# Use GCal with macOS Focus

Limit menu-bar events and notifications while a particular Focus is active.

These guides cover GCal 4.0.0 for Mac.

Source: [Use GCal with macOS Focus](https://soriian.com/help/focus-filters/)

Requires Premium. [Feature availability](https://soriian.com/help/premium-features/).

## Add GCal to a Focus

1. Open **GCal Settings → Focus → Open Focus Settings**.
2. In macOS System Settings, choose the Focus you want to configure, such as Work.
3. Find **Focus Filters**, choose **Add Filter**, and select **GCal for Google Calendar**.
4. Choose the filter you want and fill in its options. Save it, then activate that Focus to check the result.

![GCal Focus settings beside the macOS Focus filter dialog, with the filter menu showing Meetings only, Organizer, Organizer meetings, and Calendars.](https://soriian.com/assets/images/help/focus.png)

Open Focus Settings from GCal, then add a GCal filter to your chosen macOS Focus and select what to include.

## Allow GCal notifications during the Focus

A GCal Focus filter controls which events GCal includes. It does not automatically allow GCal notifications through the macOS Focus.

1. Open **System Settings → Focus**.
2. Select the Focus you configured.
3. Under **Allow Notifications**, open **Allowed Apps**.
4. Add **GCal for Google Calendar** if you want its event and task notifications to appear while this Focus is active.

If the Focus is configured to silence selected apps instead, make sure GCal is not included in the silenced-app list.

![GCal Focus settings beside macOS Do Not Disturb settings, with GCal included under Allowed Apps.](https://soriian.com/assets/images/help/focus-notifications.png)

Allow GCal under Allowed Apps if you want its notifications to appear while this Focus is active.

## Choose what stays visible

- **Meetings only:** include events with video links.
- **Organizer:** match events from a selected organizer email or domain.
- **Organizer meetings:** combine the organizer rule with the video-meeting requirement.
- **Calendars:** include events from selected calendars.

Focus filters limit the menu-bar events and notifications shown while that Focus is active. To switch calendar groups in the main window, use [Calendar Sets](https://soriian.com/help/calendar-sets/).

## If events or notifications seem to be missing

Temporarily turn the Focus off and compare the result. If events return, check both controls above. Adjust the GCal filter if the event is excluded, and check Allowed Apps if GCal notifications are silenced.

## Related guides

- [Create and switch Calendar Sets](https://soriian.com/help/calendar-sets/)
- [Fix missing notifications](https://soriian.com/help/notifications/)
- [Find missing calendars or events](https://soriian.com/help/missing-calendars/)

## Support

Contact [GCal support](mailto:contact@soriian.com) with your GCal and macOS versions, what you are trying to do, and what happens instead.