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BusySync updated to version 1.5
BusySync is a terrific utility that makes sharing iCal calendars easy across networks or the internet (we first wrote about BusySync in September). Simply install the preference pane on all participating Macs, and select the calendars you'd like to share. The next time you update a given calendar, your changes will appear across all machines. You can also make your calendars read-only or editable by everyone.I've been using it at my day job across departments and it's great. Version 1.5 adds internet synchronization. You can read the change log here.
BusySync requires Mac OS 10.4 or later and costs $19.95 for a single license (multi-license bundles are available).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DrWho said 10:42AM on 1-02-2008
I tried it - it's good, but I am hesitating at $19.95 per computer even though I only have two.
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matt said 2:24PM on 1-02-2008
It is worth echoing the comment on the original BusySync post now:
Calendar Server (aka iCal Server) is open source. Now that iCal in Leopard supports CalDav out of the box, you can save yourself $19.95 if you have developer tools installed and are savvy enough to build and run Calendar Server.
http://trac.calendarserver.org/projects/calendarserver
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Ard Buijsen said 2:26PM on 1-02-2008
Is there something like this for address book? Might be a silly question but still I,m wondering.
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martin said 6:45PM on 1-02-2008
How is this compared to spanning sync? Except that spanning sync also syncs with google... ?
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Max said 9:31PM on 1-02-2008
That icon is my dad's birthday!
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Micah said 8:14AM on 1-03-2008
This would be great for LAN calendar sharing, but for sharing over the internet you must open direct it to an IP address and port as well as have that port open on your router. That would work if you were on a static IP address in the same place all the time, but for those of us that have portables and find ourselves all over the world, this just doesn't cut it. Hopefully they will get some further development because this could be handy. For now I stick with Spanningsync and Google.
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Hamilton International Productions said 4:41PM on 1-14-2008
Yeah...use the open source CalDav via the newly supporting Leopard OS and save $19.95 if you do the programming and write the code...which will take several hours which you could have saved by coughing up a $20 spot.
While you're at it, you can save the money for Final Cut Server if you know the programming language and want to take the time to set your system up.
Matter of fact, why even have Leopard at all, just write your own open source platform and write all of your own programs...woohoo!
Naw...for $20 this is a pretty good set up.
Andrew Hamilton
DVD Developer, Ultimate Fighting Championship
www.ufc.com
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