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BusyCal Release Notes

Change History

BusyCal 1.3.3 (July 27, 2010)

  • Fixed Google "cannot delete a cancelled event" syncing error
  • Localization improvements
  • Other minor bug fixes

BusyCal 1.3.2 (July 12, 2010)

  • Fixed crasher introduced in 1.3.1
  • Fixed bug when converting Calendar Groups from 1.3 to 1.3.x
  • Added option to install beta releases in Preferences > Update
  • Localization improvements

BusyCal 1.3.1 (July 6, 2010)

  • Fixed bug in Week View when dragging events
  • Added Overwrite Sync Services button to fix syncing errors on Snow Leopard
  • Fixed bug where recurring ToDos were not showing up in Alarms menu
  • Fixed crash that could occur on first launch if prefs corrupted
  • Fixed crash that could occur when deleting duplicates
  • Fixed bug when syncing Birthdays calendar on LAN
  • Added more Help documentation
  • Localization improvements
  • Other minor enhancements and bug fixes

BusyCal 1.3 (May 26, 2010)

  • Localization — Localized into French, German, Italian and Dutch. Other languages are in the works.
  • Week Numbers — Option to display week numbers in the calendar and mini months.
  • Birthdays calendar — BusyCal now has its own Birthdays calendar that syncs directly with Address Book. And you can optionally display a person's age in the event title (e.g. Fred's 10th Birthday).
  • Address Book integration — You can drag People and Groups from Address Book (or the new Address Panel) into the calendar to create a meeting, or drag them into the To Do List to create a To Do that is linked back to that contact in Address Book.
  • Drag & Drop improvements — You can drag To Dos into the calendar to transform them into Events or drag Events from the calendar into the To Do List to transform them into To Dos. And the week view now supports drag & drop to and from the timeline to convert all-day events to timed-events, and vice versa.
  • Apple Help — Help files are now available from the help menu.
  • Graphics attached to banners will display in the calendar.
  • Completed to dos will not be shown in the List view if the "Show Completed To Dos in Calendar" preference is off.
  • Don't push deletes to Exchange read-only calendars
  • Backup new calendars
  • Restore from Backup bug fixes.
  • Fixed crash when sending a meeting update.
  • Fixed hang when backing up a large attachment.
  • Improved compatibility with Entourage .ics files.
  • Fixed date formatting problems in Asian and Hebrew languages.
  • iCal syncing bug fixes.
  • WebDAV syncing bug fixes.
  • LAN syncing bug fixes.
  • Various other bug fixes.

BusyCal 1.2.3 (March 18, 2010)

  • Fixed error when unpublishing a calendar to Google
  • Fixed time zone discrepancy when publishing calendars to Google
  • Fixed clipping bug when displaying long date headers in To Do List
  • Fixed redraw bug in Day/Week View
  • Frontmost app is no longer restored after double-clicking on an event in Alarm dialog
  • Attachments and To Dos are no longer removed from WebDAV calendars by default
  • Other minor bug fixes

BusyCal 1.2.2 (March 7, 2010)

  • Fixed bug that could create damaged detached events
  • Prompt if no Me Card when sending/receiving meeting invitations
  • Attendees can now decline a single occurrence of a repeating meeting
  • Removed the name "BusyCal" from meeting invitations and responses
  • Changing repeat end date could make event disappear
  • Support Google alarms < 5 minutes
  • Support ISO-8859-1 and Shift-JIS in .ics files
  • Better compatibility with .ics/.vcs files created by Outlook
  • Default font size increases apply to info panel notes field as well
  • Show To Do status in Month view even when not showing start time
  • Info panel no longer blanks unnecessarily when an edit comes in over the LAN
  • Numerous minor bugs fixed
  • Several obscure crashes fixed

BusyCal 1.2.1 (Feb. 6, 2010)

  • Fixed crash when creating a backup
  • Fixed crash when deleting malformed events
  • Fixed crash when sorting in List view
  • Fixed crash when undoing a new event
  • Fixed crash when accessing Keychain
  • Fixed mini month snap-to-fit inconsistency
  • More efficient syncing of dynamic WebDAV feeds (like Tripit)
  • Support for showing events via Today app
  • Added warning dialog when updating if AppTrap is installed

BusyCal 1.2 (Jan. 25, 2010)

  • New global font size preference
  • New Calendar Groups feature
  • Fixed several crashes
  • Fixed several google syncing bugs
  • Fixed row highlighting bug in List View
  • Fixed other miscellaneous bugs

