all your devices.
macOS: Enable iCloud Calendars
![Ensure Calendars is ticked in System Preferences->Apple ID->Calendars.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sys-prefs-icloud-calendars.png)
macOS: Enable iCloud Calendars
![Enabling iCloud Calendars in Settings->your name->iCloud.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/iphone-settings-my-icloud-basics-calendars.png)
macOS: Calendar app
The Calendars app is located in Macintosh HD/Applications
![The full path to the Calendar app is: Macintosh HD/Applications/Calendar.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/map-apps-cal.png)
![The Calendar app. Note that the sidebar on the left, which displays a list of your calendars is currently not visible.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/apple-calendar-icloud-ac-only-hidden-cal-list.png)
macOS Calendar app: Show Calendar list
Be aware that you’ll have more than one calendar, Home, & Work. and can create your own. Each calendar is colour-coded.
![Choose Show Calendar List from the View menu.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/apple-calendar-icloud-ac-only-show-cal-list.png)
![The Calendar List is now displayed on the left.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/apple-calendar-icloud-ac-only-visible-cal-list.png)
Note your iCloud account (a), and the calendars stored in it (b).
![The calendars hosted with the account, iCloud, named Home and Work.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/icloud-cal-app-list.png)
Calendars are colour coded. In the below screenshot, note the sky-blue colour of the calendar, Home, in the lefthand sidebar. The calendar event being created on the right clearly belongs to the iCloud calendar, Home.
![](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cal-event.png)
If you wish to change the event to the Work calendar, click on the event and use the dropdown menu, as indicated below in red.
![Double click the event to reveal calendar event details. Click the dropdown menu to change calendar.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/change-calendar.png)
![Switching to the iCloud calendar, Work, changes the colour of the event to purple.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cal-change-calendar.png)
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