Fantastical Tips for February 24, 2014
These tips work with both the Mac and iOS version of Fantastical.
To create a Reminder instead of a calendar entry, start a sentence with “reminder”, “todo” or “task”:
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todo Post Fantastical tips Saturday at 7pm
Use the keyboard shortcut ⌥-V on the Mac to prefix with a check mark (✔) and automatically toggle an entry to a Reminder.
Include basic date logic in an entry. Fantastical will take care of figuring out the date:
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Post Fantastical tips in 3 days
Use the forward slash modifier to indicate a specific calendar or Reminders list. It works with closest fuzzy matching. /m matches my “Mac” list. /md matches my “Macdrifter” list.
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Post Fantastical tips on Saturday /md
Create repeating events or tasks with natural language:
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todo Take out the recycling every other Tuesday at 5pm /ho
Preferences
Set the keyboard shortcut on the mac to get immediate access to the entry field.
Customize your system date settings to change the way Fantastical lists items:
Set double-click date option