BusyCal 1.1.2 (Jan. 6, 2010)

  • Birthdays before 1940 weren't being calculated correctly in 32 bit mode
  • Improved handling of deleted Google calendar feeds
  • Changed Decade date range in List View from 2000-2009 to the more correct 2001-2010
  • Changed "MobileMe" source list header to "Mail"
  • Fixed crash that could happen when resizing events in the Week view
  • Fixed crash that could happen if an edit and a conflict occurred at the same instant
  • Fixed crash caused by a nil calendar name

BusyCal 1.1.1 (Dec. 28, 2009)

  • Fixed Google sync internal error
  • Fixed Google sync could not delete entry error
  • Fixed Google sync error that could cause orphaned calendars
  • Fixed Google sync error that displays calendar titles as UIDs
  • Fixed corrupted font crash
  • Fixed undo stack crash
  • Fixed hang when repeatedly paging with Command-Left/Right arrow
  • Improved Bonjour and Google network efficiency
  • Meeting responses show local time in email body
  • Location field is selectable in read-only events
  • Mini-month current day updates at midnight
  • End time zone popup now behaves properly
  • Completed To Dos sort to bottom in calendar view
  • Handle malformed Exchange ics files
  • Handle WebDAV feeds with trailing \ character in UID

BusyCal 1.1 (Dec. 6, 2009)

  • Added mini-month calendar to source list.
  • Support for 64-bit and Garbage Collection on Snow Leopard.
  • Support for three-finger scrolling.
  • Duration column added to List View.
  • Added an "at start" alarm interval.
  • Admin password no longer required to update Dock icon, except during a software update.
  • Support both shift-return and option-return for line feeds.
  • Clear stale data in info panel when an event moves out of view.
  • Better memory management when syncing with Entourage.
  • Better handling of malformed ics files.
  • Better date handling when scheduling events with no year.
  • Better handling of 4-digit year input.
  • Fixed bug affecting recurring events starting prior to 1930
  • Hide info panel when app is minimized.
  • Fixed preference setting for default calendar app.
  • Various recurring event bug fixes.
  • Option to display more descriptive time zone names.
  • Backups filenames are stored in yyyy-mm-dd format.
  • Fixed various Google syncing bugs.
  • Fixed crash caused by unicode non-breaking space characters.
  • Fixed crash caused by corrupted system font.
  • Improved logging.

BusyCal 1.0.3 (Oct. 29, 2009)

  • Fixes Alarm menu bug.

BusyCal 1.0.2 (Oct. 26, 2009)

  • Fixes Daylight Savings Time bug.

BusyCal 1.0.1 (Oct. 22, 2009)

  • Dock icon updates properly to show today's date
  • Alarms can be added to events on the Birthdays calendar
  • Info panel description field scrolls properly when entering lots of text
  • Text in read-only notes field can be selected/copied
  • URLs are clickable in read-only notes field
  • Follow event to its new date when changing date in info panel
  • Faster launching
  • Fixed Undo crash
  • Fixed Delete Duplicates crash
  • Fixed Sticky Notes editing crash
  • Recover from failed BusySync database upgrades
  • Don't allow multiple Google Connections for the same account
  • Fixed Google permission errors
  • Fixed malformed Google meeting requests
  • Fixed malformed Google degenerate recurrences
  • Don't allow Organizer to add self as attendee
  • Import non-UTF-8 ics files
  • Process meeting replies that don't match original recipient's name or email
  • Fixed custom weekly repeat bug
  • Fixed completion date data-entry bug in List View
  • Fixed end time recurrence exception bug
  • Fixed Auckland, New Zealand time zone bugs
  • Fixed To Do sorting in calendar
  • Completed To Dos can be dragged to original due date

BusyCal 1.0 (September 28, 2009)

  • Final 1.0 release.

BusyCal 1.0b17 (September 26, 2009)

  • Fixed info panel tab ordering
  • Fixed crash in List View Notes pane
  • Fixed crash when type-selecting in To Do list
  • Printing prints only the results displayed on screen when search filtering
  • Display localized time zone in popup

BusyCal 1.0b16 (September 25, 2009)

  • Improved printing
  • Fixed keyboard input bug when tabbing between fields
  • Time Machine support
  • Snow Leopard Sync Services optimizations
  • Alarm menu/dialog bug fixes
  • ics invitation timezone fix
  • Fixed several crashers

BusyCal 1.0b15 (September 14, 2009)

  • Dock icon shows current date
  • New Find Duplicates command
  • Notes no longer shown in week view event tiles
  • Fixed several crashers

