Calendars

Manual events

1. Use Add Event for appointments, practices, school items, and reminders.
2. Manual events are the simplest and most reliable option for a family schedule app everyone can understand.

Apple Calendar / iCloud link

1. On your iPhone, open the Calendar app.
2. Tap Calendars in the bottom-right corner.
3. Tap the i icon next to the iCloud calendar you want Farmark to show.
4. Turn on Public Calendar, then tap Share Link or Copy Link.
5. Public Calendar does not make your whole iCloud account public. It creates a read-only link for that one calendar. Anyone who has the link can view that calendar feed, so only share calendars you are comfortable showing in Farmark and turn the link off if it is ever shared accidentally.
6. In Farmark, go to Settings → Calendar Connections, choose the family member, and select Apple / iCal link.
7. Paste the link into the iCal link box, name it, then tap Sync.

What Apple Calendar support means

• Farmark can continuously sync an Apple/iCloud calendar when you add that calendar's public iCal link.
• This is read-only. Farmark shows the events but does not edit your Apple Calendar.
• It is not a full Apple account sign-in. You choose one calendar link at a time, which keeps access narrower and easier to revoke.

.ics file upload

1. Export a .ics file from the source calendar.
2. Go to Settings → Calendar Connections → choose family member → Apple / iCal link.
3. Choose Upload .ics, select the file, add a label, and import it.
4. A file upload is a snapshot. Upload a fresh file when the source calendar changes.

Google and Outlook

• Google Calendar import is available for paid and trial accounts, including families who already use Google Calendar for family sharing.
• Google imports are read-only. Farmark pulls from Google when the dashboard opens, about every 5 minutes while it is open, and when you tap Sync Now.
• If an Apple/iCal calendar is subscribed inside Google, Farmark can only show it after Google has actually updated that subscribed feed.
• Outlook/Microsoft 365 direct import is planned for a later release. For now, Microsoft calendars can usually be added with an iCal link if your calendar provides one.