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iCal

iCal 2 under Mac OS X
Developer: Apple Computer
Latest release: 2.0.5 (1069) / March 13, 2007
OS: Mac OS X
Use: Electronic calendar
License: Proprietary
Website: www.apple.com/ical/

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Originally released as a free download for Mac OS X v10.2 on September 10, 2002, with the release of Mac OS X v10.3 it was bundled with the operating system as iCal 1.5. Version 2 of iCal was released as part of Mac OS X v10.4. Mac OS X version 10. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the Gregorian calendar (254th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mac OS X version 10. ...


Apple licensed the iCal name from Brown Bear Software, who used it for their iCal application.

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Features

  • Keeps track of events and appointments, allows multiple calendar views (such as calendars for "home", "work", and "kids") to quickly identify conflicts and free time.
  • Is integrated with .Mac, so calendars can be shared over the Internet. You can also share calendars via the WebDAV protocol.
  • One can subscribe to other calendars so you can keep up with friends and colleagues, and other things such as athletic schedules and television programs.
  • Allows notification of upcoming events either on screen, by e-mail, SMS, or Pager. There is also a third-party Dashboard widget called iCal Events that allows notification of upcoming events using Dashboard.
  • iCal integrates Apple Sync Services to sync its data with .Mac, devices such as PDA or mobile phones via iSync and third party software.

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Trivia

  • iCal development is quite different than other Apple software since it has been designed independently by a small French team working "secretly" in Paris, lead by Jean-Marie Hullot, a friend of Steve Jobs. iCal's development has since been transferred to Apple US Headquarters in Cupertino.[citation needed]

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See also

The correct title of this article is . ... The Darwin Calendar Server is a standards-compliant server that allows multiple users to collaboratively share calendaring information. ... SyncML (Synchronization Markup Language) is the former name (currently referred to as: Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management) for a platform-independent information synchronization standard. ... Calgoo is a Java-based cross-platform desktop calendar application for Google Calendar that runs on MS Windows, Linux and Mac offered by Time Search Inc. ... iCalendar is a standard (RFC 2445) for calendar data exchange. ...

External links

  • Official Apple page on iCal
    • New Software Lets Users Manage Multiple Calendars & Share Calendars Over The Internet - Apple's July 2002 press release introducing iCal
    • New Application to Manage & Share Multiple Calendars Now Available for Free Download - Apple's September 2002 press release announcing availability of iCal
  • iCalFix - iCal extension that automatically adds alarms to newly created events.
  • RFC 2445 Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)
  • RFC 2446 iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP)
  • RFC 2447 iCalendar Message-Based Interoperability Protocol (iMIP)

Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

References

  1. ^ Apple Releases iCal 1.0.1 and iSync 1.0. Apple.com Press Release (January 2, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-01-18.

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ICal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (367 words)
iCal is a personal calendar application made by Apple Computer that runs on the Mac OS X operating system.
When iCal is open, its icon displays the current date.
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Iowa Health  Care Association - Consumer Info (1206 words)
ICAL is an affiliate of the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL), the national association representing assisted living, senior housing, and residential care providers.
ICAL is the assisted living arm of the Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA), a trade association representing a variety of long term health care providers in Iowa.
ICAL leadership and staff work closely with Iowa's elected officials and legislative bodies at both the state and federal levels, with government regulatory agencies and other professional organizations to promote the interests of our members and the long term care profession in the development of policies, rules, regulations and standards of practice.
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