Respond to an invitation

When someone invites you to an event, it appears in your calendar straight away. You can accept, decline, or say maybe from the event detail in Calendar.

Respond to an invitation

1. Open Calendar and find the event in your calendar. Pending invitations appear with a dashed outline; declined events appear faded.
2. Click the event to open its detail dialog.
3. Scroll down to the RSVP section, which appears near the bottom of the dialog. You will see three buttons: Accept, Maybe, and Decline.
4. Click the button that reflects your answer. The button fills in to show your current response. The dialog closes, and the organiser's attendee list updates to match.

Respond to a recurring invitation

If the event is part of a recurring series, a second step appears after you click Accept, Maybe, or Decline. Calendar asks you which occurrences to apply the response to:

• This event: updates your response for this occurrence only. Other dates in the series keep their current status.
• All events in series: applies your response to every occurrence in the series.

Choose the option you want and click OK.

Change your response

You can update your answer at any time. Click the event, find the RSVP section, and click a different button. Your response changes immediately.

Decline and remove an event

Clicking Decline updates your response but keeps the event visible in your calendar. If you also want to remove the event from your calendar, decline it and then delete it. For recurring events, Calendar asks whether to remove this occurrence, this and following, or the whole series.

Respond to an invitation from outside Eigen

When someone who uses a different calendar app invites you, the invitation email arrives in Mail. Mail shows a calendar card inside the message with the event title, date, and organiser's name. Click View in Calendar on that card to open Calendar on the event.

Eigen adds the event to your default calendar automatically when the email arrives. From there, respond the same way: click the event, find the RSVP section, and choose Accept, Maybe, or Decline. Eigen sends a reply email to the organiser so their calendar app can update its attendee list.

See How invitations work with people outside Eigen for more detail on the full outbound and inbound flow.