Ian McShane » iCal http://www.ianmcshane.org All my stuff in one place Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Wanted : Definitive iCal Entourage sync http://www.ianmcshane.org/2008/02/27/wanted-definitive-ical-entourage-sync/ http://www.ianmcshane.org/2008/02/27/wanted-definitive-ical-entourage-sync/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:27:07 +0000 Ian http://blog.maccarocks.com/2008/02/27/wanted-definitive-ical-entourage-sync/
  • Fixed: Unable to sync iPhone with Calendar/Contacts
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    • ]]>     Now that i’ve gotten hold of MS Office:Mac 2008 and an RSA Hardtoken (for VPN) I no longer need to use Windows at all for work or play. (I’ve also just ordered a new MBP through work, huzzah!)

    Since i’ve got Entourage connected up to the Exchange server here at work, I want to be able to sync my work calendar with the calendars I have set up in iCal. Not only have I got a couple of standard calendars, i’ve also set up some dynamic ones based on RSS feeds – for example, i’m terrible for remembering when I’ve got gigs lined up so i’ve subscribed to my Last.fm events feed in iCal which in turn shows up on my iPhone, along with a couple of Google Calendars (for University schedules).

    Having turned on Calendar Sync in the Office:Mac preferences, I can see my Entourage calendar in iCal and thus on my iPhone. You’d think that this would please me.

    No.

    I also want the sync to be reversed so that iCal events are added to my ‘work’ calendar…
    This causes scheduling problems in that work colleagues who are trying to arrange meetings can’t see my ‘personal’ busy time.
    I understand that there is some limitation with Entourage to do with iCal having multiple calendars and Entourage only having one but surely there is some way to merge all the calendar data from iCal into one, then populate E with that?
    Taking it one step further, why not enlist the built in Categories feature of Entourage to label the events from different iCal feeds?

    Is there something out there that can do this already or have I just spec’d out my next dev project?

    Related posts:

    1. Fixed: Unable to sync iPhone with Calendar/Contacts
    2. iPhone sync taking a long time? Maybe a "manual" sync will help
    3. Quick iPhone wish list

    ]]>     http://www.ianmcshane.org/2008/02/27/wanted-definitive-ical-entourage-sync/feed/ 4     Quick iPhone wish list http://www.ianmcshane.org/2007/12/09/quick-iphone-wish-list/ http://www.ianmcshane.org/2007/12/09/quick-iphone-wish-list/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:46:00 +0000 Ian http://blog.maccarocks.com/2007/12/09/quick-iphone-wish-list/
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    • ]]>     With rumours of a pre-Christmas firmware update to 1.1.3, here’s my wish list. I’d probably forgo the Jailbreak for these – currently I only really use the MobileScrobbler app from the iPhone dev scene but i’m finding that it keeps logging me out and doesn’t cache track plays. Everything else seems to pretty much be fluff (i.e Pirate-photo-app, eBooks and Games) or unstable (Summerboard kept rebooting for me and broke access to photos).
    I’m going to get my dev head on and see if I can come up with something useful, just as soon as I find the time – i’m currently pretty busy with work and university studies.

    My top 11:

    1. Calendar – Searching.
    2. Calendar – Respect iCal colouring for different calendar items.
    3. SMS – Ability to cancel a message in transmission.
    4. SMS – Send message to many recipients.
    5. SMS – Forward sent or received message to new recipient(s).
    6. Copy & Paste between apps.
    7. The new Google Maps.
    8. Use a track from the iPod as an alarm sound.
    9. Direct download of mp3 from Safari to iPod.  Podcasts for example.
    10. Save images from Safari to Photos.
    11. MMS!!!

    Related posts:

    1. A more objective look at iPhone (part 1: Things the iPhone can't do)
    2. What sucks about the iPhone
    3. Wanted : Definitive iCal Entourage sync

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