Does it make sense to use BusyCal anymore?

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BMBell1919 Author

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Does it make sense to use BusyCal anymore?

I first used BusyCal for its ability to sync pretty easily with my Google calendars. I could edit either one, and have the revisions populate in the other. However, apparently the newest release of BusyCal (2.0 I think?) removed the feature to publish to Google calendars. Assuming that my statement is accurate, is BusyCal worth purchasing? I know I am only referring to a specific feature that is no longer available, but are there any other examples of things BusyCal does or does better that makes it a better alternative to iCal?

Thanks!

Posted on Feb 11, 2013 8:50 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 11, 2013 9:14 AM in response to BMBell1919

Have you seen this page: https://support.busymac.com/tickets/10983 ?

It says:

You can still subscribe to calendars hosted on Google, but you can no longer publish calendars to Google. This means you cannot publish local calendars, iCloud calendars, or Exchange calendars to Google. If you are currently publishing local calendars to Google, you should host your calendars on Google and subscribe to them instead.

To answer your actual question, there are many facilities available in BusyCal which iCal lacks - sidebar, better ToDo handling, addition of images to events, use of different fonts... and no horrible faux-leather look.

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Answer 2

BMBell1919 Author

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Feb 11, 2013 10:14 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Roger,

I have seen that page, thank you! That being said, it confirms that I do understand correctly that it's now a one-way relationship between Google Calendars and BusyCal. I believe this was the case with iCal a few years back, which is why I switch to BusyCal in the first place. I enjoyed the two-way accessibility. Follow-up question...does iCal now support publishing to Google Calendars?

Thanks for providing some of the other BusyCal features. I guess it's subjective as to which ones a person may or may not consider useful. Like anything else really! Unfortunately, it seems as though my initial draw to BusyCal is now null and void.

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Answer 3

Feb 11, 2013 12:18 PM in response to BMBell1919

The page they link to says:

Once subscribed, calendars can be edited on any client and the changes will sync to the host and to all other clients.

meaning it continues to be a two-way process.

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