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DON'T USE PROCRASTINATR
UPDATE: A commenter on this post has published a fix for the Procrastinatr damage which I've tested multiple times. We have a new post here with instructions and a download.TUAW readers: I sincerely apologize for the damage that Procrastinatr did to iCal. I didn't notice any discrepancies in my calendar after trying this out (as almost all of my calendars are synced from Google Calendar), but please know that I have learned my lesson, and I will take much better care in the future before posting anything like this again.
One commenter has created an AppleScript that supposedly fixes the problem, which we are testing (and re-testing) right now. Again, please accept my sincerest apologies, and we will update as soon as we learn anything more.
If you're feeling overwhelmed from the onslaught of YouTube forwards, newsreader headlines, Miniclip games and software demos we tirelessly blog for you, Procrastinatr just might be your solution. Even though it's only a 0.8b version, this handy little app can help you make molehills out of mountains and start managing your time again.
Procrastinatr is provided free of charge from Procrastinatr.com.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Mitchell said 2:15PM on 6-21-2006
has anyone got this to work? I can't seem to figure out what it is supposed to do. I launch Procratinatr and all it does is spin the monocrome loading icon..... endlessly.
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sean said 2:22PM on 6-21-2006
There's a little bit of fine print in the read me that tells you exactly what it's doing... this is kinda funny
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Bret Knight said 2:24PM on 6-21-2006
Dick heads!...don't bother downloading or running what is likely the biggest practical joke to ever be played on incessant type A personalities. Procrastinatr adds one week to every event and to-do deadline in your iCal. It can only be undone by an undo to every event and to-do (yes, individually). It will definitely f*ck up your day, week, month, etc.
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Andy said 2:36PM on 6-21-2006
Uhm, this is more of a "virus." This just totally hosed my calendar. I'd strongly suggest pulling this post.
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Redfood said 2:36PM on 6-21-2006
It is pretty irresponsible to post this without a warning. (Even with the small grey print in the README).
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Lewis said 2:38PM on 6-21-2006
Funny, and potentially very annoying. Make sure you read that fine print!
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Noel said 2:47PM on 6-21-2006
Headline should read:
***DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND USE THIS IF YOU VALUE YOUR iCAL EVENTS!***
Fine Print:
[*All Procrastinatr does is add a week to the deadlines of every event and to-do on your calendars. If this is not your desired result, command-z is your friend, but must be used separately for each event and to-do. Better yet, just don't run this program.]
Dammit! This is sure way to **** up your iCal events! I'll admit I (stupidly) trust software downloads/mentions from TUAW... last time ever.
Would be nice to have given us a heads up. I thought this was a real app, not a chincy script that ruins my iCal! All four calendars are jacked up including US Holidays. WTF???
You TUAW bloggers are getting lazy and sloppy. You grab anything that looks like "news" and post it without even testing it.
Ticked off.
-N
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deevee said 2:48PM on 6-21-2006
The cool part about procrastinatr is that i had a good use for app zapper!
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Mike said 2:50PM on 6-21-2006
Damnit! Yea, type 'A' personality here, with minor ADD...thought this would *better* help me organize the final papers that I have to write for a graduate class -- um, NO. it completely redesigned my calendar - including the iCal downloadable Red Sox Calendar - on its own, and I could do nothing to stop it. You need to take this program down, or at least note the negative comments!
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MattM said 2:51PM on 6-21-2006
Downloaded it because I trust TUAW. It totally f*cked up my iCal. I'm extremely angry!
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Jon said 2:51PM on 6-21-2006
Jeez pull this post....from a tech support point of view if some numpty see's this and runs it you have just created alot of work for people.....
Irresponsible posting springs to mind....
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Hans said 2:52PM on 6-21-2006
Not funny... but I _always_ do a backup before running anything that could possibly touch my calendar, contacts or Email... so I was back in a second. However, this sort of thing does not bode well for TUAW... quadruple shame on you guys. And it isn't even April 1st
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ecne said 2:55PM on 6-21-2006
idiots
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kevin said 2:56PM on 6-21-2006
yet another example of some fine blogging.
and to think that in previous posts, people actually commented to defend the "integrity" of this site.
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MattM said 2:56PM on 6-21-2006
Stupidly no back-up made and closed iCal afterwards so cannot undo. My entire back catalogue and pending events this year are now f*cked. I don't know when anything is happening! Thanks a f*cking bunch you irresponsible morons!
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Noel said 2:57PM on 6-21-2006
...this handy little app can help you make molehills out of mountains and start managing your time again.
WTF???? Are you kidding me? Did you actually run this f***ed up POS before you posted? Chartier, you suck.
-N
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Tad said 2:58PM on 6-21-2006
I only keep a couple things on my iCal, and yeah this got to them too. Still not "funny" enough to overlook what happened.
To be fair, the site DOES say to read the read me before running it. We all should have checked it out first. TUAW too, before posting it to a well-read community.
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Brad Levinson said 2:59PM on 6-21-2006
Great...just great...
What the hell?!?
Not cool....not cool.
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Aylwin said 3:01PM on 6-21-2006
For those of you whose b-day calendars got messed up like mine: delete it, and then go to preferences and re-enable the b-day calendar. all's good. Now to check everything else. Argh!!!
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MikeK said 3:01PM on 6-21-2006
Glad I read the comments here before I tried this. This has to be the single biggest boneheaded mean spirited thing TUAW has ever done. David you are an A #1 *sshole for not at least tagging this as humor. What a jerk. Mike
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