BusyCal — the ultimate calendar and to do list manager for Mac OS X
BusyCal is an award winning desktop calendar that combines personal productivity features for individuals with powerful calendar sharing capabilities for families and workgroups.
Personal productivity
BusyCal's unique features include a non-modal Info Panel for easier data entry; To Dos that display in the calendar and auto-forward until completed; repeating To Dos; customizable calendar views including a List view and scrolling Month and Week views; adjustable font styles and sizes, live weather feeds, moon phases, graphics, sticky notes and more.
Sync with the cloud and iPhone
BusyCal syncs with iCloud, MobileMe, Google Calendar, and iCal Server. You can share calendars with others through the cloud or on a local area network without a server. And BusyCal syncs with the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and other apps and devices that sync with iCloud, MobileMe, Google or Sync Services.
Features
Customizable Views
BusyCal provides several customizable calendar views — Month, Week, Day and List — including the ability to scroll the Month view one week at a time. The sidebar on the left displays a list of calendars and their colors, and a mini-month navigator. And the sidebar on the right shows your To Do List, and an embedded info panel for displaying the details of the selected event.
To Dos
To Dos display in the calendar and auto-forward until completed.
Create repeating To Dos, like a status report that recurs each week.
The To Do List sorts To Dos by date, priority, calendar, title, or manually.
Weather
Display a five-day weather forecast in your calendar.
Display the weather as large icons or small icons.
Display moon phases.
Calendars
Calendars are displayed in the left sidebar, where they can be easily viewed and arranged. And you can create calendars groups for showing/hiding a group of calendars with a single click.
Customizable Preferences
Customize the calendar display including the font face and size.
Rich Text
Apply custom font styles to events and notes.
Drag-n-drop contacts, emails, and more
Drag contacts from Address Book into BusyCal to create events or to dos that are linked to that contact. You can also drag files, Mail messages, Safari URLs, and other items to events in BusyCal to create links to those items.
Backups
BusyCal performs automatic backups of your data.
Syncs with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch
BusyCal syncs Events with the Calendar app on iOS, and syncs To Dos with the Reminders app and BusyToDo on iOS.
Info Panel
BusyCal displays an embedded info panel in the lower right corner, so you can see an event's details without double-clicking. You can also display the info panel in a floating window.
What's more, you can choose from a wide selection of fields to display in the info panel.
Event Types
BusyCal supports many event types including Banners (all-day events), Events, To Dos, Sticky notes, Journals and Graphics.
 Banner, Event, To Do, and Journal |
 Floating Graphic |
 Sticky Note |
Holidays
Holidays can be displayed as banners or italic gray text.
Birthdays
Display birthdays of contacts in Address Book, including their age.
Graphics
Add graphics from your desktop or the web to your calendar. Graphics can be free floating or minimized to the top of the day.
Tags
Apply custom tags to events to track important events or clients.
Alarms
Alarms are displayed in a window that allows custom snooze intervals.
Display a list of today's events and pending alarms in the menu bar.
Location Alarms
Create Location Alarms that sync with the Reminders app and BusyToDo on iOS 5.
