BusyCal 2021.3.1 has been released on the Mac App Store and is available for download.

This is a major update, and as announced last year, BusyCal will be available as subscription-only on the mac app store going forward. Anyone that purchased a copy of BusyCal in the last 18 months will be automatically offered a 6 month free trial upon updating. This puts them somewhat in the same boat as customers that buy the app directly from our online store. We offer each user 18 months of updates, after which they must renew their license to receive an additional 18 months.

If you're a Mac App Store user and don't like subscriptions, we have you covered. Please follow these alternatives. You can switch to our direct pre-subscription version for free and not pay a cent OR buy a direct license to get 18 months of updates. No subscription.

We have a long list of frequently asked questions answered here. Please don't hesitate to contact us, should you have further questions.

BusyContacts 1.6.0 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.

Release Notes

• NEW: Support for showing Mail Activity for contacts has been added for macOS 10.15 (Catalina), 11.0 Big Sur and 12.0 Monterey Beta. This requires installation of a Mail Plugin from under BusyContacts > Preferences > Updates.
• Fixed bug where the cursor would at times go back to the Info Panel from search
• Fixed bug where Twitter authentication was failing for a number of users
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyContacts customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 2021.3.1 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.

Release Notes

• Option added to disable shift+dragging in day and week views to Preferences > Appearance > Accessibility
• "Start Of Week" no longer tied to the a smart filter's remembered view settings
• Several minor glitches fixed, including compatibility issues
• Minor accessibility related UI adjustments
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 2021.3.0 is a major new update, with refinements to the UI and several improvements and new features. This update is free for all existing licensees. 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.

Release Notes

• NEW: Big Sur dock icon
• NEW: New layout and design, including new purpose-built controls for improved visual feedback and accessibility
• NEW: New Info Pane. It now displays in "compact mode" by default and can be expanded to show hidden / omitted fields without having to enable these in preferences.
• NEW: Toggle button next to collection / account names in the Calendar list to quickly exclude all calendars with one click. Toggle button will show as you bring the mouse pointer near the left side of the account name in the calendar list.
• NEW: Long-press on Today button to show the "Go To Date.." picker
• NEW: Improvements to dark mode
• NEW: You can now hold down shift and drag an event in day and week views to change its start times by increments of 60 seconds (1 minute)
• NEW: Date pickers used by the Info Panel have changed. The new date entry fields offer faster date manipulation and better formatting. You can optionally change the date picker style from Preferences > Info Panel.
• NEW: For consistency, "Done" checkbox now appears next to the title in the Info Panel.
• NEW: Only the first 5 attendees of a meeting are now displayed in the Info Panel, along with a "show all" button, to avoid having to scroll too much to get to the notes.
• NEW: Insert date & time into notes shortcut under the Info Panel
• NEW: New "Go-to Today" button that now displays the current date.
• NEW: New navigation keyboard shortcuts to go to previous / next week under the View Menu
• NEW: New keyboard shortcuts for adding / subtracting a month to an event's start date
• NEW: New preference to enable reduced brightness of past events under Preferences > Appearance
• NEW: New and improved timezone picker, now allows searching for a city name
• NEW: New horizontally scrollable, smart filter bar. The filter bar no longer takes away valuable space from the calendar as well as the Task panel
• NEW: Smart filters can now be displayed in a separate, floating window. Useful when you have a lot of filters.
• NEW: Improvements to the Task panel. "To Dos" are now referred to as "Tasks". When sorting tasks, you can now switch between ascending (the default) / descending sort order
• NEW: "New Task" button added to the Task Panel. Long-click for options.
• NEW: Task filter and sort options have been separated for improved accessibility
• NEW: Tasks with notes now display a small yellow triangle in the Task Panel to indicate presence of a note
• NEW: Next 5 and 10 year date ranges added to "Show dated Tasks" preference
• NEW: Recurring tasks are now easier to identify at a glance
• NEW: Day / Week view now always show the month name in the all-day section
• NEW: When printing month / week view, you can enable "Include date of print" under print settings to serve as a reminder for out-of-date information.
• NEW: App's main window can now be resized to a much smaller size
• NEW: HTML in event notes get rendered as plain text automatically in day / week views (just as they do in month view)
• NEW: You can now delete and decline meetings on Office 365 / Exchange without notifying the organizer
• When showing two-weeks in week view, the "previous" navigation button now moves two weeks back instead of one
• When showing 6 weeks in a month, BusyCal will now start with the first week of the month, instead of the current week. This behavior can be changed from Preferences.
• Month name now flashes briefly in month view, when navigating between months
• A quick scroll on the trackpad or magic mouse now results in switching to the next / previous month instead of a random number of months.
• Enabling / disabling an account no longer influences a smart filter's remembered "calendar set"
• Toggling calendar visibility now correctly marks the active smart filter as modified
• With "selected calendar" set as the default calendar for new events, BusyCal now does a better job at picking an appropriate calendar if the selected calendar does not support creation of events
• Improved timezone detection when syncing CalDAV events that only specify a timezone offset
• Selected tasks in calendar view can now be marked as done / undone using keyboard shortcuts when the to-do panel is hiding
• Regeneration style set under Preferences, for repeating tasks, is now always used when marking tasks complete
• Performance related improvements when using the search field
• Print settings now restore the the last used page type and orientation automatically
• Improved handling of random server-side failures when updating events
• Improved support for ownCloud
• Improved handling of meetings where the user has been invited multiple times via multiple aliases
• Updated Zoom authentication routines to work with their updated APIs. This fixes the "Invalid Scope" errors seen by some users.
• Fixed bug where next / previous navigation buttons would at times stop working temporarily
• Fixed bug where a smart filter would incorrectly show as modified after an app relaunch
• Fixed bug where in dark mode, certain colors assigned to an event's title would later reset to white
• Fixed bug where the alarm window would show after a few minutes even though it was manually closed and no new alarms were added
• Fixed bug where a weekly recurring event with an invalid end date would cause it to filter out of the week view at times
• Fixed bug where a weekly recurring todo synced from Reminders would at times repeat on the wrong date after a few occurrences
• Fixed bug where the info panel in a popover would not display the tags drop down at times
• Fixed bug where the info panel's menu items would appear in a light background in dark mode
• Fixed bug where resizing a multi-day timed event would at times change the end time to midnight
• Fixed bug where alarms fired while the computer was turned off would at times fail to show afterwards
• Various under the hood improvements
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyContacts 1.5.2.1 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.

