Calendar notification snooze in Big Sur?

We just installed Big Sur on our iMacs. Now when we get calendar notifications, we only have an option that says "snooze", with no option to select how long we want to snooze it for. This is really annoying and much less helpful than before, when we had multiple options (1 hour, 1 day, etc.). Are we just missing something here? Is there a way around this? (Note: we've tried clicking and holding "snooze", but no options come up when we do that.) Sure would love some help with this. Thanks.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 8:55 AM

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Posted on Feb 2, 2021 2:28 PM

It is a headache but there is a way ... not all intuitive, though. On the notification, hover the cursor/arrow above the Options button. The date will change to a >. Click on the >. Snooze options will pop up.

That said ... one of the things that has kept me as a Mac user for 30+ years is the intuitive interface. I know Apple can do better with this feature.

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Apr 3, 2021 12:25 PM in response to jkknyc

It seems like they moved the snooze features over to Reminders and I guess in order to drive task-like tracking behaviour towards Reminders took it away from Cal? It's the only reason I could see for why they would actually remove a feature. But why should Apple tell me how I should be utilizing their product?


Anyway I switched to BusyCal about a month ago. Works great, but $50.

Feb 6, 2021 8:00 AM in response to mat1696

@Bigbwanabwana is right. This is most likely tangled up with Catalyst, with Calendar sharing implementation across platforms. Don't expect this to be fixed until the next major release where macOS, iPadOS, and perhaps iOS, have release dates that are lined-up. But, as others have posted, please use the Feedback page. Discussion pages do not get the same attention.


Feb 8, 2021 2:44 PM in response to charlsa258

Calendar notifications should have the option of a user selectable snooze duration restored. Big Sur removed this useful feature.


Sometimes I want to deal with a notification on my terms. This interrupts my workflow and what I'm currently focusing on.


I've actually dismissed notifications (because sometimes they're annoying) and have forgotten to go back and do what I wanted to be reminded of. Like pay bills or give my dogs their heartworm pills.

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