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How to Get a Fullscreen Meeting Reminder on Mac
With Dato
- Open the settings of Dato, and click “Events”.
- In the “Notifications” section, turn on “Fullscreen notification for events & reminders”. The first time, its settings open. Later, click “Customize…” to open them.
- Choose the calendars, and when the notification shows, like 1 minute before the event. Turn on “Show for video call events only” if you only want it for calls.
- Click “Example Notification” to see what it looks like.
For a video call, press Return to join the call. Press Esc to dismiss the notification. The notification also shows in Do Not Disturb and other Focus modes. To pause it in a Focus, add the Dato Focus Filter to that Focus in “System Settings › Focus”.
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Menu bar calendar and world clocks, plus fullscreen meeting notifications
$18, one-time purchase
- Platform
- macOS
- Requires
- macOS 26 or later
- Category
- Productivity
- Released
- July 2019
- Privacy
- No personal data collected
- Family Sharing
- Yes
- Updated
- November 2026
- Version
- 5.8.4
- Size
- 18 MB
- Setapp rating
- 99% positive (878 ratings)
Without an app
- In Calendar, give the event an alert, like 5 minutes before.
- Open “System Settings › Notifications”, and click “Calendar”.
- Set the alert style to “Persistent”. The notification then stays until you close it, instead of going away after a while.
Apple’s instructions. This is enough when you are at the Mac and only need the notification to stay. Dato is for when you miss it anyway, like while you work in a fullscreen app.