following iOS6 eventKit and the new privacy settings I am using the following code - which works perfectly fine on iOS6 devices. Still, I would like the same code to work also for devices with iOS 5.x and I wish not to write a the "same code" twice - Seems wrong. Can anyone assist in an elegant solution ? EKEventStore *eventStore = [[EKEventStore alloc] init]; [eventStore requestAccessToEntityType:EKEntityTypeEvent completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error) { // some code }];