Mojave: Default start time of new events

When I create a new event in Calendar, it starts at 9:00 am and ends at 10:00 am. I want to change that to one hour earlier. Is there a way to achieve this?

I know there's a way to change the default duration of new events and it's not what I'm looking for. I found this question without an answer for the iPhone. I'm on macOS 10.14.6.


You can choose the time to start / end your day with macOS Calendar - it's in the general setting.

Calendar app preferences

For specific events, Calendar app should do natural language scheduling like many third party calendar apps have done for quite some time.

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Fantasitcal has a free trail and is worth every penny in my experience, but you can use native new event controls to just make your appoint for the date and time of your chosing. Siri will do this as well for you, you just need to be in a place where you feel comfortable speaking to your Mac and enable Siri.

Make an appointment for next Wednesday at 11 am

Apple Calendar new event language processing interface

And with the text above, you should see this completion (for the next few days at least when another next Wednesday will be selected).

Apple Calendar new event language processing results