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Bring calendar files and feeds into Fastmail
- A new guide shows how to import an ICS file into Fastmail or subscribe to a calendar URL, with detailed illustrations, an example file to try and fixes for common problems.
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What’s new
Little improvements. New possibilities. An easier way to get your plans into your calendar. Here’s what we’ve been working on, week by week.
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Edit bigger lists, read slower images and compare plans
- Turn a calendar file into a PDF agenda with the free ICS to PDF converter. Paste or upload an ICS file to see every event grouped by day in your time zone, with its location, organizer, link and notes, then download the PDF to print or share. Emoji print in colour, and events written in other languages, such as Russian, Arabic, Chinese or Japanese, print in full. Your calendar stays on your device.
- The ICS viewer, ICS to CSV and ICS to PDF tools now share one result screen with Export CSV, Download PDF and Print. Print sends the PDF agenda itself to your printer. Under PDF options you can change the agenda's title, hide the time zone, or leave out notes for a compact list, and the file is named after the title.
- Event notes in the ICS viewer and in CSV exports no longer end with our own Just Schedule Me line.
- Events that end in another time zone, such as flights, now show the right end time in the ICS tools, their CSV exports and PDF agendas.
- PDF agendas print every character of traditional Chinese, and of Japanese and Korean written with kanji or hanja, and calendars with hundreds of events become a PDF in a fraction of the time.
- Start with text or an image on the homepage, then continue on the schedule page to review your events before adding them to your calendar.
- When your free creations run out, a clearer account prompt shows one signup button and keeps sign-in easy to find on smaller screens.
- Create events 3 times a month for free: once without an account, then sign in for two more. Each text submission, image or PDF includes every calendar event it contains. Failed attempts do not count.
- Compare creation allowances, event editing, calendar export and saved history on our updated pricing page.
- Your remaining free creations load more reliably when our service is slow.
- Paid plans can edit up to 420 events together through chat. Review your changes before adding them to your calendar.
- Slow image scans have more time to finish. Clear image errors explain when you need a different image instead of asking you to repeat the same upload.
- Large event lists open a few cards at a time, so you can start reviewing sooner. Add all still includes the whole list.
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Edit your schedule in your own words
- Paid plans can now edit one event or a whole schedule through chat. Ask to move a meeting, change a location, or adjust several events together.
- Keep your event details in view while you chat, and see which details changed before adding events to your calendar.
- Paid members no longer see the ‘Try it free’ prompt in the navigation.
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Count down to your next day off
- New holiday countdowns help you plan ahead for US and UK holidays, including the next UK bank holiday.
- A refreshed look brings more consistent menus, forms, and event previews across the site.
- Subscription management is easier to find from your account.
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A smoother path from checkout to calendar
- Sign in before buying a plan so your purchase is connected to the right account.
- Clearer payment status messages help you recover if checkout is interrupted or your plan is still being activated.
- A new step-by-step guide explains how to import a calendar file into Google Calendar, with a sample file to try.
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Bring your whole schedule along
- Add a whole batch of events with guided calendar import options, or download them together in one calendar file.
- Find previous events in your dashboard, reopen them, and edit their details before adding them to your calendar again.
- Create repeating reminders with the new free recurring reminder tool.
- A temporary hiccup while reading your schedule no longer ends the attempt before an automatic retry can finish.
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More ways to turn plans into events
- The new text-to-calendar page turns pasted plans into events, and a new iPhone guide helps you open downloaded calendar files.
- A simpler dashboard keeps your account and scheduling tools close at hand. Signing in takes you straight there.
- Event previews keep the focus on your event details, without the promotional footer getting in the way.
- The calendar file tools remain free to use without spending your schedule-reading allowance.