Release Notes

• Improved reporting of errors received during sync with Google
• Fixed bug where the department property would not appear correctly within the Contact List
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyContacts customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 3.12.6.1 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.

Release Notes

• Fixed visual refresh glitch when moving recurring events
• Fixed bug where the Info Panel would not retain selection for To Dos at times
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 3.12.6 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.

Release Notes

• Exchange events created in UTC time now automatically translate to local timezone
• Location field is now editable for meeting invites
• Fixed a regression related to the handling of missing timezones for Exchange accounts
• Fixed bug where selecting a todo would at times cause the row color to switch to white
• Fixed bug where previously dismissed alarms would appear in the Alarm window after an app update
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 3.12.5 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.

Release Notes

• Improved connectivity to CalDAV servers that falsely advertise support for unsupported features
• Improved handling of "quota exceeded" errors when syncing with Google
• Pasting new events from the clipboard no longer opens the Floating Info Panel, so that you're able to paste more events without being disrupted
• HTML rendered notes with near-black text now show in white under Dark Mode
• The all-day section in day and week view no longer "sort by calendar before time" as multi-day events from different calendars would create unwanted visual gaps at times
• Fixed a bug where moving an all-day event on a day when DST changes, would result in a visual glitch
• Fixed a bug where pasting email addresses into the attendee field would at times fail to add
• Fixed a bug where all day events created in Android (on Exchange), for days where DST changes, would appear a day early
• Fixed a bug where alarms relative to travel time would show the incorrect label (for Google accounts) after the travel time information is stripped by Google
• Fixed a bug where repeating to dos on iCloud with a custom repeat pattern would pick the wrong start date when a single occurence was moved
• Fixed a layout bug in the Info Panel when displayed as a popover
• Fixed a bug where the app would not automatically sync in the background if the internet was unavailable for a long period of time
• Fixed a bug where the DND menu options would not reflect the time sometimes
• Fixed a bug where line breaks in URLs pasted into the event's URL field were not being ignored
• Fixed a memory leak related crash when running on macOS 10.14
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyContacts 1.5.2 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.

Release Notes

• Show All Tags shortcut added under View menu
• Improved handling of "quota exceeded" errors when syncing with Google
• Fixed pasting of company LinkedIn URLs
• Fixed a bug where the app would not automatically sync in the background if the internet was unavailable for a long period of time
• Added additional entitlements for MailMate
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyContacts customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.

BusyCal 3.12.4 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.

Release Notes

• Bogus / missing calendar names from WebDAV feeds are ignored in case the calendar name has been incorrectly set in the feed
• When Change Notifications have been turned off for a calendar, meetings that have their notes frequently changed on an Exchange server no longer show up in the Inbox
• When importing a meeting invite from an email attachment, BusyCal will now warn you if doing so may result in a duplicate after sync
• Google accounts no longer support floating timezones. The menu option for this has been removed from the timezone picker.
• Google accounts do not support alarms with sounds. This update introduces a workaround so that you are still alerted with sound for events / alarms originally created in BusyCal.
• Pending meeting invites on Exchange accounts are now sent out automatically after a little while, if you don't explicitly click "Send Invite"
• Fixed a bug where declining a recurring meeting on Exchange would not immediately reflect the change in the Info Panel
• Fixed a bug where all-day events (banners) could appear overlapped under certain conditions
• Fixed a bug where resizing the to do panel would not resize the to do titles
• Fixed a bug where to dos synced from Google Tasks may at times appear at the wrong date
• Performance related improvements when switching between light and dark mode
• Ongoing stability improvements

How to install the update

The update is free for all BusyCal customers 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.

In case your license has expired, you can renew your license from here.