Calendars Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Macworld's Jason Snell on the failings of digital calendars

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 29th, 2013)

For most of us, calendars are the cornerstone of our work and personal schedules. Though we own "smart" phones, the apps we use to track our days are still relatively dumb, argues Jason Snell of Macworld. In a lengthy article, Snell asks why calendars aren't more like a personal assistant -- ...

Readdle rebrands its Calendar app, adds free version

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 13th, 2013)

Readdle expanded its portfolio of excellent apps today with a free version of its popular Calendars app. The free version will replace the paid version of Calendars by Readdle, which is now known as Calendars+. The new, free Calendars by Readdle is a basic calendaring app that lets you manage ...

Five apps to replace your iOS Calendar

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 4th, 2011)

Calendars are the cornerstone of our busy 21st century lives. Without them, many would not remember the long list of things they need to do and all the places they need to go. For some, the iOS default calendar is suitable, but many people want a calendar with a bit more oomph. Here's a list of ...

iCalShare relaunches

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 12th, 2010)

After a long absence iCalShare.com has relaunched with new search tools and an improved user interface. iCalShare is a site dedicated to sharing calendars for use in applications like iCal, Google Calendar, or Outlook among dozens of other web and desktop apps. The site contains over 3,500 ...

Beta Beat: BusyCal from BusyMac

by Brett Terpstra (Jul 27th, 2009)

The BusyCal public beta is out! I got a preview of BusyCal while at WWDC this year, and have been anxiously awaiting the chance to put it into action. As the developers state on the homepage: "Think of it as iCal Pro." The next step from the makers of BusySync, BusyCal offers a full calendaring ...

.Mac and Me rumors: TUAW inside look at Apple's next-gen service

by Cory Bohon (Jun 3rd, 2008)

What's next for .Mac, Apple's much-maligned online service offering for OS X users? TUAW has learned that .Mac will no longer be sold by Apple after WWDC, as new users will migrate to the new MobileMe service (not too shocking, given the swirling rumors as of late). Existing users will have their ...

Apple extends iPhoto book/calendar discounts

by Cory Bohon (Mar 1st, 2008)

You may recall us posting about Apple's winter iPhoto promotion. This promotion provides 20% off of books and calendars. This promotion was set to expire on February 29, 2008; However, according to Macworld, Apple has extended this promotion until March 7 (giving you a couple extra days to stock up ...

iPhoto books and calendar discounts

by Cory Bohon (Dec 28th, 2007)

If you want to "cash-in" on all of those after holiday sales, look no further than your Mac's desktop. Apple is starting a new winter promotion for iPhoto books and calendars. By using two promotional codes you can save 20% on books and calendars through February 29, 2008. Apple says that the book ...

Activation Video reveals some interesting details and... an 80GB iPhone?

by David Chartier (Jun 26th, 2007)

Oh Apple, you're so sly with the way you slip in the useful (and sometimes bizarre) details with your iPhone demo videos. In the activation video posted today, more intricacies of what and how the iPhone synchs have been revealed with a walk-through of how to get one's iPhone set up at home with ...

MailTags 2 beta gets major todo and event enhancements, goes 'feature complete'

by David Chartier (Jan 17th, 2007)

Scott Morrison has released a 6th beta of MailTags 2, his quintessential tagging and organizing plug-in for Mail.app that we're big fans of. This new beta heralds a 'feature complete' status for the plug-in, meaning that Scott has implemented all the new features and tricks that version 2 will ...

Full synchronization of iCal and Google Calendar coming via Spanning Sync

by David Chartier (Nov 1st, 2006)

Spanning Sync looks to be the holy grail of true, two-way calendar synchronization between Apple's iCal and Google Calendar. Yes: by 'two-way' I mean 'you can edit the same calendar in either place and the changes will synchronize.' Nasty translation I know, so maybe you should go watch their demo ...

Why wait for Leopard? Share and edit your calendars now with SyncBridge

by David Chartier (Aug 11th, 2006)

By now you're probably picking up on a new theme of 'Why Wait for Leopard?' If so, good eye. If not: you really need to read more TUAW. In either case, we've tracked down another Leopard-busting app in the form of SyncBridge, which brings all the features of syncing, sharing and editing iCal ...

Groupcal 3: manage your Exchange calendar from iCal

by David Chartier (Jul 28th, 2006)

Are you a Mac user living in an Exchange world, forced to trudge through Entourage? (Don't get me wrong: Entourage is fine, but 'trudge' is just a good verb for dramatic effect.) Well trudge no longer with Groupcal 3, an addon for iCal that allows you to access, manage, edit and synchronize your ...

iLife updates abound in Software Update

by Dave Caolo (Feb 15th, 2006)

Fire up Software Update, folks, as the iLife apps have received a boost. Specifically, iPhoto is at version 6.0.1, iDVD is at 6.0.1, iWeb reaches version 1.0.1 and the all-mighty iTunes has 6.0.3 ready to go. According to Apple, specifics on each update are as follows: iPhoto 6.0.1: "This ...