Settings
- Flexibits Account
- General
- Appearance
- Events & Tasks
- Alerts
- Accounts
- Calendars & Lists
- Openings
- Weather
- Advanced
Flexibits Account
Sign in to your Flexibits Account in this tab to access all of your premium features in the app.
Once you are signed in, you will be able to manage your account, and view or copy your Account Encryption Key.
General
- Run in background: Continue to sync events and use the Mini Window when the main app is quit.
- Automatically start Fantastical: Automatically open Fantastical when the computer starts.
- Default calendar: Sets the calendar to which events will be added (unless specified manually when creating the event).
- Default task list: Sets the task list to which new tasks will be added (unless specified manually when creating the task).
- Default event duration: When new events are added, they will default to this length and their end time will be specified automatically.
- Start week on: Sets the day of the week displayed in the first column of a calendar view.
- Start week view on: Sets whether week view will start on the day selected in the “Start week on” preference above, or on today/the currently selected day.
- Start month view on: Sets whether month view will start on the first week of the month or the current/selected week.
- Start Quarter View On: Choose to start quarter view on the first week of the month, or the current or selected week.
- Days in week view: Determines how many days will be shown in the week view.
- Weeks in month view: Determines how many weeks will be shown in the month view.
- Weeks in Quarter view: Select how many weeks should be displayed in quarter view.
- Show (hours) at a time: Determines how many hours are visible in one page of the day and week views.
Date & Time formats may be set in System Settings under Time & language > Language & Region. You can open this panel quickly by clicking "Date & Time Formats..." in Fantastical's General settings.
Appearance
Light Mode
- Fantastical: Dark sidebar and light calendar
- Light: Light sidebar and light calendar
- Dark: Dark sidebar and dark calendar
Dark Mode
- Fantastical: Dark sidebar and light calendar
- Light: Light sidebar and light calendar
- Dark: Dark sidebar and dark calendar
Choose how Fantastical's app icon should appear by clicking the app icon you prefer.
- Hide date on app icon: Enable this to always hide the date on the app icon
- Automatically adjust app icon to system theme: Fantastical will change between the Default and Dark icons along with the Windows system theme.
Events & Tasks
- List shows: Determines how many days of events to include in the list.
- Show when events end: If you enable this setting, Fantastical will include the event's end time when displayed in list views.
- Show calendar week numbers: If you enable this setting, week numbers will be included in calendar views.
- Start calendar weeks on a custom date: Use this to choose which week the calendar week numbers begin on.
- Show declined events: Toggle off this setting to hide event invitations that you've declined.
- Show hidden items: Reveal any events or tasks that you have previously hidden. To hide an event or task, right-click the item and then select the Hide option.
- Combine identical events: Combines events with the same time, name, and location into one event (useful if you have shared calendars with other people who have the same events).
- Show multi-day events in all-day section: Displays timed events that span more than one day in the all-day section of the Day or Week views.
- Show tasks in calendar views: Enable this setting to display tasks directly in your calendar.
- Show completed tasks: Toggle off this setting to hide tasks you've marked as complete
Alerts
Use alerts to make sure you never miss an event.
- Show shared calendar messages in Notification Center: Shows a notification when new events and existing event modifications are made to a shared calendar by another person.
- Show invitation messages in Notification Center: Shows a notification when someone invites you to an event, or when an invitee accepts or declines one of your event invitations.
- Add default alerts when accepting invitations: Automatically add the default alerts to an invitation when accepting the invitation in Fantastical
- Show notifications for all-day tasks: Shows a notification for all-day tasks.
- On the day the task is due When Show notifications for all-day tasks is enabled, this allows you to choose the time you want the notification to appear.
Fantastical for Windows can be set to automatically add alerts to new Timed and All-Day events. Alert times can be specified for each type.
Add multiple alerts by choosing the Add Alert button at the top of each section.
Alerts can always be adjusted manually for each event when necessary.
Accounts
The Accounts pane in Fantastical’s Settings allows you to add a variety of account types including iCloud, Google, Exchange, Microsoft 365, Todoist, fruux, Meetup or any CalDAV account.
To add a new account:
- Choose the "+" icon at the bottom of the sidebar on the left side of the Accounts settings.
- A panel with account type options will appear.
- Select the type of account you'd like to add.
- Fill in the requested information.
Depending on the account type, different information will be required. To see instructions for specific account types, use the links below:
Existing accounts can be enabled or disabled without deleting them by selecting them in the left pane and checking the Enable this account setting in the right pane.
Calendars & Lists
Add a new Calendar Set using the + icon at the bottom of the left pane. Select a set in the list and its available calendars will be displayed in the right pane. Checking or unchecking calendars on the right toggles their visibility when the set is selected in any view. Use the Shift key to select multiple calendars at once.
You can use Calendar Sets to quickly switch between groups of calendars with ease. For example, creating Calendar Sets titled “Work” and “Home” will allow you to hide all work events when you’re not at your workplace.
Adding calendars
Click the + icon at the bottom of the right pane to add a new calendar, task list or calendar subscription. You can also access these options from the File menu.
Please note: not all calendar services will allow you to add or modify calendars and lists directly through Fantastical, so if you are unable to add calendars or lists in this manner, you will need to add them directly on your calendar service's website.
Editing calendars
Right-click on a calendar and select Get Info to change a calendar's name or color. You can also disable all alerts and invitation notifications for a calendar by checking the Ignore Alerts setting.
Openings
Enable Openings to share your available time slots with others so they can quickly choose a time that works for everyone.
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Calendar Set: Choose which calendar set is used to upload your free time slots to Flexibits and share with your recipients. Only your calendar's empty time slots are uploaded to Flexibits. Flexibits does not have access to any of your event data.
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Manage Openings: Click here to go to your Flexibits Account and manage Openings' settings.
Weather
Enable Weather to display the local forecast directly in your calendar.
- Show weather for: Displays weather for the selected location directly in Fantastical's user interface. Click "Change Location..." to modify your location.
- Show temperature in: Choose if you want the temperature displayed in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Advanced
- Show second time zone in Day and Week: Adds an additional timeline to the right of the day and week views, which can be configured to display a specific time zone.
- Language: Choose the language that Fantastical uses (from our supported options).
- Automatically check for updates: Choose to let the app automatically check for updates and notify you when they are available.
- Show favorite time zones with event details: Enable Fantastical to show additional time zones in an event's details.