BusyCal 1.0b14 (September 9, 2009)

  • Display Title of short duration events in Week View
  • Display Location and Description in Week View events
  • Fixes word wrap artifacts in Week View
  • Zoom in/out in Week view with option-scroll wheel
  • Scroll Two-week view one week at a time
  • Weather icons don't overlap dates
  • Styles can be applied to events in calendar without being in text-edit mode
  • Support copy/paste of events into Mail
  • Display calendars in source list grouped by CalDAV, Exchange and IMAP
  • Duplicate events are detected on initial sync and deleted
  • Fixes Google recurring event syncing bug
  • Fixes meeting invitation time zone bug
  • Fixes several crashers

BusyCal 1.0b13 (August 27, 2009)

  • Snow leopard compatible
  • Fixed several crashers
  • Improved WebDAV calendar syncing
  • Improved attendee auto-fill
  • Fixed several meeting invitation bugs
  • Fixed Mail message URLs
  • Fixed repeating event bug
  • Fixed escaped URLs

BusyCal 1.0b12 (August 20, 2009)

  • WebDAV calendars now appear and behave the same in BusyCal and iCal
  • Various meeting invitation bug fixes and enhancements
  • Supports database conversion from BusyCal to BusySync (requires BusySync 2.2.1)
  • Added safe boot mode (hold down option-key while launching)
  • Fixed several crashers
  • Mail message URLs now work properly
  • Detects and removes duplicate alarms
  • Added Registration and embedded store

BusyCal 1.0b11 (August 9, 2009)

  • Fixed bug when syncing custom alarm sounds with iCal
  • Fixed several text formatting errors
  • Fixed several international and 24-hour clock formatting errors
  • Repair validation errors when converting BusySync database
  • Improved info panel data entry, date parsing, and commits
  • Disable Prev/Next when editing text
  • More default calendar colors
  • Smoother moon icons

BusyCal 1.0b10 (August 2, 2009)

  • Show more banners per day
  • Small/Medium/Large Banner size preference
  • Improved support for international date and time formats
  • Fixed decrementing date field for Banners in European time zones
  • Prompt if no Me Card when creating email alarm
  • Don't sync custom alarm sounds over LAN if client doesn't have sound
  • Deleted calendars no longer show in List View
  • Support non-UTF-8 WebDAV ics subscriptions
  • Fixed several crashers

BusyCal 1.0b9 (July 29, 2009)

  • Fixed WebDAV memory leak
  • Fixed international date formatting errors in info panel
  • When text field has focus, Prev/Next (Cmd-left/right arrow) is disabled

BusyCal 1.0b8 (July 28, 2009)

  • Fixed NSURLConnection memory leak
  • Fixed crash when switching time zones
  • WebDAV subscriptions remain in iCal
  • WebDAV color changes stick
  • Restart alarm menu bar app after sparkle update

BusyCal 1.0b7 (July 27, 2009)

  • Fixed crash in Preferences
  • Fixed crash when importing events with null titles
  • Fixed crash when importing pending meeting invitations
  • Fixed repeating To Do bug

BusyCal 1.0b6 (July 26, 2009)

  • First public beta release
  • Cleaned up new user defaults
  • Don't allow editing of read-only WebDAV events

BusyCal 1.0b5 (July 25, 2009)

  • Several iTIP meeting invitation bug fixes
  • Holiday flag is no longer cleared when refreshing a WebDAV calendar
  • Import "null" alarm sounds from iCal as "Basso"
  • Selecting an item on Alarm menu selects event and unhides calendar

BusyCal 1.0b4 (July 23, 2009)

  • Calculate calendar source list before processing iTIP invitations
  • Display "generating logs" progress dialog
  • Update list of today's alarms at midnight

BusyCal 1.0b3 (July 22, 2009)

  • Fixed crash when importing/subscribing to null WebDAV calendar.
  • Changed menu shortcuts: Go to Today (CMD-T), Go to Date (CMD-SHIFT-T), New To Do (CMD-K).
  • Automatically quit Alarm menu bar app if BusyCal is deleted in Finder.
  • Alarm menu updates at midnight when BusyCal isn't running.

BusyCal 1.0b2 (July 21, 2009)

  • Fixed errors when subscribing to malformed Toodledo WebDAV calendar
  • Fixed date handling of ToDos on Remember the milk WebDAV calendar
  • Fixed international date formatting errors

BusyCal 1.0b1 (July 20, 2009)

  • First private beta release.