Comments on: I’ve been Apple’d http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-72644 Dave Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:02:06 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-72644 <p>You can pick up Process3 fir free by heading over to Macheist and either doing the puzzles or getting the answers from the spoilers page. It's great fun either way...</p> You can pick up Process3 fir free by heading over to Macheist and either doing the puzzles or getting the answers from the spoilers page. It’s great fun either way…

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]]> By: Brett Ellis http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-54338 Brett Ellis Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:55:40 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-54338 <p>I wish leopard iCal would let me set an email for the automatic alarm, but oh well. In regard to managing the to do's there are a couple of additional options. I am currently trying to resolve which works best with my workflow. First, I think it is easier to deal with to do's in apple mail than in iCal. Second, the program Time Log also has iCal syncing built in and separtes to do's from events. The last one which may help if you are dealing with projects filling everything up maybe a program by jumsoft called Process3. You can have individual projects as calendars that can sync as events or to do's. You can also select sync for individual tasks so you don't have to throw them all into iCal at once.</p> I wish leopard iCal would let me set an email for the automatic alarm, but oh well. In regard to managing the to do’s there are a couple of additional options. I am currently trying to resolve which works best with my workflow. First, I think it is easier to deal with to do’s in apple mail than in iCal. Second, the program Time Log also has iCal syncing built in and separtes to do’s from events. The last one which may help if you are dealing with projects filling everything up maybe a program by jumsoft called Process3. You can have individual projects as calendars that can sync as events or to do’s. You can also select sync for individual tasks so you don’t have to throw them all into iCal at once.

]]> By: Robert Blum http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-46847 Robert Blum Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:57:53 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-46847 <p>Hi Brian!</p> <p>I'm investigating a couple of ideas related to OSX to-do lists, but if you <em>need</em> this functionality, you probably shouldn't wait for me. Life tends to get busy whenever I focus on side projects... ;)</p> <p>Either way, thanks for the suggestion! I'll let you know if I end up implementing it.</p> Hi Brian!

I’m investigating a couple of ideas related to OSX to-do lists, but if you need this functionality, you probably shouldn’t wait for me. Life tends to get busy whenever I focus on side projects… ;)

Either way, thanks for the suggestion! I’ll let you know if I end up implementing it.

]]> By: Brian http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-45827 Brian Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:18:26 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-45827 <p>I've got a key project you might be interested in (and would LOVE it if you wrote an app to solve it)... It has to do with the lack of iCal's to-do list to "auto-forward" incomplete tasks.</p> <p>In short, I'm stuck between Now-Up-to-Date and iCal. I like iCal's calendar interface, its sharing with Google Calendar, and its price :), but i can't stand iCal's to-do and task management (or lack of). It drives me crazy that I have only two choices, show all of my incomplete tasks (including tasks I've scheduled a month or year out) or only those in the current view (day). My work is much more task oriented than calendar oriented. As a result, I can have as many as 80 to 100 "to-dos" and without the ability to hide the future dos, it just gets overwhelming.</p> <p>I like the way NUD handles it. My to-do viewer shows all current & incomplete tasks (even if those tasks were originally scheduled for a month or two ago). It also gives me the ability to print my task list, which I sometimes manually highlight to bring out the tasks I'm really going to do that day.</p> <p>It's an element of iCal that is sorely missing and would be a great add-on if it could be made. From what I've seen, the new iCal with Leopard still does not address these, so it's an open niche. </p> <p>Thanks again and feel free to shoot me an email at brian-=AT=-fairtaxation.org if you're up for it. I'd gladly pay for such a feature and do what I can to help get it developed.</p> I’ve got a key project you might be interested in (and would LOVE it if you wrote an app to solve it)… It has to do with the lack of iCal’s to-do list to “auto-forward” incomplete tasks.

In short, I’m stuck between Now-Up-to-Date and iCal. I like iCal’s calendar interface, its sharing with Google Calendar, and its price :) , but i can’t stand iCal’s to-do and task management (or lack of). It drives me crazy that I have only two choices, show all of my incomplete tasks (including tasks I’ve scheduled a month or year out) or only those in the current view (day). My work is much more task oriented than calendar oriented. As a result, I can have as many as 80 to 100 “to-dos” and without the ability to hide the future dos, it just gets overwhelming.

