As promised, you can now download the newest version of iCalFix. (Yes, I know I said the 15th - but weekends are a blog-free time for me. I didn’t consult iCal before comitting to the date…). For those who haven’t seen iCalFix yet - it’s an extension to Apples iCal calendaring application, automatically adding alarms to newly created events.

As requested, the advance warning time is now configurable, and so is the alarm sound. It requires editing a plist file, though. Also, iCalFix now plays nice with applications that drive iCal through AppleScript. Namely, QuickSilver’s iCal module. (I just wish there was documentation for QuickSilver. I spent almost more time figuring out the iCal module than writing the supporting code.)

Feedback, questions and suggestions are always appreciated at rob.blum@gmail.com. Oh, and if you want to support development of iCalFix, please click on one of the ads - provided Google manages to come up with something relevant to you.

Version 0.3 will hit the ‘net on February 15th. This time, it’s a Wednesday, so no delays. The most likely features: An actual preferences pane, and the ability to re-use settings from the last alarm for bulk entry.

Update: iCalFix 0.3 released!

Related: The Making of iCalFix - a look behind the scenes
Making a better iCal - the original release.

Tags: iCalFix, osx, iCal, plugin

Commentary

eric wrote on 16. Jan 2006
Great! This really makes my life easier.
mazo wrote on 21. Jan 2006
Another capability I would like to see added to iCal ist alarm for birthday events! There are already workarounds and programs fpr this, but they are all inconvenient. Perhaps a new project?
Administrator wrote on 21. Jan 2006
It’s on the list for a later revision. Maybe 0.4. No promises, though
Peter wrote on 22. Jan 2006
Feature request: make default alarm soundless.
Nic wrote on 02. Feb 2006
Changing the “Alarm Sound” string to “Uh oh” didn’t work, although “Temple” does - maybe because of the space in “Uh oh”?
Nic wrote on 02. Feb 2006
Yeah, I think that’s it - “Voltage” works, “Wild Eep” doesn’t. Time to rename my “Uh oh” sound!
Martino wrote on 03. Feb 2006
thanks for your great little piece of code! makes one part of working with ical much easier. just one big thing missing: the same functionality for ical’s tasklist would make it perfect
Steve Dunham wrote on 03. Feb 2006
One patch I’ve been searching the web for is the ability to add event notifications if your address isn’t on the list of invitees. It’s very annoying to have ical pull notifications from Mail.app and then refuse to add them to the calendar. (”There was a problem with this event notification”.)

I’ve dug around a little bit with F-Script, but haven’t found the right place to tweak yet.