NotchStar says it needs calendar access: how to fix it
If the Home or Calendar tab says “NotchStar needs calendar access to show your day”, macOS has calendar access switched off for NotchStar. Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, choose Calendars and turn NotchStar on. Then reopen the notch. The card has a button that opens the Calendars pane.
Steps
- Choose the Apple menu, then System Settings.
- Click Privacy & Security in the sidebar and scroll if needed.
- Open Calendars and turn NotchStar on.
- Go back to Privacy & Security, open Reminders and turn NotchStar on as well.
- Close the notch, open it again and pick Calendar.
NotchStar checks permission each time the Calendar or Home view loads, so reopening is enough. No restart is needed.
The quiet failure
Calendar and Reminders are separate switches. If events show but the reminders column always says “All done”, the reminders switch is probably off. This is the most common reason a reminder seems to be missing.
Partial access
NotchStar needs full access to calendars. If macOS only gave it permission to add events and not to read them, the card appears again.
For a normal first time grant, see how to allow calendar and reminders access. If access is on and the list is empty, read why no events show. The tool is described on the Calendar and Reminders page.
