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BusyCal 2024.3.2

Fahad Gilani — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.3.2 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

✨ Improved support for Kerio
✨ Enhanced default snooze settings to support "zero minutes before start of event"
🔨 Patch for recent changes by Todoist to their sync APIs
🔨 Moving a single instance of a daily recurring task now correctly applies the intended recurring date
🔨 Menu app's window now correctly appears above on-screen notifications
🔨 Fixed a bug where snoozing multiple events simultaneously sometimes only snoozed a subset of the selected events
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.3.1

Fahad Gilani — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.3.1 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

✨ Improved support for Kerio
✨ Enhanced default snooze settings to support "zero minutes before start of event"
🔨 Patch for recent changes by Todoist to their sync APIs
🔨 Moving a single instance of a daily recurring task now correctly applies the intended recurring date
🔨 Menu app's window now correctly appears above on-screen notifications
🔨 Fixed a bug where snoozing multiple events simultaneously sometimes only snoozed a subset of the selected events
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.2.5

Fahad Gilani — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.2.5 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 Tags and their assigned colors now sync to all your devices over iCloud. Colored Tag support for iOS coming soon.
✨ Menu app icon shows date when in DND mode
✨ Enhanced detection of death years when displaying birthdays from Apple Contacts
✨ Additional minutes added to Menu Bar option "Switch to upcoming event ..."
✨ Improved detection of remotely modified events when syncing with subscribed WebDAV calendars
🔨 Fixed bug where single word titles may appear with ellipses in the alarm window
🔨 Fixed a macOS 11 (and below) related issue where downloaded graphics from Icon Finder would not save to disk properly
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.2.4

Fahad Gilani — Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.2.4 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

✨ Duration information is now always visible in the info panel for events (when Time to Event is enabled)
🔨 "New Timed Task" context menu option in day / week view now correctly assign the selected due time
🔨 Fixed an issue where event title would lose keyboard focus at certain times due to background sync activity
🔨 Fixed bug where setting "Message Only" as the default alarm for all alerts would still result in playing sound
🔨 Fixed bug where due times would show up for tasks on MS Graph accounts (which don't support due times)
🔨 Fixed an issue where some users would see a "Pending" message when added a MS Teams meeting (on EWS Exchange servers)
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.2.3

Fahad Gilani — Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.2.3 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 Meeting invitations now appear as notifications in the Notification Center and can be configured under Settings > Alarms
🆕 "Hours before start" added to snooze options
✨ A new setting has been added to hide ongoing events from the menu bar
✨ Improved handling of missing shared-calendars when syncing with Google
🔨 Fixed an issue where changes within the app would not immediately refresh widgets on the mac
🔨 Fixed a bug where deleting multiple occurrences of the same event would apply the change to future occurrences
🔨 Fixed regression where BusyCal would not prompt when replying to manually imported meeting invites
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.2.2

Fahad Gilani — Sun, 05 May 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.2.2 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 Major Feature: Ongoing and upcoming events can now be displayed with a countdown in the menu bar! Customize this feature under Settings > Menu
🆕 Current & Upcoming Event Widget: This automatically displays the currently ongoing event as well as the upcoming event
🆕 To grab your attention, the alarm window now subtly shakes when a new alarm is displayed. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
🆕 End times of events are now displayed in the Alarm Window. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
🆕 Hovering the mouse over alarms in the alarm window now displays the time elapsed. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
🆕 You can now change the displayed sort order of BusyCal alarms under Settings > Alarms
🆕 Advanced Setting: A new setting enables confirmation for any changes made to an event
🆕 Accessibility Setting: There is now an option to switch to editing an event immediately after duplication when using a pop-over style editor
🆕 Shared calendar settings for Microsoft Office accounts (over the new Graph API)
🆕 You can now open your Google Calendar in a browser by ctr-clicking on the primary calendar and selecting "Open in browser..."
✨ Improvements to alarm window layout and design
✨ To differentiate new alarms from old, the alarm window now displays an animated bell against newly added items
✨ The quick entry field now auto-expands vertically instead of overflowing horizontally
✨ Smart filter options now includes a filter for: "tag or category" (to include Outlook categories)
🔨 Holding down option key and dropping events on the mini-calendar now correctly copies the event instead of moving it
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.2.1

Fahad Gilani — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.2.1 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 New Office 365 Account Type: Enhanced syncing with Microsoft Graph APIs now available (as public beta). Migrate to this improved connection under Preferences > Accounts for better performance with Outlook. Note: Microsoft has announced that Legacy Exchange Web Services support will be discontinued soon.
🆕 Personal Outlook now supported over Microsoft Graph. Available under Settings > Accounts.
🆕 Improved push sync support for Office 365 accounts
🆕 Support for What 3 Words location names (W3W). BusyCal now automatically converts a W3W location into a GPS coordinate when entered into the location field.
🆕 "Repeat summary" added as a new column type for List View. Displays a description for recurring events.
🆕 Custom time zone names (under Settings > Time Zones), when available, are displayed in the time zone picker and on the main time zone switcher
🆕 The time zone sort order can be switched between sorting by GMT offsets and time zone names under Settings > Time Zones
🆕 New property added to the smart filter list: calendar name
🆕 You can now batch select events and change their "Repeat" setting (or remove existing setting) from the context menu
🆕 Ctrl-click context menu on a calendar date now displays a count-down (or count-up) to date
🆕 Appearance setting to use only the calendar color, ignoring inidividually assigned tag and label colors
🆕 You can now toggle the sorting order of search results between ascending and descending
✨ Improved syncing with Apple Reminders
✨ Improved syncing with Apple Calendar
✨ Improved Quick Add natural language detection for German
✨ Snooze alarms are now added as local "my alerts" to events, eliminating chances of sync rejection by some CalDAV servers
🔨 Fixed bug where the context menu option to remove all alarms would display a repeated prompt and erroneously duplicate recurring events
Ongoing stability and performance related improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.1.2

