BusyCal 2024.2.2 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

• 🆕 Major Feature: Ongoing and upcoming events can now be displayed with a countdown in the menu bar! Customize this feature under Settings > Menu
• 🆕 Current & Upcoming Event Widget: This automatically displays the currently ongoing event as well as the upcoming event
• 🆕 To grab your attention, the alarm window now subtly shakes when a new alarm is displayed. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
• 🆕 End times of events are now displayed in the Alarm Window. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
• 🆕 Hovering the mouse over alarms in the alarm window now displays the time elapsed. This feature can be configured from Settings > Alarms
• 🆕 You can now change the displayed sort order of BusyCal alarms under Settings > Alarms
• 🆕 Advanced Setting: A new setting enables confirmation for any changes made to an event
• 🆕 Accessibility Setting: There is now an option to switch to editing an event immediately after duplication when using a pop-over style editor
• 🆕 Shared calendar settings for Microsoft Office accounts (over the new Graph API)
• 🆕 You can now open your Google Calendar in a browser by ctr-clicking on the primary calendar and selecting "Open in browser..."
• ✨ Improvements to alarm window layout and design
• ✨ To differentiate new alarms from old, the alarm window now displays an animated bell against newly added items
• ✨ The quick entry field now auto-expands vertically instead of overflowing horizontally
• ✨ Smart filter options now includes a filter for: "tag or category" (to include Outlook categories)
• 🔨 Holding down option key and dropping events on the mini-calendar now correctly copies the event instead of moving it
• Ongoing stability and performance related 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.