ICal

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For information on the Tcl calendar package, see Ical (Unix).

iCal is a personal calendar application made by Apple Computer that runs on the Mac OS X operating system. iCal can also refer to iCalendar, the standard calendar format used by the iCal calendar application. iCal was the first calendar application to offer support for multiple calendars and the ability to publish/subscribe calendars to WebDAV server.

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.

See also: iCalendar

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.

External links

• Official Apple page on iCal
• iCal Events widget for Dashboard
• 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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