Fantastical is the Mac calendar you'll actually enjoy using.
Creating an event with Fantastical is quick, easy, and fun:
Open Fantastical with a single click or keystroke
Type in your event details and press return
...and you're back to what you were doing with a shiny new event in your calendar!
Fantastical's natural language engine is expressive and intelligent so you can write in your own style. Fantastical also automatically recognizes the location of your event and can even invite people from your Address Book to the
What's New
Version 1.2.4:
Fixes a potential crash on French systems
Fixes past events not dimming correctly sometimes
Fixes a bug where some recurring events would not appear when using Outlook
I use this application every day, and really open iCal when I need to search back in the archives. Simple and to the point! Got it as part of an MuPromo awhile back, worth the money.
Doesn't work with Google Calendars and alarms. For my iCal calendars Fantastical creates the alarms fine. But, if it's a Google Calendar that's hooked into iCal, then the alarms I set in Fantastical don't register over to iCal, they simply disappear. I've tested this many different times and not having alarms go off is very, very bad.
Otherwise, I really like Fantastical. But it's worthless with Google Calendars I use with iCal. This is with the latest iCal in latest Mac OS 10.6.8. Maybe it does work in Lion, but I haven't tested that yet.
This "issue" is with Google Calendar. Go to your Google Calendar web settings and check your reminders (Google calls alarms "reminders") settings. The Google Calendar website settings override what we send with Fantastical. This is something done at the server, so we have no control over this.
Exactly my take. These are natural pieces in my daily process. I don't think about them and I don't know how I'd go back to working/living without them.
OK, I'll be "that guy," but I really mean it: Fantastical is fantastic.
The UI is everything iCal is missing. It's like List view in iOS Calendar, but tighter and clearer (e.g., all day events look different than timed events). The ability to edit without going into iCal is great too.
My only gripe: Why can I edit everything EXCEPT the repeat options?
I've always hated iCal, and the fact that no calendar app exists that isn't some minor variation on iCal/Outlook.
This app goes a long way toward making me forget that hatred.
As for the price, we've been spoiled by cheap iOS apps. This is worth $20 to me.
There are some serious drawbacks to this app. I found that it doesn't keep track of changes in iCal - even when iCal is launched and its entries updated and quit again.
I update iCal, wait for quite a bit, then quit iCal, then look in Fantastical, and I see old entries that have been deleted.
Curiously, I found that Fantastical will accurately reflect what's in iCal *whilst iCal is open* but then it will revert to the earlier (outdated) pattern of events once iCal is quit again.
I therefore simply can't rely on it to show what's really in iCal.
On further testing I can confirm that the app is adding previously deleted repeating events into past dates, except when iCal is open, when the events re-configure themselves correctly. Once iCal is closed again however, the deleted past events return.
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Fantastical is the Mac calendar you'll actually enjoy using.
Creating an event with Fantastical is quick, easy, and fun:
Open Fantastical with a single click or keystroke
Type in your event details and press return
...and you're back to what you were doing with a shiny new event in your calendar!
Fantastical's natural language engine is expressive and intelligent so you can write in your own style. Fantastical also automatically recognizes the location of your event and can even invite people from your Address Book to the event.
Your events have never looked better
Plan your day in style with the most attractive calendar you've ever seen. Color-coding and beautiful design help you quickly make sense of your schedule. You can even change the number of events you want displayed, allowing you to focus on what's important.
Need more info about an event? Just click on it and the event's important details will be displayed instantly.
Edit and delete with ease
Presenting the easiest and quickest way to change your events: select the event you want to change and take control of your event with a single click or keystroke. For example, add event notes to existing events. Enter the information that's important for you to remember and it will stay attached to your event.
BYOC (Bring Your Own Calendar)
Fantastical works with your favorite Mac calendar application: iCal, BusyCal, Entourage, or Outlook.
You can even use your iCloud, MobileMe, Google Calendar or Yahoo! Calendar accounts: simply add them to iCal and you're all set.
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Pwenzel reviewed on 11 May 2012
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Cowicide reviewed on 21 Apr 2012
Otherwise, I really like Fantastical. But it's worthless with Google Calendars I use with iCal. This is with the latest iCal in latest Mac OS 10.6.8. Maybe it does work in Lion, but I haven't tested that yet.
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Odysseus, iCal's alarms with Google Calendar has always worked for me at least in the Mac OS 10.6.x iCal it has.
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Bigboysdad reviewed on 12 Apr 2012
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Masterminter reviewed on 29 Mar 2012
But I am not sure the steep $20 is valid.
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Robio reviewed on 25 Mar 2012
The UI is everything iCal is missing. It's like List view in iOS Calendar, but tighter and clearer (e.g., all day events look different than timed events). The ability to edit without going into iCal is great too.
My only gripe: Why can I edit everything EXCEPT the repeat options?
I've always hated iCal, and the fact that no calendar app exists that isn't some minor variation on iCal/Outlook.
This app goes a long way toward making me forget that hatred.
As for the price, we've been spoiled by cheap iOS apps. This is worth $20 to me.
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Ataribaby reviewed on 23 Mar 2012
Ironically I was enjoying this program until I installed this update, and now it hangs and runs slowly all the time. :(
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Valerama reviewed on 16 Mar 2012
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I update iCal, wait for quite a bit, then quit iCal, then look in Fantastical, and I see old entries that have been deleted.
Curiously, I found that Fantastical will accurately reflect what's in iCal *whilst iCal is open* but then it will revert to the earlier (outdated) pattern of events once iCal is quit again.
I therefore simply can't rely on it to show what's really in iCal.
It's a shame, because the eye-candy is nice.
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http://flexibits.com/support
Obviously having repeating events shifted is not a good thing and we want to fix it. Thanks.
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