BusyContacts 1.6.2 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

• Critical fix for recently changed iCloud app-specific password requirements
• 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 2021.4.2 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

• Critical fix for recently changed iCloud app-specific password requirements
• Added support for Google Workspace Directory lookups when adding attendees (for Google Calendar accounts)
• Improved rendering of day / week view when there are several hundred events starting on the same day
• Multi-day events now display start / end times in month view and the all-day section of week view
• New URL handler to go to current date
• Copying a read-only event and then pasting it now automatically selects the default (or the most appropriate) calendar instead
• Fixed a layout issue where the Map would not correctly show in the Info Panel on macOS 10.13
• Fixed bug where marking a task complete in the alarm window would not reflect the change at times
• Fixed bug where option+clicking a graphic would not work at times
• Fixed bug where copy / pasting a century old all-day event would incorrectly add a time
• 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 2021.4.0 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

• Improved detection and handling of conference calls in the Alarm Window
• When a new task cannot be added to an events-only selected calendar, the last used calendar is picked instead
• Re-selecting a smart filter now automatically clears unsaved changes
• A local "My Alarm" is now used for snoozing Google Calendar events given the lack of proper snooze handling
• Clicking "Today" in Day / Week view takes you to "Now" if not visible on screen
• Alarm window can now be minimized
• New setting added under Preferences > Alarms to disable showing the alarm window in all desktop spaces
• Calendar dropdown now displays the account name if there are multiple calendars by the same name
• New option added to a repeating event's context menu to go to the first occurrence
• Performance related improvements
• Fixed bug with next / previous week in Week View when showing other than 7 days
• Fixed bug where the "repeat until" date picker would close abruptly at times
• Fixed bug where week would would not appropriately refresh at times after moving an event to a new date
• Fixed bug where deleting a recurring task set to regenerate on completion date would not show a confirmation prompt
• Fixed clipping of date when printing day view
• Fixed bug with acknowledgement of alarms where at times older alarms would re-appear after a reboot
• Fixed bug where task checkboxes weren't tinted with the correct color during printing
• Fixed bug in menu app where all day events spanning across two months would show on the wrong offset at times
• Fixed bug where printing from list view for certain years would cause a crash
• Fixed bug where typing GMT in the Timezone Picker would not show any results
• Fixed bug where timezone would not show in the Info Panel for certain account types
• Fixed bug where all day events from Exchange would incorrectly get re-adjusted for their timezone offsets when the server had already applied an adjustment, resulting in events appearing a day earlier in some cases
• Fixed bug where pasting a multi-day all-day event into Excel would add an incorrect day offset to the end date
• Fixed bug where selection of events would at times lose when switching between week and day view
• Fixed a dark mode related glitch with Info Panel popover
• Fixed bug with drag-resizing a selected event when overlapped by another in week view
• Fixed an issue with Google Calendar where sudden connection failures would result in partially missing data, resulting sometimes in losing calendar subscription status
• Fixed cliping of date label in Day view when the window is resized
• Added a fix for a recent change in Zoom where a password would not get assigned to a meeting under certain circumstances
• Improved handling of Zimbra TZIDs with missing timezone names
• Improved handling of failures from Google Calendar when fetching updates from delegates
• 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 1.6.1 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

• macOS Monterey support
• Mail plugin adds compatibility support for macOS Monterey
• Empty / bogus messages returned by Spotlight are now filtered out automatically
• 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 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.