MenuCalendarClock for iCal v. 3.1.0

MenuCalendarClock for iCal v. 3.1.0 ['Tiger' (MacOS X 10.4.x) and 'Leopard' (MacOS X 10.5.x) compatible]

What is 'MenuCalendarClock'?: A customizable menu bar clock / calendar utility.
Cost: Freeware / Shareware ($19.95)

What is downloaded: 976 KB 'MenuCalendarClock-3.1.0.dmg.gz' file.

url: ‘http://www.objectpark.net/mcc.html’ (The is also a 'Microsoft Entourage' available)

What now?
01. Download the 'MenuCalendarClock-iCal-2.7.5.dmg.gz' (for 'Tiger' - MacOS X 10.4.x, or earlier) or 'MenuCalendarClock-3.1.0.dmg.gz' (for 'Leopard' - MacOS X 10.5.x) file.
02. Double click on the '.gz' file to decompress it to a '.dmg' file, which presents an authorizaion (agree) panel. Accepting the agreement results in a 'MenuCalendarClock' disk image appearing on the 'Desktop', and the disk images' 'MenuCalendarClock window displayed. See Figure 01.

Figure 01.

03. Drag 'MenuCalendarClockiCal.app' to any folder on your Mac. Most likely you will drag it to the '/Applications/Utilities/' folder.
04. Double click the newly relocated 'MenuCalendarClockiCal.app' application.

From this point on - one has many options that can be applied. Several are shown below.

By default, the menu bar should now include an entry - similar to Figure 02.

Figure 02.

Click once on any portion of the menu bar 'MenuCalendarClock' item, and its calendar and controls will be displayed.

Figure 03.

To access the 'Preferences' window of 'MenuCalendarClock', click on the 'Preferences' popdown menu button and select the 'Preferences...' menu item.

Figure 04.

Figure 05. through Figure 12. display most of the panel's of 'MenuCalendarClock's 'Preferences' window.

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As you can see, 'MenuCalendarClock' is quite customizable.

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Ok, let us customize 'MenuCalendarClock'.

But, first - let us go to 'iCalShare' and download an 'iCal' calendar. In this example I downloaded and installed a 'Philadelphia Flyers 2007 - 2008' (hockey) schedule.

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Once the calendar file ('Flyers.ics' in this example) is downloaded, and double clicked on - 'iCal' will launch. The 'Add events' dialog box will appear...

Figure 14.

... from which 'New Calendar' is selected in the popup menu; and, the 'OK' button is clicked on.

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The 'Flyers' hockey schedule (calendar) is now added to the 'Calendar' column, and its dates displayed. You can now (optionally) quit 'iCal'.

Return to 'MenuCalendarClock's 'Preferences' window, and click on the 'Calendars' toolbar button icon. Place a check mark by 'Flyers' (if it already does not exist).

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'MenuCalendarClock's calendar should now reflect the entries of the 'Flyers.ics' calendar file.

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Let us do one more step - click on the 'Preferences' popdown menu button and select the 'Show Search Field' menu item.

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A search field is now displayed at the bottom of the calendar

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Before testing the 'search' capabilities of 'MenuCalendarClock' - click on any 'Flyers' entry - and note the resultant 'event' entry beneath the calendar.

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Enter' Devils' into the search field, and note the up coming game dates.

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Click on the month field - 'Fefruary 2008' below, and all calendar entries (for 'February 2008') are displayed. Click on the month field again, to remove (not delete) the calendar entries from being displayed.

Figure 22.

The above experience portrays only a portion of the features and customization capabilities of 'MenuCalendarClock'.

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Finally, to have 'MenuCalendarClock' launch each time your Mac is turned ON or rebooted, or you log in - add 'MenuCalendarClock' to the 'System Preferences' 'Accounts' 'Login Items' list.