- Opened iCal.
- Selected Print.
- Saved to a PDF. This gave me a PDF file with all my calendars, a key and a small display for the previous and next months.
- Made the PDF my desktop picture (centred).
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I was looking for an iCal-compatible desktop calendar, but couldn't find one I liked. So instead, I did the following:
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A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
But... but... that's too SIMPLE! Isn't there some way to do the same thing with a shell script, cron and Adobe Acrobat?
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
What is going on with this topic? Anyone got a script ready?
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
When you're in the Print to File part , click on the layout tab and you will see an option for iCal,
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
Interesting that it displays the calendar with transparency over my current desktop picture... hmmm. The calendar boxes themselves are filled white - but the month name, and mini-calendars are sitting on transparent bakcground and display the image behind them.
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
Rather than going through this process manually or by creating an applescript to do it would be to enable personal web sharing (and php), install phpicalendar (open source) and configure it to look at your ~/Library/Calendars/ directory for the calendars, and use an application such as webdesktop (freeware) to display your phpicalendar enabled iCal information.
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
After looking through the phpicalendar website forum, i found that you can't reference the ~/Library/Calendars directory directly. The way I found around this was to enable full access to the phpcalendar/calendars folder (teminal: "chmod 777 calendars" from within /Users/username/phpicalendar folder) and use the publish feature of iCal. when publishing from ical, use http://localhost/~username/phpicalendar/calendars/publish.php as the url and set iCal to 'auto publish.' Now, whenever I add/update something in iCal, it publishes to my phpicalendar/calendars folder which is the url chosen within webdesktop.
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
Did you get a look to iCalViewer ?
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
I really like MenuCalendar. Version 1.8.0 now sinks with iCal. It is small out of the way but ready for quick access (date icon is displayed in the Finder menu bar) and best of all it is free. Works with Panther.
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
Hey there, just sticking a note on here in case anybody finds this thru Google like I did.
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
A simple iCal-compatible desktop calendar
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