Tips & Tricks: Change the Default Event Length in iCal

Tips & Tricks: Change the Default Event Length in iCal

September 28, 2009 in Tips & Tricks by Bob

Do you schedule events and meetings in iCal that are shorter than 1 hour? Are you frustrated that there is no way to change the default duration in iCal? Well, with a simple Terminal command, you can customize and change the default duration to whatever suits your needs best.

iCal: Dealing with Time Travel

iCal: Dealing with Time Travel

August 20, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob

Do you travel between time zones on a regular basis? Have you ever changed your computer’s time zone to reflect your present time zone and all event time stamps get changed causing scheduling confusion? iCal has the ability to let you easily specify time zones and not affect the times of past events.

How-To: Email Important Event Reminders to Your Cellphone

How-To: Email Important Event Reminders to Your Cellphone

June 24, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob

Do you sometimes need a reminder for an important event or meeting? If you leave your home or office computer on at all times, it’s easy with a few steps to setup your Address Book and iCal to send you an email.

How-To: iCal Running Slow? Clean Your Database.

How-To: iCal Running Slow? Clean Your Database.

May 25, 2009 in How-To, Tips & Tricks by Bob

Has iCal started appearing sluggish when you move from day to day, or when opening events? Then it may be time to do some house-cleaning of the iCal database.

iCal: Sync Google Calendar in iCal with Calaboration

iCal: Sync Google Calendar in iCal with Calaboration

May 2, 2009 in How-To by Mark

Google released CalDAV in 08 then followed up with the application called Calaboration. This simple app will get your Google Calendar and iCal to play nicely together via Bi-Directional sync.