What is it?
FlexCal is a simple way to get your tasks or events into your calendar quickly. Simply hit a hotkey (that you define) and a quick entry window pops up — from within any application. The first window is a task entry window. Hit the hotkey again and an event entry window appears. Type in your task or event, hit return and instantly the item is added to your iCal calendar. It’s that simple.
What’s the cost?
Free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
Requirements?
Requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
Feedback? Questions? Suggestions?
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First!!!
FINALLY!!! I’ve been searching for something like this and even tried to create those Automator actions with little success. Love the look and especially the hotkey. Is it possible to add two features: an ENTER key so we can tab to it or just hit enter; access the drop down calendar menu (I have 5 calendars) via TAB. thank you. Will donate.
Alex – the inability to tab between fields is not a limitation of this utility but rather a system setting in OS X.
To set it, go to System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > All Controls at the bottom (button).
Now you can tab between the controls in FlexCal and never take your hand off the keyboard. Can you clarify what you meant by an enter key? You can hit enter/return at any point in the to do or events window to add your to do/event.
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[...] ab OSX 10.3. Leichte Überarbeitungen und Bugfixes für: Delicious Library 2.0.4, Flux 1.4.7 und FlexCal 1.08. Autor:Datum:Kategorie:Tags: Nadine Dressler, Freier Mitarbeiter10.10.2008, 12:36 [...]
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If you could tie in the ability to enter Events, ToDo’s & Mail Notes, that would be an awesome all in one complete system wide hotkey that would make jotting down info super quick.
Awesome, thank you
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This is just what I’ve been looking for – thanks!
[...] FlexCal – is a simple way to get your to-dos or events into your calendar quickly. [...]
[...] muss das sein, per Tastenkombination kann man mit dem Tool FlexCal Termine und Events eintragen. bisher war das immer etwas umständlich. Erst iCal starten und [...]
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With people constantly popping in my office asking me to meet at some future date for something, I can load it into my calendar without asking them to hang on while I open iCal and forget half the information. This a really great app.
need more flexibility setting alarms (days before event instead of minutes, silent alarms)
[...] stellt die Freeware FlexCal vor, mit der man bequem mittels Hotkey hübsch einen Termin in iCal eintragen [...]
Hi there,
Nifty! But one biggish quirk: Apple+V doesn’t seem to work. Or Apple+A, or any of the other usual hotkeys.
Thanks
I usually add 2 alarms before a lot of events (ones out of the office). Is there a way to add a second alarm feature? I would pay for that.
Excellent work! wondering is possible to add attendees for events? thanks.
Thanks for your work. This is very helpful.
Would be perfect if there were note and URL fields for tasks.
Hi. Great app! Any chance you can add the alarm option to include “day” instead of only “minutes” before the event? If I want the alarm to remind me 1 day ahead I need to calculate how many minutes that is. Hurts my brain…
Thank you Joe !
It was a pleasure to do the translation with you.
It’s a wonderfull appli
@ tim : lol 1 day = 3600 min ^^
euh sorry 1440 …
[...] FlexCal è un modo semplice per creare ed inserire rapidamente attività o eventi nel tuo calendario. Basta premere una combinazione di tasti (da definire a proprio piacimento nelle opzioni) e una elegante finestra pop-up si aprirà. La prima è una finestra che vi permetterà di creare un’attività; premendo di nuovo il tasto di scelta rapida si creerà invece un evento. Completate la creazione inserendo le informazioni necessarie e premete immediatamente il tasto Invio e l’elemento appena creato viene aggiunto al tuo calendario su iCal. [...]
is there a version for 10.4 available. I’m not at all pleased whit 10,5 !
Unfortunately no, there is no 10.4 version available. The reason is that the utility uses a library (CalCalendarStore) that only exists in 10.5 or greater.
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I’m a neophyte. To install Flexcal, do I just drag it into /Library/Prefpanes? If not, how do I install this?
Also, how do I assign assign a hotkey?
Thank you,
Alan
No problem. Just doubleclick the utility – it will automatically install it for you (as a preference pane). There is a background app called flexcalhelper that handles the rest for you as well. You assign the hotkey in the first pane of the preference pane that loads after you doubleclick it. Let me know if you have any other questions.
I’ll probably try to add this for the 1.14 release.
Thank you. That was rather simple, and everythin works just fine.
I don’t know how I botched this the first time, but I suspect I missed the greyed out portion where you select the hot key on the helper screen.
Thanks again.
Alan Gann
Excellent app! I believe you are near the development of a Mac PIM app that can bring together the ease and functionality that Apple has ignored in this category. Instead of using separate apps for mail, ical, tasks, notes, and address book, I can envision FlexCal acting as the front end for all of these Apple apps. So, to make FlexCal even more perfect, can you add:
1. An additional field on the Tasks screen for Notes related to each task record?
2. Alarms/Reminders (both single and recurring) for minutes, hours, days, weeks in both Tasks and Events.
3. An entry screen for mail.app’s Notes.
4. An entry screen for Address Book.
5. An entry screen for new mail or at least a link to mail.
These additions would make FlexCal a truly valuable front end for the integrated Organizer/PIM functions I have, surprisingly, found lacking from Apple.
Your download link appears to be broken or referring to an incorrect file ;(
I agree with Rob’s post – just loaded this, but it is well designed and would make a great PIM especially if it was customizable by the users’ preference for which apps are accessible. Will give it a few days to become indispensable, donate also – thanks for this elegant solution!