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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. Version 2 of iCal was released as part of Mac OS X v10.4.
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.
Trivia
When iCal is open, its icon displays the current date. When closed, the icon displays July 17, which was the date when iCal premiered in 2002 at the Macworld Expo in New York City. July 17 is observed by some Mac geeks as 'iCal Day.'External links
- [Official Apple page on iCal]
- [iCal Events widget for Dashboard]
- [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
- 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)
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