The Fantastical Calendar: Streamlining Your Scheduling Experience

As a user of Google Calendar and Calendar.app, you're likely looking for a seamless way to integrate your calendars with Timing. In this article, we'll guide you through the process of setting up and customizing the calendar integration in Fantastical, ensuring that each meeting is accurately accounted for and billed.

Setting Up CalDAV Syncing

To start, make sure all desired calendars are enabled for CalDAV syncing in your Google Calendar settings. If you haven't subscribed to Google Calendar in Calendar.app yet, please follow this guide. Timing can only display calendars that have been registered in Calendar.app, so be sure to set up your Mac's Calendar.app correctly.

Granting Permissions and Selecting Calendars

If you're having trouble finding the calendars you're looking for in the Timing preferences, it's likely because they haven't been set up yet. To resolve this issue, click on this link and grant the required permissions afterwards. You can then select the calendars whose events you'd like to see on the timeline.

Understanding Visual Cues

Fantastical uses visual cues to indicate how appointments affect your reported availability when other users query your calendar service. These cues include:

* A dotted circle, indicating that you might be available at that time

* A 'forbidden' sign, meaning that you've explicitly set your status to 'unavailable' at that time

* A circle, showing that other users scheduling an event will be told that you're free, even if the event overlaps with yours

* A solid dot, indicating that other users of your shared calendar system will be told that you're busy

The Full Calendar Window and Mini Window

Fantastical offers a range of views to help you manage your calendar, including day, week, month, quarter, and year views. The Full Calendar Window provides an overview of your entire calendar, while the Mini Window can be easily navigated using only your keyboard.

Customizing Your Experience

You can choose between different views in the Mini Window by clicking on the menu button in the bottom left corner or using the shortcut ⌃⌘A. You can also anchor the Mini Window to keep it visible when switching to other apps, detach it from the menu bar, and reattach it as needed.

By following these steps, you can set up and customize your calendar integration in Fantastical, ensuring a seamless scheduling experience with Timing. Whether you're using Google Calendar or Calendar.app, Fantastical provides a range of visual cues and customizable views to help you manage your time effectively.

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