I like the way NUD handles it. My to-do viewer shows all current & incomplete tasks (even if those tasks were originally scheduled for a month or two ago). It also gives me the ability to print my task list, which I sometimes manually highlight to bring out the tasks I’m really going to do that day.

It’s an element of iCal that is sorely missing and would be a great add-on if it could be made. From what I’ve seen, the new iCal with Leopard still does not address these, so it’s an open niche.

Thanks again and feel free to shoot me an email at brian-=AT=-fairtaxation.org if you’re up for it. I’d gladly pay for such a feature and do what I can to help get it developed.

]]> By: Michael http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-44325 Michael Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:43:33 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-44325 <p>First, thank you so much for iCalFix. It repaired a major defect of iCal. </p> <p>The Leopard version of iCal is better in that it now has iCalFix functionality, but two other changes have rendered it almost unusable for me. Do you know if it is possible in principle to remedy them?</p> <ol> <li><p>In week and day view, it used to have little indications on each calendar item showing whether there was an alarm or note associated with them. These indications no longer appear on my iCal.</p></li> <li><p>There used to be a panel over on the right that showed the contents of the selected calendar item. Now you have to double click on the calendar item to see an "info" popup.</p></li> </ol> <p>So in the old version I could scan the week to see which appointments had notes and click (once) to see the note. Now I have to double click in turn on every appointment to check for notes. That's a major step backwards in usability. Perhaps I am missing something?</p> First, thank you so much for iCalFix. It repaired a major defect of iCal.

The Leopard version of iCal is better in that it now has iCalFix functionality, but two other changes have rendered it almost unusable for me. Do you know if it is possible in principle to remedy them?

  1. In week and day view, it used to have little indications on each calendar item showing whether there was an alarm or note associated with them. These indications no longer appear on my iCal.

  2. There used to be a panel over on the right that showed the contents of the selected calendar item. Now you have to double click on the calendar item to see an “info” popup.

So in the old version I could scan the week to see which appointments had notes and click (once) to see the note. Now I have to double click in turn on every appointment to check for notes. That’s a major step backwards in usability. Perhaps I am missing something?

]]> By: Dean http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-41298 Dean Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:50:21 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-41298 <p>I am also in search of a way to remove iCalfix since accidentally installed it after upgrading to Leopard. I continually get an error now when iCal launches.</p> <p>There have been numerous requests for removal procedures. Please advise...</p> I am also in search of a way to remove iCalfix since accidentally installed it after upgrading to Leopard. I continually get an error now when iCal launches.

There have been numerous requests for removal procedures. Please advise…

]]> By: Tim http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-41209 Tim Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:52:40 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-41209 <p>I also get the not compatible message and would like to know how to uninstall it</p> I also get the not compatible message and would like to know how to uninstall it

]]> By: Jason Clarke http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-40304 Jason Clarke Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:55:55 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-40304 <p>Hi Robert, thanks so much for iCalFix - it was a life saver on Tiger.</p> <p>Every time I launch iCal on Leopard it informs me that iCalFix is not compatible, but there is no obvious way to remove it. I tried searching your site but to no avail - am I looking in the wrong place?</p> Hi Robert, thanks so much for iCalFix – it was a life saver on Tiger.

Every time I launch iCal on Leopard it informs me that iCalFix is not compatible, but there is no obvious way to remove it. I tried searching your site but to no avail – am I looking in the wrong place?

]]> By: Robert Blum http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled/comment-page-1#comment-39897 Robert Blum Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:40:32 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/16/ive-been-appled#comment-39897 <p>Mike: Glad to see you enjoyed it!</p> <p>ZZamboni, Joey, Marco: I'm not sure I want to continue working on Haxies - Apple is phasing them out, and I'm thinking of actually selling software. Not a good combo ;)</p> <p>Daniel: Video coming up soon</p> Mike: Glad to see you enjoyed it!

ZZamboni, Joey, Marco: I’m not sure I want to continue working on Haxies – Apple is phasing them out, and I’m thinking of actually selling software. Not a good combo ;)

Daniel: Video coming up soon

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