Scheduling recurring events on iOS

Reader Diane Williams has a recurring question:

I’m trying to schedule a recurring meeting that occurs each month on the first Thursday of the month. Could not manage to do this in Calendar. The repeat function for monthly meetings operates by date, not by day of the month. Am I missing something?

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Calendar on the Mac has plenty of recurring options that are lacking on iOS.

While users of Calendar (née iCal) have long had this capability, Diane’s not wrong: The ability to schedule recurring events by day of the week is missing in action on iOS. But there are a couple ways to work around this issue.

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