Another thing I like about Fantastical 2 is the increased alert times. The native calendar lets you set alerts for an appointment at 5, 15 and 30 minutes before, along with one or two hours before, and a week before. Fantastical also gives you 10 minutes, 45 minutes, even 6 or 12 hours before. The 12 hours before alert has come in handy for me when reminding myself of a doctor's appointment and that I had to fast overnight. Another big advantage is the ease of going to a specific date. From what I have found, there is not a way to go to a specific date in the native calendar, other than going through the months/years and physically locating the date. In Fantastical, I can search for a specific date, which also is handy with doctor appointments that may be several months in the future. I started using Fantastical around 2 years ago and haven't regretted the purchase one bit.
Wayne On 5/16/16, Chris Chaffin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Just a little calendar tip. > Just like you can use Siri to create a calendar event, you can also use Siri > to tell you many things regarding your calendar and the events you have > coming up. > For example, you can ask Siri things like: > > What is on my schedule today? And Siri will list the events and times of > what is on your calendar for that day. > Or, What is on my schedule for the week? And Siri will tell you what is on > your calendar for the week. > Now one thing I do at the first of each month is to get Siri to tell me the > upcoming birthdays for that month. The key to finding things is to make > sure you say it correctly. If I ask Siri what birthdays are scheduled for > June, then Siri will answer that there is none. And that is because for > each persons birthday, I enter on my calendar the person's name and the wore > birthday, not birthdays. So if I ask Siri, what birthday do I have > scheduled for June, then Siri will search the June calendar for every event > that has the word birthday in it and list it out. > Again, Siri can be very helpful in searching your calendar, but you have to > give Siri the correct words to search for. > > Like I can ask Siri, when is my next haircut scheduled? And Siri will > search the calendar for the next mention of the word haircut, then she will > tell me the date and time. > So as long as you have an internet connection, Siri can really help you find > things on your calendar very quickly. > > I hope this has been helpful! > > Chris > > >> On May 16, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Paul and Paula Jordan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Monni, I love fantastical. When you open the app there’s a new event >> button at the top right of the screen. You write a sentence something like >> this: “doctor’s appointment on july 3, 2016 at 2 pm” And it will enter >> the information on the correct date. I find it very voice-over friendly. >> Often I use Siri to enter a calendar appointment and it shows up in both >> the native calendar app and fantastical. I’ve not had much luck finding >> appointments on the native app, but it’s simple on fantastical. You find >> the date and double tap it. Then go down toward the bottom of the screen >> and you’ll find the list of events for that day. Hope this helps. >> Probably someone can give you better information, so don’t hesitate to >> ask. >> God bless! >> Paula and Boston >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Monica Jones >> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:46 AM >> To: VIPhone >> Subject: A Good Calendar App >> >> I don’t like the native calendar app. I’ve heard that Fantastical2 is >> great, but then I heard it was busted with an update. 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