BusyCal comes as an alternative to using Mac's Calendar tool for keeping track of your future events, such as business meetings, birthdays, etc. Unlike Mac's utility, BusyCal is capable of syncing stored data with iCloud, Google Calendar, Office 365 and Exchange in just a few moments.
What's more, you can use the tool to schedule events, set various types of alarms for future tasks, import and manage contacts, etc. It also gives you access to accurate weather info.
In the Preferences panel of the utility, you will find a wide range of settings. You can choose between multiple view options, display birthdays and US holidays, select the preferred font style and size, and so much more. It also brings you a panel in your Menu Bar that displays info about the current month, future events, etc. You can hide the tool's panel if needed.
One of the things that bother me is that BusyCal doesn't bring you an integrated help manual. It took me a while to find certain calendar options and import data from my Google account. Furthermore, in my testing, I noticed that some types of calendars don't support to-dos (Google calendar).
Another aspect you need to consider is that you can find cheaper solutions.
So, it's up to you to decide if it's worth buying this Mac Calendar alternative for your computer or not.
v3.1 [Oct 15, 2016]
- Fixed Exchange attendee directory lookup.
- Fixed attendee invite notifications not getting sent in some cases.
- Fixed issue when canceling last instance of a repeating meeting on Exchange.
- Fixed dialog not displaying when deleting a meeting request.
- Added support for looking up Exchange attendees by last name.
- Extended width of attendee auto-complete list.
- Improved handling of attendee and contact names with unicode characters.
- Improved attendee lookup performance.
- Fixed issue when pasting selected text from Notes field into other apps.
- Fixed menu bar truncation of To Dos with long titles.
- Fixed snooze alarm description clipping.
- Fixed Calendar List font preference not sticking.
- Fixed crash when collapsing/expanding Calendar Group in source list.
- Fixed crash when choosing Other starting location for Travel Time.
- Fixed crash when pasting title text inline in Week view.
- Retain text editing settings in Notes field between sessions.
- Use standard bullet character and default font for Date & Time stamp in Notes field.
- Commit edits to Notes field when clicking Availability Viewer.
- Quick Entry preview enhancements.
