I haven't had time to do much more than install it, so no comments as of yet.
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In case you aren't paying attention to the news from Apple Expo Paris, and haven't hit Apple's page yet today, iCal was released today. iCal requires 10. and a mac.com account if you wish to share calendars.
I haven't had time to do much more than install it, so no comments as of yet.
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Does iCal sync with Palms or with Exchange server?
Put iCal calendar on iPod?
I've been playing with iCal for about an hour now, and I can't figure out how to get my calendars to my new (just bought it this weekend!) iPod. iCal doesn't seem to export to the vCal format, and iPod doesn't seem to recognize the .ics format that is the only choice when exporting a calendar from iCal?
Put iCal calendar on iPod?
i don't have an iPod, but the .ics files look like vCal format to me.
Put iCal calendar on iPod?
It's actually a piece of cake. Export your calendar, drag the file the calendar folder on your iPod and you're done. If you're really slick you could just export it and have it go straight to that folder all in one step. Any applescript gurus want to whip up a simple script that will automate this until iSync comes out?
Put iCal calendar on iPod?
Perhaps we need to wait for iSync?
Put iCal calendar on iPod?
sjarvis wrote:
"iCal doesn't seem to export to the vCal format, and iPod doesn't seem to recognize the .ics format..."
I puzzled with this for a minute. Apple is making a big deal about it's open standards support. Why would iCal generate a proprietary format? When you look inside a .ics file, however, you will see it is standards compliant. It appears to be RFC 2445 "iCalendar" formatted data. iCalendar is vCalendar V2.0 (I remember reading somewhere the reason for the name change, but I can't remember it now.). iCalendar 2.0 is not new - it is about 4 years old. It doesn't have widespread penetration because Microsoft (and Palm) stayed with the 1.0 specification. Whereas vCalendar 1.0 was designed for simple calendar data interchange, iCalendar 2.0 adds significant dynamic interoperability for network-based scheduling systems. As we know, Microsoft abhors standards - especially those aimed at interoperability between competing systems.
Most vCal data you see in the world is vCal 1.0 format, and that is the format the rudimentary calendar support in iPod understands. I expect we will see an iPod software update that understands iCalendar 2.0 formatted data at the same time iSync is released.
As I mentioned, iCalendar predates iCal by 4 years, but it seems ideally designed for Apple's latest iApplication - even in its naming convention. Cudos to Apple for pushing another open standard rather than taking a proprietary path.
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Nope.
Good idea, but it didn\'t work. iPod still can\'t read the file. Maybe someone will create a little app or AppleScript that will convert .ics (which OS X.2 recognizes as an iCal file) to vCal, or Apple will either release iSync or update the iPod OS.
Well, wait a sec... Maybe it does work
Hmm... after renaming the file with a .ics extension (after changing to to .vcal), iPod recognized it. Maybe it just glitched somewhere. That's odd. Let's hope it was a one-time thing.
Answer: iPod and Publishing
Putting calendars on your iPod is very easy:
Too monochromatic and other nits
I played with the new iCal for about twenty minutes this morning before work -- only long enough for a brief impression. For comparison, I have been a happy user of Palm Desktop/Claris Organizer for many years. I had no problem exporting my Palm Desktop calendar in vCard format then importing it to iCal.
Too monochromatic and other nits
the "Get Info" pane can do most of what you ask.
Too monochromatic and other nits
The categories to the left are linked to the events, the selected categorie to the left becomes the "owner" of new events that you create.
Too monochromatic and other nits
Thanks for the corrections (kyrrigle, gumse and others). I can see by Apple's Web site <http://www.apple.com/ical/> that I was premature in my complaints about the categories and colors. I hope i was wrong about everything else, too. :-)
vCal import not working?
I tried this morning to import my calendar from Palm Desktop to iCal by exporting a vCal file from Palm Desktop.
vCal import not working?
I have exactly the same problem! Nothing happens. And ical is quit slow on my machine (powerbook G4 764Mb Ram, OSX 10.2). Ical is useless for me until isynch. I was so waiting for that app to replace my paml desktop :-(
Palm import?
There surely must be a good way to import from Palm?
Palm import?
In Palm Desktop, export your calendar as vCal. in iCal, select import and choose your vCal file.
Palm import?
Export your Palm Calendar to a vCal file. Then import that file in iCal. This worked for me except that it imported my events into my Home calendar and not my work calendar.
Palm import?
I found that when importing your events highlight the calendar that you want to use and your events from you vCal file will import into that calendar.
Palm import?
I tried everything and my vcal files from PalmDesktop won't import into ical. I don't even get en error message. And the interface is quit slow on my Powerbook G4 (768Mb Ram) when I switch from a view to another; and that's with my calendars completly empty. :-(
iCal will sync to Palms ... when iSync's out.
Good to note this from the Installer screen: "iCal works with Apple's iSync software to let you update your calendar information across computers using the Internet and .Mac, or via a USB connection to a Palm OS device."
forgets window position
iCal opens.
iCal (1.0!)
In general I like it. It will certainly help keep me organized, especially after iSync is released.
Ical subscribe & Proxy server
I noticed that I can't subscribe to a calendar when I'm at home (cable modem with proxy server). At work it was no problem (Leased line and no proxy)....
