The episode had some useful tips, and got me interested in Todoist as a replacement for Omnifocus since my needs are not very complicated. I already use it a lot on my Mac, but not on my iDevices.įastmail and even Nextcloud might be good topics for a future show. Personally, I use Apple mail and calendar apps no, problem!įastmail’s web interface is really nice, I might give using it for Mail, Calendar, and Contact a try.

I’m glad they covered calendars besides Fantastical, though that section felt like half of the show. Google Contacts and Mail were very non-standard so it took a lot of work to replicate configuration in Fastmail.

+1 I migrated off of Google and Apple a few weeks ago, with Nextcloud as a destination but I stopped off at Fastmail. I highly recommend playing with this feature. I have to go into the Fantastical alerts to see this.

One of my only areas for improvement is that I do not get a notification if the invitee chooses that “none of these times work” option.

I get a confirmation when someone has accepted a date and time.

If you add notes to the calendar appointment, they show up at the top of the Proposal Email in a nice orange box.

In account settings, I have added my work email address to be the sending account for meeting proposals, which is different than the personal email that I use for my Fantastical subscription.

The proposed meeting times are on a fantastical calendar that my team can’t see, but once a time is selected by the invitee, it shows up in exchange.

It plays nicely with my exchange calendar for work.

There is a nice option if none of the suggested times work.

I can usually create 6 to 9 options very quickly, and when I click add event, a really nice email is sent to the person I invited. In fantastical, I create an appointment for the first time that might work, click “Propose Another Time” and move that around on my calendar. Now when someone reaches out via email, I send back a nice note letting them know to watch for a separate scheduling email. I HATED the endless email back and forth to choose a day, and then a time. Part of my job is doing what are essentially courtesy calls with executives looking for work. It wasn’t until I heard David talk about it (maybe on a podcast, could it have been in the Paperless field guide?) that I gave it a go.

Also wanted to +1 David’s comments about Fantastical’s “Propose Meeting” feature.

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