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Running a week that holds together, on a Mac calendar.
Itsycal alternatives: what you can drop
The closest Itsycal alternative is Dato, $18 once with world clocks. MeetingBar is free for calls, and InstaCal or Fantastical add a full calendar window.
Itsycal not working: what to check, in order
When Itsycal stops working on a Mac, the cause is usually the wrong build, a calendar permission or the Calendar app. A check order for icons, events, crashes.
Fantastical not working: what to check, in order
Fantastical fuguai, or Fantastical not working on a Mac: a triage order for missing events, devices out of sync, rejected accounts, silent alerts and crashes.
Fantastical: what the free tier covers
Fantastical ryoukin, answered through the free tier caps: one calendar set, two weeks of mirroring, one invitee per event, and what Premium costs to lift them.
Fantastical: what it does and where it breaks down
Fantastical towa: what Fantastical is, a client on top of Google, iCloud, and Microsoft 365, what it adds, and the documented spots where setups break down.
Fantastical: the setup order that holds up
Fantastical's Mac settings span eleven tabs, and most trouble comes from five set in the wrong order. The order that holds: accounts, defaults, alerts, sets.
iCloud Calendar: how to decide what you need
iCloud Calendar is Apple's free service that keeps events in step on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows. Its limits, sharing, restore, and when Google fits better.
iCloud Calendar not working: what to check, in order
iCloud Calendar not working? Check Apple's servers, then the account and storage, then third party app passwords, then each device, in the order Apple's own support pages suggest.