Browse tag: iCal

Review: BusyMac BusyCal 1.0 calendar software
If you’ve been frustrated by iCal’s limitations or are looking for a scheduling program with a little more oomph, BusyMac’s BusyCal may be just what you need.
iPhone Hints: Subscribed calendars on your iPhone
MobileMe users can sync their subscribed calendars from their Mac to their iPhone, but what about the rest of us?
Add notes to events and contacts created with data detectors
Data detectors in Mail in 10.5 and 10.6 can help you create new contacts and events from dates, addresses, and phone numbers. Learn how to automatically associate notes with these new entries.
Automatically mute sound before meetings
Use a couple of very simple AppleScripts and iCal to mute your laptop before (and unmute it after) you head to meetings, lectures, or other scheduled events.
BusyCal 1.0 is calendaring for power users
BusyMac has released version 1.0 of its new calendar software, BusyCal, which aims to compensate for many of the shortcomings of Apple's iCal.
Searching notes in Calendar and Contact apps
You say you want to search the Notes field of the iPhone's Calendar and Contacts apps? Just how eager are you to jailbreak your phone?
Snow Leopard and Exchange: it just works
By building support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 right into the latest version of OS X, Apple actually outdoes Microsoft. Michael Scalisi explains.
Now X debuts, successor to Now Up-to-Date and Contact
Now X, the replacement for Now Up-to-Date & Contact, is now available for the Mac.
iCal and shifting time zones
You say you've changed your Mac's time zone settings because you've moved you and your Mac across the country and now iCal events are screwy? Here's the fix.
iDeskCal puts your events and tasks on your Desktop
iDeskCal puts your events and tasks right on your Desktop, so a quick glance shows you what's coming up and what's due to be done.
Add a weather forecast event to iCal
Learn how to add an automatically-updated weather forecast to iCal -- and optionally, how to sync that forecast to Calendar on your iPhone or iPod touch.
Set default duration for new iCal events
Change the default duration for new iCal events from one hour to any time period you wish -- even zero minutes.
TimeTable tracks time spent in meetings, events
If you tend to put all your events, appointments, and client meetings in iCal, TimeTable can help you figure out exactly how much time you’ve spent on each task
T-Mobile Netherlands spills the beans on iPhone 3G S specs
T-Mobile Netherlands has listed the technical specifications of the iPhone 3G S, including the processor speed and amount of onboard memory, on its website.
Exchange support coming with Snow Leopard
In Snow Leopard, users will at last be able to use Microsoft Exchange without requiring the aid of outside software such as Entourage.
CrystalMaker sports anaglyph 3D support
CrystalMaker, used to visualize crystals and molecules, now works in 3D, using good old-fashioned red-blue glasses.
iCal, iPhone, and the disappearing senior citizens
Are the birthdays of your well-seasoned friends and relatives refusing to sync with your iPhone? Here's why and how to work around it.
Digging into Apple's OS X 10.5.7 update
Rob Griffiths dives into the sizable OS X 10.5.7 update to see how well it works, and what areas of the OS may have been updated, beyond those that Apple covered in its release notes.
WeatherCal adds weather forecasting to iCal
WeatherCal is a new utility from the maker of BBEdit that automatically populates your iCal with weather forecast info.
Sync ‘Em adds Exchange autodiscovery support
Sync 'Em, the multi-sync software tool, adds Exchange autodiscovery support in its newest release.
Exchange challenger integrates with Mac calendar
Zarafa is adding support for CalDAV—which will allow integration with Mac OS X calendar application iCal—to its groupware server.
Alternatives to MobileMe
Apple's MobileMe service is a fine way to sync your calendars and contacts, to publish Web sites, and to share photos—as long as you don't mind the $99 annual fee. If you'd rather not pay the fee, you do have other options. Joe Kissell explains what they are.
Expo: BusyCal shares, syncs calendars
BusyCal is a new calendaring application that enables families and small workgroups to share calendars over a LAN and synchronize them on Google Calendars.
Bugs & Fixes: Dealing with iCal and Entourage duplicates
If you sync Entourage calendar appointments with your iPhone or MobileMe account, you might notice duplicate entries popping up. Ted Landau has a procedure for eradicating unwanted copies with a minimum of fuss.
A deeper look at Mac OS X 10.5.6
Rob Griffiths dives into the OS X 10.5.6 update to see how well it works, and what areas of the OS may have been updated, beyond those that Apple covered in its release notes.
Japanese billboards are watching back
In Japan, NTT is testing a digital billboard system that watches back
Keep on track with digital reminders
Who needs a personal assistant? Use your Mac and a new breed of online services to remind yourself about deadlines and appointments.
Modify iCal events in 10.5 via drag-and-drop
Use drag-and-drop to (somewhat) ease the task of editing events in the 10.5 version of iCal
Eddy Winner: BusySync 2.1.6
BusySync doesn’t quite get us all the way to calendar heaven, but it brought us a darn sight closer than Leopard did this year.
Calaboration 1.0.1
Now that Google has added iCal-syncing support to Google Calendar, Calaboration makes adding Google calenders to iCal simple.