[marisa8184]

The problem is not being able to see your actions and appointments at the same time. If you have quite a few of each, and there are lots of things due, then you need to see both to know how to renegotiate some of your commitments.

On weeks when I have few appointments then the dual system is fine, but when things are more hectic, especially meetings that are called without a lot of notice, then it's immensely useful to be able to correlate actions due with time commitments.

It's also a question of being realistic and not overcommitting.

Some systems bring the appointments into the task manager, others put the tasks into the calendar. The advantage of the second system is that if this gets synchronised, the whole lot is available outside the mac environment which is where a lot of us have to work. However, either would work for me. What doesn't work is having to be constantly looking in two places, at two systems. It causes stress, particularly if you are not the only person inputting appointments into your calendar.

If you have an assistant or colleague who is able to put engagements into your calendar, you have to be constantly aware that the calendar you saw at the beginning of the week/day, may not be the same as it is now. Having both things show up in the same place allows greater immediate flexibility.