Fantastical FAQ

All of your features from Fantastical 2 are automatically available and do not require a Flexibits Premium subscription. This only applies to existing Fantastical 2 customers.

Mac Users: In order for Fantastical to activate your prior purchase you need to download Fantastical from the same location you originally purchased it from (either directly from our website or the Mac App Store). Otherwise Fantastical will not unlock your Fantastical 2 features.

• If you purchased Fantastical 2 for Mac directly from our website (you have a Fantastical 2 license code) then you need to download Fantastical 3 directly from our website.

• If you are using the version from our website, you can enter your Fantastical 2 license by clicking 'Fantastical' in the Menu bar > Enter License. This will not work with the Mac App Store version.

• If you originally purchased Fantastical 2 for Mac on the Mac App Store then download Fantastical on the Mac App Store. Make sure you're signed in to the same Apple ID you used to make your previous purchase of Fantastical 2. Fantastical will automatically detect your previous purchase from the Mac App Store and make the existing features available.

Note: You will only receive the features that were available on the previous app you purchased. For example: Fantastical 2 for Mac had calendar sets, but Fantastical for iPhone did not.

There are also new features available for free to existing Fantastical 2 users:

• New: 3 day weather forecast (powered by AccuWeather)
• New: Full task support including Todoist and Google Tasks
• New: Parser autocomplete recommendations for invitees, locations, calendars, and task lists
• New for iOS: Apple Watch syncs over Wi-Fi and LTE, even if your phone isn't nearby (requires creating a free Flexibits account, but no Flexibits Premium subscription is needed)
• New for iOS and iPadOS: Improved invitee support. Add your calendar accounts directly to Fantastical and receive and respond to invitations as well as G Suite and Exchange invitee lookup
• New for macOS: Fantastical can now run in the background (receive notifications and sync even when Fantastical isn't running) and the mini window can now run over other full screen apps
• New for macOS: Support for attachments on Google Calendar events
• New for iPadOS: Full screen day, week, month, and year views
• New: Universal app on iOS and iPadOS - If you are an existing iPad user, please download the new Fantastical from the App Store and your existing features will be made available

If you previously purchased Fantastical 2 you can still use Fantastical 3 with all of your features from Fantastical 2 unlocked.

If you originally purchased Fantastical 2 from the Mac App Store then please be sure to download the latest version of Fantastical from the Mac App Store. If you originally purchased Fantastical 2 from the Flexibits Store and have a license code, download the latest version of Fantastical from our website. If you download Fantastical from the Mac App Store you will not be able to enter your license code.

Once you have Fantastical installed by downloading it from our website, enter your license code:

• Open Fantastical
• Click the Fantastical menu
• Select Enter Fantastical 2 License
• Enter your name and license code to unlock Fantastical

If you use a service such as iCloud, Google, Microsoft 365, or Exchange, you probably need to add that account directly to Fantastical. Open Settings and click the Accounts tab to ensure your accounts have been added.

If you have On My Mac calendars that you want to use with Fantastical, Fantastical needs access your Calendars and Reminders. Go to the macOS Settings app > Privacy & Security and ensure Fantastical is allowed to access your Calendars and Reminders. Then enable Fantastical's local Calendar sync in Fantastical > Settings > Accounts > Apps. Fantastical will not work if you disallow access to either of these. You also must allow access to Contacts in order for birthdays and event invitations to work.

Are you having trouble with Fantastical crashing on startup, accounts missing, or just want to quickly remove your accounts and start over again? Here's how to do that:

• Go to the Finder and press command-shift-G
• Copy and paste the following into the window that appears: ~/Library/Containers
• Move the folders named Fantastical to the Trash (if you're using macOS Catalina or earlier then the folder will be named com.flexibits.fantastical2.mac)
• Go to the Finder and press command-shift-G
• Copy and paste the following into the window that appears: ~/Library/Group Containers
• Move the folder named 85C27NK92C.com.flexibits.fantastical2.mac to the Trash
• Restart your Mac
• Open Fantastical and set up your accounts again

It is important that you restart your Mac after deleting the folder, otherwise Fantastical will not be able to save your settings!

If Fantastical quits unexpectedly, this is likely the result of macOS trying to re-allocate space on a storage drive that's starting to run out of room. For full details, please read this article.

This yellow exclamation mark means that you upgraded your Reminders database to the new format Apple is using for iOS 13. This makes iCloud reminders disappear entirely on Mac because it takes them off the iCloud CalDAV server and moves them to the new iCloud reminders format.

You must upgrade to iOS 13 and macOS Catalina to view upgraded Reminders. Also update to the latest version of Fantastical to view upgraded reminders.