Fahad Gilani — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.1.2 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 Directly sync with Apple Calendar in read-only mode. Ideal for users with restricted third-party access to work accounts. New account option under Settings > Accounts > New Account > Apple Calendar
🆕 Dates in the Menu app have been redesigned for clearer visibility, making it easier to read the dates
🆕 Task list improvements. Task priorities can now be changed directly from the task list by clicking on the new priority drop-down button. Dates / times now display below the title so that more of your titles can show in a single line.
🆕 When sorting Task list by date, hovering your mouse over the date sections will display the number of days remaining until that date
🆕 Task list now shows indicators for embedded contacts, tags, locations, URLs and attachments. These can be optionally turned off from under Settings > Tasks
🆕 Task list can now display both a location name and a preview of notes, directly beneath the task title, for easier access and reference
🆕 New accessibility option to disable auto-enabling of calendars after a drag and drop
🆕 New option under Todoist Account Settings to hide tasks assigned to others
🆕 Now, when you drag and move multiple events, they'll shift based on their original dates. To move them all to the same date instead, hold down the shift key
🆕 Quickly respond to multiple meeting invites using the option+click context menu
✨ All duplicated events are now automatically selected in the calendar
✨ Improved handling of non-standard characters in parsed ics files
🔨 Fixed bug where the "Darken text" appearance setting stopped working
🔨 Fixed bug where the availability viewer would turn blank after switching to a date that wasn't visible on the main calendar
🔨 Fixed a sync issue with Todoist where bogus carriage return \r characters in notes copied from Microsoft To Do would trip the server
Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyContacts 2024.1.2

Fahad Gilani — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyContacts 2024.1.2 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 New custom relationships added to the related field: father / mother / son / daughter in law, nephew, niece
✨ View setting added to disable sorting by phonetic names
Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyContacts customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyContacts menu.
New users can download the BusyContacts 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.

BusyCal 2024.1.1

Fahad Gilani — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0400

BusyCal 2024.1.1 has been released and is available for download. We stagger our roll-outs, so in case you don't see one available within the app, feel free to download the latest trial version directly.

Release Notes

🆕 Multiple default alarms can now be configured in Settings > Alarms
🆕 Additional custom sounds under Settings > Alarms
🆕 New setting added to use sound preference for all alarms
🆕 New setting to configure Floating Time as default under Settings > Time Zones
🆕 Custom Font for notes can now be configured under Settings > Appearance > Fonts
🆕 Recently added invitees and contacts are now automatically remembered
🆕 Natural language support for journal entries. Prefix sentences with: ">", "memo", "log" or "journal"
🆕 New up next + calendar widget
🆕 Sort Smart Filters alphabetically
✨ Colors can now be assigned to read-only events via colored "my tags"
✨ "New Calendar Set" menu option added to the File menu
✨ New accessibility setting to disable click-and-drag event creation
✨ Enhanced natural language date range recognition in Quick Entry
✨ Double clicking on the date number in Day View now takes you to Week view
✨ 1st of each month now visually stands out
✨ Improved sorting of tasks within widgets
✨ Improved handling of corrupt .ics files during import
✨ Improved text color in dark mode
✨ "Reset manual ordering" option added to the context menu for Task calendars (in the left sidebar)
✨ Open main calendar from the menu app
✨ View settings now automatically sync between devices over iCloud
✨ Copying an event with an embedded conference call now copies the meeting link to the clipboard as well
✨ "Copy attendees", and "Show only this calendar" options added to event's context menu
✨ Go To Date text entry field now automatically picks a future date when year is not specified
✨ Google Doc attachments (from Google Calendar) now display the document name where possible
✨ Converting an all-day task to a timed task now assigns the default timed-alarm(s) if set
🔨 Fixed an issue where opening events from search results would require a double-click
🔨 Fixed an issue where banners would appear black when printing on Sonoma
🔨 Fixed bug where the menu app's date sections would overlap at times
🔨 Fixed bug where the menu app would not show an event if an identical event belonged to a manually hidden calendar
🔨 Fixed how snooze alerts are added to recurring events. Snoozes now get added to the snoozed occurrence instead of all occurrences
🔨 Fixed bug where assigning a local tag on a meeting would at times present a "Notify Organizer" prompt
Ongoing stability improvements
🔨 Fixed bug where MS Teams meetings created in Google Calendar would incorrectly get identified as Google Meets
🔨 Enabling "Ignore attachments" on an Exchange calendar now works as expected

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers with a valid license and is available now.

Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyCal menu.
New users can download the BusyCal 30-Day Trial.
Mac App Store users can download the update directly from the store page once it's been reviewed and approved by Apple
Setapp users can launch the Setapp app and select Check for Updates from the Setapp menu

In case you own a direct, perpetual copy and your license has expired, you can extend your license from here to receive an additional 18 months of updates.

Previous Releases

If your license does not cover this update or you'd like to downgrade to a previous version, please click here.