Where to add a calendar
Open SettingsCalendars and choose from Add calendar. During setup, you pick one on the First calendar step.
- Google Calendar (Connect a Google account).
- Apple Calendar: in the iPhone app it reads the calendars on your iPhone. On the web it says Use iCloud link or .ics file.
- Use a calendar link or .ics file for iCloud, school, team, and other calendars.
Google Calendar
In SettingsCalendars, under Add calendar, choose Google Calendar
The line under it says Connect a Google account. (During setup, the First calendar step shows a Connect Google button instead.)
Sign in to Google, then come back to Farmark
Choose the calendar your family uses most
Good to know
Farmark can read your Google calendar. It does not change it.
Apple (iCloud) calendar
On the Farmark iPhone app, choose Apple Calendar (it says Review calendars first), then pick the calendars to import. During setup, the iPhone card is called iPhone Calendar and its button is Choose from iPhone Calendar. On the web or Android, use a calendar link:
In the Apple Calendar app, tap Calendars, then the info button next to the calendar
On a Mac, choose Share Calendar.
Turn on Public Calendar
Tap Share Link, then Copy
The link starts with webcal://
In Farmark, open SettingsCalendarsAdd calendar and choose Apple Calendar or Use a calendar link or .ics file
On the Calendar link tab, paste the link
Add a Calendar name if you want, then choose Import. (During setup, the button is Import this calendar.)
Heads up
Public Calendar shares only that one calendar, but anyone who has the link can see it. Turn it off in Apple Calendar if the link gets shared by mistake.
A school, team, or Google link
- School and team sites often have a Subscribe or iCal link. Use that link, not the web page address.
- For a Google calendar link, on a computer open Google Calendar settings and pick the calendar. Under Integrate calendar, copy the Secret address in iCal format. Anyone who has that address can see the calendar, so don’t share it.
- Paste the link in SettingsCalendarsAdd calendarUse a calendar link or .ics fileCalendar link, then choose Import.
An .ics file
Export an .ics file from the other calendar
In SettingsCalendarsAdd calendar, open Use a calendar link or .ics file
Choose the Upload .ics tab, then Choose .ics file, and pick your file
Choose Import
Good to know
A file is a one-time copy. When the original calendar changes, upload a new file.
Add your own event
On the calendar, choose Add. If the calendar is empty, choose Add event.
How updates work
- Calendars you add by link or from Google update about every hour in the background, even when Farmark is closed, and about every 15 minutes when something is coming up in the next two days. While Farmark is open it checks about every 5 minutes. Background updates run for families with an active trial or subscription. To update right now, open SettingsCalendars and choose Sync now.
- Before your trial starts, automatic updates are off. Automatic updates start with your trial.
- Farmark only reads your calendars. Nothing you do in Farmark changes the original.
Remove a calendar
Open SettingsCalendars
Each calendar you added is listed with its family member.
Choose Disconnect next to the calendar
If the calendar has an error or is a duplicate, the button says Remove.
Farmark asks Disconnect (the calendar name)
Choose Disconnect calendar.
Good to know
Disconnecting removes that calendar’s imported events from Farmark. It does not change the original calendar. Afterward Farmark says the calendar was disconnected and tells you how to restore it. You can also add it again later.
Smart Setup
Smart Setup is optional. Turn on Let Smart Setup organize events by person to have Farmark try to sort imported events onto the right family member. Importing works without it. You can change this in SettingsCalendars.
Private events
If an event is marked private in the original calendar, Farmark shows it as Busy. For an event you add yourself, open it, choose edit, and turn on Show as Busy.
Outlook and other calendars
Farmark has no Outlook button. If your calendar gives you a link that starts with webcal:// or ends in .ics, add it with Use a calendar link or .ics file.