Sorry, missed that. QuickCal is worth a read of their site and forums.
It really is pretty competent at long entries as far as I've found. Keep trying. On Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:08:22 AM UTC, Jason Davies wrote: > > I did mention quickCal was also confusing me:( > > Neither cope with long diary entries. I'll keep trying... > > Sent from my iPad > > On 9 Mar 2012, at 11:29, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm afraid it's a case of keep playing to get familiar. I've done a search > in vain before too! > > Top tip is that it relies on US English I think, so I seem to get better > results when I say Meet Jed for coffee on March 22nd as opposed to 22 March. > > It's limited, and I can't get it to update location, or reminders, or > repeats. It's really just a quick add for a simple thing. > > I suggest downloading Quick Cal (App Store) which really makes for a > natural experience and are both brilliant. A hot key calls up a window and > you can enter things REALLY naturally and it updates your preferred iCal > calendar eg meet Jed for a coffee 10am next Friday at Starbucks.... voila! > You can even enter Reminders from it too! > > Good luck > > On Thursday, March 8, 2012 4:01:58 PM UTC, Jason Davies wrote: >> >> I've got Lion with iCal and Quickcal. I've just wasted half an hour >> discovering that 'natural' entry is anything but if it's not 'movie at >> 7pm tonight' >> >> Does anyone have a crib sheet for ideal syntax? What I keep finding is >> that when an event is more than one word (eg the name of an academic >> paper, which is *never* one word, barely one sentence usually) and the >> location is complex (eg 'room G22/26 senate house', it doesn't stand a >> chance. googling just gets me lots of 'wow this does natural diary >> entry' without any specifics and FAQs just send me round in a circle or >> inform me that if I register at yet another forum... >> >> cribsheet anyone? template for adding these things? >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/L_O1jFYRN4IJ. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/zSzRtblFKhsJ. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
