This year I went to create my 2020 calendar, and after duplicating the 2019 calendar and renaming it 2020, I double-clicked it, and the app never loaded. I tried it a few times, then gave up.
I downloaded Motif from the Mac App Store and opened it through the CREATE menu on the Photo app.
It opened right up.
After dragging the photos that I wanted to use in my new calendar, it's simple to drag and drop photos on to each page.
Here's my cover:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuegNSsa5p2lAeDvRLNjN8PDy7YWugYMnkh81B4ObPGn_VDdbxmfoMr0jh6J10f2WxJj0OQ8FSj4Jq4tyq6ODXVE2qSYZgV03Ki-ve9uGLKmd8l9KFZ9k1i5K5f6k5QmP5eo/s600/MOTIF+1.png)
On the month pages, you can choose to use up to 9 photos on each page in many different configurations, that are able to be modified. Lots of power here.
This is my December:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7vTc85ajCTSVLdKuzCkZpzEFjNLmD8OWFFfZemSzNwk0O7nf-LeKC03a7wDCuYc581SS7gg4RtWyAIfcTYc4afoJ1P64dsGRywELX7Unjdk4FAOXyM8HSu3c3VwvvnJ0VZc/s600/MOTIF++2.png)
Here are some of the features you can use when creating your Motif calendar.
I like the feature that allows you to add a photo to an important date.
I'd like to be able to edit the text more to allow the background photo to show up more.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfMobX-YtnjbeFoTjdyOBkUHrBlGVoPKqh2-YozkIqJ0amBvNvLZjibSb-TNMgP-5wwxrzl9PUo4llOHqQsdwkhM8MO5aMuHFuKQ_4sD1KT3CUirfQANQ48CGnyvz_BL1l3s/s600/Motif+3.png)
I had an overall great experience with Motif making my calendar for 2020.