Calendar Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Today is a useful, lightweight calendar app for the Mac

by Dave Caolo (May 19th, 2011)

Today from Second Gear Software is a lightweight calendar app for the Mac that focuses on simplicity and speed. It's not an alternative to iCal, but rather a tidy front end. With some configuration, you'll be using Today to create events, tasks and more, all with custom keyboard shortcuts. I've ...

Fantastical improves the Mac desktop calendar experience

by Dave Caolo (May 17th, 2011)

Calendaring on the Mac has come a long way since I was using Palm Desktop on a 333 MHz iMac. iCal is the Mac OS default today, and it works well. There is room for improvement, however, and Fantastical takes a huge step in the right direction. This handy app lives in your menu bar, providing ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: CalendarBar

by Samuel Gibbs (May 2nd, 2011)

For most office-bound people, checking their calendar is one of the biggest chores of the electronic world. On the Mac, we've got many great options for managing calendars, including iCal, but what about a fast way to check your schedule from your desktop? That's where CalendarBar comes ...

Microsoft releases Office 2011 Service Pack 1

by Dana Franklin (Apr 12th, 2011)

Office 2011 version 14.1 (Service Pack 1) is now available from Microsoft's website. As announced on April 6, the update includes a variety of improvements to the new Outlook for Mac, including built-in support for Apple's Sync Services which allows users to more easily synchronize Outlook data ...

Office 2011 Service Pack 1 due next week, improves Outlook compatibility

by Michael Rose (Apr 6th, 2011)

The upgrade from Microsoft Office 2008 to 2011 has not been without its drawbacks; for users of Entourage who moved to the all-new Outlook for Mac, in particular, there have been a few holes in the feature lineup. None of them are necessarily showstoppers, but the collection of odd omissions has ...

QuickCal for Mac: natural language events and todos for iCal

by Brett Terpstra (Mar 25th, 2011)

QuickCal has been one of my favorite ways to add items to iCal. It started with a Dashboard widget that let me use natural language to add calendar events. I loved it (actually wrote about it back in '09). Then it became an iOS app, QuickCal Mobile, and I was able to add entries with blazing ...

MobileMe's new calendar mandatory for all users by May 5

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 23rd, 2011)

MobileMe users were notified today that all users will be upgraded to the new calendar service on May 5. The new MobileMe calendar includes calendar sharing, invitations and an upgraded web app. Those who want to upgrade right away are urged to have the latest software updates and back up their ...

Adult Swim releases free universal app with full episodes in the app

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming division has been surprisingly Mac-friendly -- not only has it produced a number of great iOS games already, but its shows have included a number of Mac references as well (always in the service of comedy, of course). I guess it's no surprise that Adult Swim ...

Don't believe the icons: iPad 2 unlikely on February 9

by Dave Caolo (Jan 20th, 2011)

9to5 Mac and others have suggested that the Calendar app icon in the iOS 4.3 beta hints at a release date for iPad 2. Unfortunately, it's not likely. A Springboard preview image in the latest iOS 4.3 beta shows the Calendar app with a big number 9 front-and-center. Remembering that the original ...

New birthday icon for Calendar in iOS 4.2

by Michael Gray (Nov 23rd, 2010)

The release of iOS 4.2 has brought us a nice little surprise in the form of the new icon shown in this post. If you're tracking birthdays in your Contacts application, those birthdays will appear in your iCal calendar with a little gift package icon. It's a nice little touch to the friendly ...

Calvetica offers a better calendar app for iPhone

by Erica Sadun (Nov 9th, 2010)

Calvetica, for iPhone and iPod touch, offers the promise of a simple but powerful calendar app. There was a bit of a tussle yesterday in the TUAW back channels as a bunch of us watched the Calvetica product video on the developer's home page. I won, meaning I bought it first to write this review, ...

BusyCal Info Panel Preferences give you more event options

by TJ Luoma (Oct 22nd, 2010)

BusyCal is what iCal should have been. It continues to impress me the longer I use it, and recently I found a way to customize it that I did not know about previously. Event details, like the one shown in the image here, can be customized from a much larger list than what BusyCal shows you by ...

MobileMe Calendar web app out of beta

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2010)

Apple has announced that the MobileMe Calendar web app is now officially out, leaving beta and becoming available to all MobileMe customers. The service allows you to check or update your MobileMe calendar from any computer or iOS device, share or publish calendars out to friends, family, or ...

Apple issues MobileMe calendar beta

by Dave Caolo (Jul 7th, 2010)

Early this morning, Apple released a beta of the MobileMe Calendar Web app. MobileMe customers can request an invitation at me.com/calendar. As with the Mail beta, the new Calendar has received a major UI overhaul. A new list view, similar to what's on the iOS devices, makes it simple to scan ...

Exchange users on iOS 4 need an updated config profile

by Michael Rose (Jul 1st, 2010)

The path to ActiveSync nirvana for iPhone 4/iOS 4 users has not run all that smooth over the past couple of weeks. There were dramatic slowdowns for Google Apps and Exchange users who tried to synchronize calendar and mail data, although matters improved after the first day or two. Worse, some ...