BusyCal for Mac 3.10.4

BusyCal for Mac is a productivity software that combines a beautiful, personal desktop calendar with award-winning calendar sharing and syncing technology. This integrated application is designed for families and small workgroups, allowing users to easily and cost-effectively share calendars on a local area network or over the internet without the need for a dedicated server. BusyCal also syncs with Google Calendar, making it easy to keep your schedule up-to-date across all your devices.

One of the standout features of BusyCal is its ability to allow multiple users to view and edit shared calendars. Changes are instantly synchronized between users, ensuring everyone stays on the same page. This makes it an ideal solution for families who want to keep track of each other's schedules or small workgroups who need to coordinate their activities.

In addition to calendar syncing, BusyCal provides several other useful features that make it an indispensable tool for anyone looking to stay organized. For example, you can enter and view event details in a non-modal floating window or an embedded info pane. This means you don't have to switch back-and-forth between screens when adding new events or updating existing ones.

Another great feature of BusyCal is its ability to create To Dos that display in the calendar and auto-forward until completed. This makes it easy to keep track of tasks that need completing without cluttering up your schedule with unnecessary details.

BusyCal also offers several customizable views including List View and scrolling Month and Week Views. You can display graphics, sticky notes, live weather feeds, moon phases in your calendar as well as apply custom font styles and colors which make events stand out from one another.

If you're someone who relies heavily on alarms as reminders then you'll love how BusyCal displays them in both a window and on the menu bar so they're always visible no matter what else you're doing on your computer.

Finally, under-the-hood performance improvements ensure that BusyCal runs smoothly even when dealing with large amounts of data or complex scheduling scenarios.

Overall, if you're looking for an intuitive yet powerful productivity software solution then look no further than BusyCal for Mac!

BusyCal for Mac makes it easy for you to organize multiple calendars and provides you with essential features you'll need in the office, like task management and to-do lists. This premium product includes all the features you'd expect from an app of its kind: multiple calendar views, reminders, notifications for events, and even the ability to create events using voice commands. It's a well-built app with a lot to offer.

Once you install BusyCal for Mac, you are presented with an assistant that lets you tweak the basic functionality of the app. You may optionally install a helper application that will monitor your appointments even when BusyCal is not running. Event creation is rather unusual and yet intuitive; you just write down what you want to do and when -- like "meeting tomorrow at six" -- and the app's smart text parsing engine will detect the time and date, and enter the rest of the text as the event title. Another nice feature is the ability to create daily automatic backups of your calendars. In terms of connectivity, the app supports all popular services and protocols, including iCloud, Google, Yahoo, and Outlook calendars. You can also sync and share calendars with other network users who have this app installed.

If you rely on calendars to schedule and keep track of appointments, you will certainly like BusyCal for Mac's power and convenience. It's a good alternative to iCal. While it does come with a price tag, the app's clean design and impressive array of features make it a worthwhile investment.

Editors' note: This is a review of the trial version of BusyCal for Mac 2.5.4.