Ical subscribe & Proxy server
Apparently, iCal (just like Mail.app) doesn't include any proxy support.
Ical subscribe & Proxy server
Doesn't this happen in System Prefences > Network > Proxies?
ICal and Entourage Integration
We are forced to use the calendaring system with exchange here at work so I've been using Entourage, but I'd really like to move away from the Microsoft solution!
Applescript and Mail.app
Is there any way to get Mail.app to automatically accept the first applescript-created email (such as those used by iCal) rather than popping up a dialog? It seems less than useful to have to manually approve of an alert, especially if you are having it sent to your cell phone while you are away from your computer.
Sharing Calendars across local accounts
Been playing with iCal tonite.
Sharing Calendars across local accounts
Here's the problem
Sharing Calendars across local accounts
Another way to do this would be to enable personal web sharing (turn on Apache), setup Apache as a WebDAV server (info here), and then publish your calender to http://localhost/user/. Then you can subscribe to http://localhost/user/calendar.ics as another user.
Useful iCal Tips
Here are some tips I've come up with after playing around with iCal all day.
Sharing Calendars between computers without .mac [ only for computers on local network or on internet with static IP ] also keep in mind this opens up your calendars for viewing by anyone that can access your computer via the web 1) Enable 'Personal Web Sharing' [ System Prefs -> Sharing -> Personal Web Sharing ] Make sure the checkbox next to 'Personal Web Sharing' is checked. 2) In Terminal type: cd ~/Library/ mv Calendars/ ~/Sites/ ln -s ~/Sites/Calendars/ Calendars 3) Now you just need to find your IP address. This can be found in: System Prefs -> Network -> 'IP Address:' 4) Finally, on the computers that you wish to subscribe to your calendars: In iCal select Subscribe from the Calendar menu and in 'Calendar URL:' enter http://IP-FROM-BEFORE/Calendars/CALENDAR-NAME.ics example: http://192.168.1.50/Calendars/Work.ics Then just hit subscribe. You'll need to do this step for each calendar you wish to subscribe to. If your not sure what to replace CALENDAR-NAME with, you can visit the URL: http://IP-FROM-BEFORE/Calendars/ for the file names of the calendars MS Exchange like functionality For calendar syncronicity (as in more than one person able to view and edit the same calendar) you need to choose one machine to act as a dedicated Calendar "server". ( no extra software has to be running ). Multi-user calendars basically entails enabling applesharing on this machine so that people sharing the calendar will be able to mount it. On this machine you just need to create a folder that will contain all of the iCal files. This folder must be accesable by everyone that will be sharing the calendars. In other words, change the permissions so that it can be edited by everyone. Then, on all the macs you want to share calendars, mount this iCal "server" (can be done in Finder -> Go menu -> Connect to Server ), then make a sym-link to the calendars folder created on the iCal server in place of ~/Library/Calendars/ . This is done in Terminal and will look something like this: ln -s /Volumes/MountedMacHD/sharedcalendars/ ~/Library/Calendars !! Before the above step you must first remove the ~/Library/Calendars/ directory. This can be accomplished with the following command but FIRST BACK-UP ANY LOCAL CALENDARS as they will all be deleted rm -rf ~/Library/Calendars It seems complex but all it really is is redirecting iCal on your computer to look for calendars on another computer. Very similar to the functionality of Microsoft Exchange. A few notes: -This method is for the most part very secure, as it requires a login and password to mount the iCal server's drive. -It is entirely possible for the iCal server to run iCal and access the same shared calendars. -Though iCal will still function the same, the calendars will not be stored locally, making iCal useless on a laptop that leaves the network. An idea though: this method will work over almost any of the protocols os x supports such as ftp. Making it possible to access your calendars over the internet by utilizing jaguars ability to mount ftp drives. iCal to iPod Simply export the desired calendar and change the extension to .vcal The file name will not change properly unless done from the Get Info window. iCal is definitely lacking some serious functionality, not to mention performance, but I'm sure later releases will evolve this application into a fantastic addition to the iApp family. Sorry if any of this is unclear, I'm writing this at 2 in the morning.
Renaming not necessary
I just exported a calendar from iCal straight to my iPod's calendars directory and it showed up. It Just Works.
iCal and email notification
When I try to have iCal notify me of an event by email it asks me to create an email account in the address book first..even though I already have one..It opens the address book so I create my email account anyway...still doesn't work....what's going wrong?
iCal and email notification
I found this by accident, (typical) but here's the deal.
Not able to import from Palm
I'm not able to import from Palm. I was able to import a new file with a few datebook items and it worked; however, mt real datebook with a few thousand items will not import.
I have nothing to do so....
Maybe its just me, but I don't have much to put into ical, so I was very happy to find a library of ical subsriptions: http://www.apple.com/ical/library/
Deceptive import
Although it seems like nothing is happening, my import from Entourage went fine, after I realized that someone forgot that without some kind of process dialog, it looks as if nothing's happening. I forced iCal to quit twice, thinking it had crashed during the import. I discovered it was importing, just that it was slower than I could even believe. I had a fair amount of events to import, but come on, it took about two hours. I monitored it by searching my drive for ".ics" and making sure the size of the file that was created was growing. |
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