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Snow Leopard and iCal 4
In iCal 4 there are a number of ways to “get info” or “show inspector.” One that may not be immediately obvious is a sort of quick-look functionality. Select an event and press the space bar to get a modified inspector window. Tab through the radio buttons; press cmd-return to select “edit” or “done.”
Continue reading...iCal: Your Powerful Personal Assistant
22. July 2009
When you add an event to your iCal calendar, you can do much more than simply name it and specify a date and time. Like a good personal assistant, it can remind you of upcoming events, help round up others for meetings, and even ensure that you have essential files in front of you at [...]
Continue reading...Mailing iCal Events
27. April 2009
Want to share a calendar event with friends or colleagues? You can send notifications directly from iCal. Here’s how. Control/click on any iCal event (or right-click if you have a two-button mouse). From the contextual menu that appears, select “Mail Event.” This opens the Apple Mail program and prepares an email message with the iCal event attached. [...]
Continue reading...Subscribe to Free, Useful Calendars With iCal
26. April 2009
iCal is the built-in calendaring application included with every version of the Mac operating system since OS 10.2. I admit that until the release of the newest version of iCal (included with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard), I wasn’t a big fan of the application. However, the newest version of iCal has a much cleaner look, and [...]
Continue reading...Updating the iCal Icon
16. March 2008
First, Happy Friday the 13th. This “holiday” has me thinking about what I consider to be the lame iCal icon, that always shows July 17th as the default date (unless iCal is launched — in that case the icon shows the correct date.) The iCal icon shows the July 17 date because that’s when it [...]
Continue reading...Publishing iCalendars
6. February 2007
Anyone who needs to keep track of various events and who also has to share that information with others will want to look at publishing their own iCal to the internet. This includes community groups, sports clubs, Macintosh User Groups, small businesses, large companies, families and individuals. Why? By publishing a calendar to the internet, you can share [...]
Continue reading...Accessorizing iCal
9. November 2005
Q: Is there an automatic way to put holidays and moon phases into iCal? -Jason Kamps A: With the help of iCal subscriptions, yes. Choose Calendar > Subscribe and enter the calendar’s URL in the sheet that appears. I use the site iCalShare to find calendars. The site offers more than 2,000 from schedules of pro [...]
Continue reading...Send Reminders to Others
3. May 2005
My brother is very smart, but he’s also forgetful. I often have to remind him of important dates, such our grandma’s birthday, our parents’ anniversary and so on. Now that I have all these occasions set in iCal, I wanted the program to send my brother an email alarm, but iCal only lets you send [...]
Continue reading...Automatic Invites
11. February 2005
Apple’s iCal can send out the invitation by email for a meeting. Create a new event. Then click and hold on “Attendees” in the show info panel. This opens your Address Book. Drag and drop individuals and groups onto the event. This creates a list of attendees in the show info panel. When ready to send [...]
Continue reading...Sonic Alarms
11. February 2005
Your iCal alarm can be a song. Select an event. In the “Show Info” tab, click and hold on the word “None” which appears to the right of the word alarm. A list of selections appears. Select “Open file.” After selecting Open file, click and hold on the new field which appears directly below alarm [...]
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Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
4. October 2009
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