iCal List view Actions

Posted in 10.6.1, Can't Do, iCal on 11/11/2009 by xpab

In iCal, when you control click on a selection of events in list view you can’t move them to another calendar. (calendars are grayed)
You have to control click on one of the events in the main view  and move them from there.

Finding contacts on iphone

Posted in iPhone on 11/11/2009 by xpab

When you search with Spotlight on the iPhone, the “comment” field is ignored.

Delegates Calendars on iPhones

Posted in Can't Do, iPhone on 05/11/2009 by xpab

When you setup an Exchange account on the iphone you can only view your calendar but not the ones of your delegates.

iCal delegates privileges

Posted in 10.6.1, Can't Do, iCal on 05/11/2009 by xpab

You can’t set access privileges for individual Exchange calendars in iCal.
The access you give will apply to all your Exchange calendars.

List View

Posted in 10.6.1, iCal, Improvement on 05/11/2009 by xpab

The list view should be treated like a normal view (among Day,Week,Month).
There is curently no simple way of showing all events in list view.

Better Searches in iCal

Posted in 10.6.1, iCal, New Feature on 05/11/2009 by xpab

A more complex search dialog should be available allowing to specify date ranges and calendar scopes.

iCal Archiving

Posted in 10.6.1, iCal, New Feature on 05/11/2009 by xpab

There should be a standard archiving function that ( if activated) would put all events of the past year in an Archive that would be visible in the sidebar.
The archive entry in the sidebar would show indented all calendars it contains.
When selected, the calendars entries could be consulted.
WHen performing searches, an option could allow to specify if Archives must also be searched.

Multiples calendars

Posted in 10.6.1, iCal, Improvement on 05/11/2009 by xpab

The checkmarks for viewing delegates calendars in the main window should not affect the windows that show single delegates calendars.
Curently if you uncheck a delegate calendar in the main window it will be also unchecked in its own window.

iCal Display

Posted in 10.6.1, iCal, Improvement on 05/11/2009 by xpab

With crowded calendars it can become very difficult to view events in week view because they overlap.
There should be a preference to disable overlapping of events.

MobileMe-Exchange Sync

Posted in 10.6.1, Can't Do, iCal, New Feature on 05/11/2009 by xpab

You can’t sync an Exchange calendar with your MobileMe calendar

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