Dato
Dato is a macOS menu bar calendar app that shows dates, upcoming events, world clocks, reminders, and meeting alerts in one place.
What is Dato?
Dato is a native macOS productivity app that puts your calendar, clocks, and upcoming schedule directly in the menu bar. It helps Mac users check the date and time, browse a monthly calendar, review upcoming events, and track multiple time zones without keeping a full calendar window open. The app also supports reminders, fullscreen meeting notifications, quick event creation, and shortcuts for joining supported video calls from calendar events. Dato works with the calendar accounts already available through macOS, including common services such as iCloud, Google, and Outlook. It is best suited for people who want a compact menu bar companion for everyday scheduling, travel coordination, or remote work across time zones.
Key features
- Show a calendar, upcoming events, and world clocks from the menu bar
- Display multiple time zones with custom names and time travel controls
- Create events and reminders without opening a full calendar app
- Show fullscreen notifications for upcoming meetings
- Join supported video call meetings from calendar events
- Customize the menu bar date and time format
- Show the next event directly in the menu bar
- Work with calendar accounts already connected to macOS
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Dato is legitimate menu bar productivity software for macOS. It uses your calendar and reminder data to show events, clocks, and meeting alerts, so prompts for Calendar or Reminders access are normal for its purpose. If you remove it, you will lose its menu bar calendar, world clocks, and notification features, but your underlying calendars and accounts remain managed by macOS and your calendar providers.
Recommendation: Keep Dato if you use its menu bar calendar, world clocks, or meeting notifications as part of your daily workflow. If you no longer rely on those features, you can remove it without affecting the calendar accounts stored in macOS.
Common paths
/Applications/Dato.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.sindresorhus.Dato-setapp
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/com.sindresorhus.Dato-setapp
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.sindresorhus.Dato-setapp.plist
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