Changing default time increment in calendar apps?

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Does anybody know how to change the default time increment on iCal or BusyCal? On iOS first, but MacOS too if possible.

(NB. I am not talking about the default duration of events - I’m talking about how the calendar snaps to times when you move events about.)

I like to drag my timeblocks about, but in both iCal and BusyCal it defaults to 15 min time intervals in the calendar view, so e.g. if I want to move a block to start at 20 past, I have to open the event and change the time manually. I’d like to set the time increments to be 5 mins (or even 10 mins if that’s not possible) so that I can drag to the correct start time without having to open the event. I thought zooming in might make the time increments smaller, but it doesn’t change.

If this is not possible in these apps, is there a calendar app that does allow for setting the default time increment in the calendar view?

(I did wonder if this is a limitation of the underlying calendar - in this case an iCloud calendar, so if there is a setting I need to change in my Apple account instead please say!)

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Interesting question. At a glance, I don’t see an option to change that in Fantastical or the iOS Gmail app. I suppose you could submit a feature request to BusyCal and see how they respond.

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I think you might need to ask BusyCal support.

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In BusyCal you can hold down shift and drag an event in day and week views to change its start times by increments of 60 seconds (1 minute).

That could be a solution for your case.

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This is brilliant, thank you!

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