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BusyCal 2023.2.3
BusyCal 2023.2.3 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
- 🆕 Google Calendar users can now make modifications to meeting inviations
- 🆕 "Copy to Calendar" added to the context menu for selected events
- 🆕 "Paste as Task" added to the edit menu. Copy multi-line text from elsewhere and paste as separate tasks within BusyCal.
- ✨ Journal entries now appear consistently across the app, and distinctly different from regular events
- 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 2023.2.1
BusyContacts 2023.2.1 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
- 🆕 Workaround added for when related contacts go missing / have their internal identifiers changed. BusyContacts now automatically resolves severed links (only works for newly edited relationships).
- Fixed bug where clicking on a related company contact would not open the parent card
- 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 2023.2.2
BusyCal 2023.2.2 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
- 🆕 "Propose new time" option added for meeting invites received on Google Calendar
- 🆕 Sticky notes now take the color of their calendar
- 🆕 You can now set a specific browser to use when opening conference call links (Settings > Advanced > Other)
- 🆕 Start / end dates can now be modified using the context menu for selected events
- 🆕 Free / Busy status can now be modified using the context menu for selected events
- 🆕 Free / Busy status can now be assigned to individual occurrences of a recurring event
- 🆕 Tags can now be assigned to individual occurrences of a recurring event
- 🆕 The BusyCal Alarm window improvements
- ✨ Improvements to Push sync for Exchange / Office 365 accounts
- ✨ Support for confidential events on NextCloud
- ✨ Alarm window restores its previous position on screen after a reboot
- ✨ Improvements to Google Meets integration for Google Accounts
- 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 2023.1.1
BusyContacts 2023.1.1 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
- ✨ macOS 13.3 Mail Plugin compatibility
- 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 2023.1.5
BusyCal 2023.1.5 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
- 🆕 New View Menu configuration option to change the Word Wrap style
- 🔨 Fixed sync with Todoist after recent change in public API
- 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.
BusyCal 2023.1.4
BusyCal 2023.1.4 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
- ✨ Longer event titles can now show in Week view when times are turned off
- 🔨 Fixed bug where Todoist projects would fail to sync for certain account types
- 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.
BusyCal 2023.1.3
BusyCal 2023.1.3 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
- 🆕 Introducing one-click Microsoft Teams conference call setup directly from within BusyCal, now available for O365 accounts
- 🔨 Fixed bug where GotoMeeting would fail to create new meetings for free accounts
- ✨ Graphics Panel now displays Favorites by default
- ⚠️ Minimum supported macOS version is now 10.15 (Catalina)
- 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.
BusyCal 2023.1.2
BusyCal 2023.1.2 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
- 🔨 Fixed bug where automation scripts would fail to paste text into the app
- 🔨 Fixed bug where certain weather condition codes were not being recognized correctly
- 🔨 Fixed bug where natural language input would assign the default alarm instead of the one specified when creating new tasks
- 🔨 Fixed bug where tabbing within the Info Panel at times would send keyboard focus to the selected calendar event instead
- 🔨 Fixed bug where the Send Update button would not show at times after removing all attendees in a meeting
- 🔨 Fixed bug where syncing changes to a Google Task list would not time-out correctly on a network switch
- 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.
BusyCal 2023.1.1
clBusyCal 2023.1.1 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.
Release Notes
- 🆕 Combine identical events from across multiple calendars (from the View menu) and show the first, appropriate event. Switch between combined events from the Info Panel. NOTE: This setting only applies to Events and not Tasks.
- 🆕 Substantially improved scrolling performance when scrolling through week / month / year view with hundreds of events on screen
- 🆕 Near-zero lag when switching between calendar views whilst loading hundreds of events to display
- 🆕 Weather
- 🆕 Do not disturb can be turned on for an indefinite period of time
- 🆕 Dropping an .eml file on the dock icon now automatically extracts embedded .ics invites instead of always creating a new Task
- ✨ Searches performed in the Time Zone picker now return listings from built-in time zones such as GMT
- ✨ Improved handling of Google Calendar throttling when syncing shared calendars
- ✨ Office 365 / Outlook connections now use TLS 1.2 by default
- ✨ Memory usage optimizations
- 🔨 Fixed bug where certain text-navigation shortcuts, such as CMD+down-arrow, would not work in the floating Info Panel
- 🔨 Fixed bug where a locally deleted calendar would fail to delete from certain CalDAV servers at times and later resurrect
- 🔨 Fixed bug where a floating time alert from Todoist would show as time shifted to local GMT offset
- 🔨 Fixed bug where a custom alarm would not parse correctly for new tasks when using natural language input
- 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.
In case 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 2022.4.7
BusyCal 2022.4.7 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
- 🆕 Favorite time zones can be added under Preferences > Advanced > Time zones
- 🆕 Give your favorite time zones a custom, friendly name. These names show up in time zone pickers
- 🆕 Favorite time zones are available alongside recently used time zones
- 🆕 Favorite time zones remain accessible even after clearly recently used time zones
- 🆕 Info Panel can optionally display time zone conversions for events
- 🆕 View local time at a given time zone directly from the Info Panel
- 🆕 Ability to copy scheduled times from the new Time Zones card displayed in the Info Panel
- 🆕 Support opening locations in Google Maps
- 🔨 Fixed a visual bug where creating a new future dated event at times would temporarily show a duplicate
- 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.
In case 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.