Once you update to macOS Catalina you can enable reminders by doing the following:

• Open Fantastical Settings
• Select the Accounts tab
• Select Reminders
• Make sure Show Reminders is checked
• Select the Calendars tab
• Make sure your lists are enabled in the Tasks section

The Join Call button will only appear for your next, upcoming call. This has the advantage of reducing clutter in your calendar, and when future calls become due you can click the Join Call button to join these calls too.

Apple requires app-specific passwords when using two-factor authentication with iCloud. Please see our documentation for more information on creating an app-specific password. You will not be able to connect to iCloud using Fantastical if you don't have two-factor authentication or two-step verification enabled.

Also, make sure you are using your Apple ID's primary email address. You can check which email address is your primary address at appleid.apple.com.

If you're having trouble getting your calendars to sync between devices, take a look at our troubleshooting steps for syncing.

You may not have an account that supports reminders added to Fantastical. If you are using Apple Reminders, please make sure you have this enabled in Fantastical > Settings > Accounts > Reminders. You will also need to go to Mac System Settings > Privacy & Security > Reminders and make sure Fantastical is enabled here.

Click View > Show/Hide Sidebar to toggle the sidebar's visibility. Keep the sidebar enabled to quickly refer to a mini-calendar for the selected month and a list of your upcoming events and reminders. Hide the sidebar to give your main calendar view more space.

You can specify a calendar by using a slash (/) at the beginning or end of a sentence. Even easier, you only need the first character of a calendar. For example, /w or /h would create your event in the Work or Home calendars, respectively. You can be more specific if you have multiple calendars with similar names, such as /pe for Personal and /pr for Private.

You need to disable the Apple Calendar and Reminder notifications and enable Fantastical's notifications. Please perform the following steps:

1. Open Fantastical's Settings > Alerts. Make sure the notification options you want are enabled.

2. Open the macOS Settings app > Notifications. Disable all Calendar and Reminders notification options, including setting the 'alert style' to 'none'.

3. While in macOS Settings > Notifications, make sure that all notification options are enabled for Fantastical Helper and Fantastical.

New events will be set to all-day if you don't specify a time in your sentence. If you want a timed event, simply add the time to your sentence, such as "Meeting on Friday 3pm-5pm," and Fantastical will disable all-day mode and set the event times.

All notifications and alerts for a calendar or reminder list can be disabled by doing the following:

1. Open Fantastical's Settings > Calendars
2. Right-click on the calendar or reminder list you don't want to receive alerts on and select Get Info
3. Check the box to Ignore Alerts

If you are getting frequent prompts to log back into your Zoom account, then this is caused by a device limitation imposed by Zoom: Zoom can only be signed in to one computer and one mobile device at a time. Zoom's authentication system doesn't yet support multiple devices of the same type being able to sign in to the same account simultaneously. Thus, signing in to Zoom through Fantastical one one device will automatically log you out on another device of the same type. We have reported this limitation to Zoom.

For more information on this topic please refer to Zoom's help center

Please see our privacy page for more information.

Yes, we offer a 20% educational or military discount! This discount is valid for 24 months of your Flexibits Premium subscription.

Looking for an education discount for Flexibits Premium? Please contact us here and include proof of your educational institution, student status, or military service (such as a copy of your ID).

Yes, we have a team/enterprise plan that gives you a main Flexibits Account that is used to purchase and manage multiple subscriptions for your team. Once the account is activated, each user sets up their own Flexibits account and uses it to sign in to Fantastical and Cardhop on each of their devices, giving them full access to Flexibits Premium.

You can get started on our Teams information page. Once you create the main Flexibits Account that you will use to manage your team subscription, you can change the amount of seats at any time by going to your Billing page.

If you have any questions please contact us to discuss further.

Fantastical 3.6.11 is the last version available for macOS High Sierra, Mojave, and Catalina. You can download it here.
Fantastical 2.5.16 is the last version available for macOS El Capitan and Sierra. You can download it here.
Fantastical 2.2.5 is the last version available for macOS Yosemite. You can download it here.
Fantastical 1 is the last version available for macOS Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks. You can download it here.

Please note that support for Fantastical 1 ended in 2015 and support for Fantastical 2 ended in 2020. You may encounter issues when using old versions of Fantastical on newer versions of macOS.

Flexibits Premium offers a 14-day free trial period. During the 14-day free trial period, you have the option to cancel your subscription before it is billed.

• Subscriptions automatically renew unless you cancel them
• If you cancel, you can keep using the subscription until the next billing date

If you signed up for a free 14-day trial subscription and don't want to renew it, cancel it at least 24 hours before the trial ends.

If you are currently on a plan that has been billed, you are responsible for those charges. However, you can cancel future billing at any time. If you want to cancel, follow these instructions:

• If you activated your subscription directly from Flexibits, click or tap here for your Flexibits Account and select the Billing tab.
• If you activated your subscription from the App Store, click or tap here to manage your subscriptions.

Once a subscription charge has been billed, it is non-refundable.

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