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Product Description:
MagiCal is a FREE menu-based clock and calendar. It features a huge range of configuration options for how the time and date are displayed, and can operate either in conjunction with, or instead of the built in system menu clock. In addition to this, MagiCal features a handy drop-down calendar that can be torn off and placed anywhere on screen.
What's new in this version:
- [chg] Adjacent MagiCal menu elements now act as a single menu when clicked, making the behaviour more consistent with versions 1.0.x. This does not affect the ability to re-order the menu elements by command-dragging.
- [fix] Restored check-for-updates functionality. MagiCal can now be set to check for new versions at program launch, or periodically. This was previously disabled due to a performance issue.
- [chg] Removed WebKit calendar functionality for the time being due to stability issues. The WebKit calendar has been replaced by a new calendar of similar appearance and functionality but the capability for users to write their own "skins" in CSS is no longer available. To use the new calendar, uncheck the "Use legacy calendar" option (now off by default).
- [fix] Preminary support added for Leopard. MagiCal should now launch on Leopard, but there may still be cosmetic glitches. Please report any issues via the bug tracker.
- [fix] Tooltip now shows after launch without needing to open and close preferences (bug id: R27044)
- [fix] Fixed a bug that prevented launch at login preference from working if MagiCal was placed in a directory whose name contained spaces or other punctuation.
- [new] Added partial Catalan localisation. Thanks go to Ignasi Figueras for the translation.
- [opt] Preferences are now saved in binary Plist format for better performance and consistency with other Macintosh applications.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.3.9
- Mac OS X 10.3
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.3 or higher (Universal)
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Feedback Summary:
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| Overall Rating: |  (4.5) |
Features: |  (4.0) |
Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.5) |
Quality / Stability: | (5.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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Not ready for Snow Leopard - Version: 1.1r2, 11/18/2009 10:34AM PST
MacHound
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- Not ready for Snow Leopard
i have a better idea: - Version: 1.1r2, 11/4/2009 06:15PM PST
plaintiger
this looks like a nice enough app, but if you want all the functionality of MagiCal, plus the option (but not the requirement) to show CPU usage, memory usage, hard drive usage, hard drive activity, network usage, network activity, and a temperature gauge for each CPU in your machine, all in your menu bar, all in a prettier and more configurable package than MagiCal's, and all for free, you owe it to yourself to check out iStat Menus. it may be more than you want/need (i actually only use the network activity and bandwidth indicators and the clock/calendar myself), but even if you only use the clock/calendar, i bet you'll be more impressed with it than you are with MagiCal.
i'm not affiliated in any way with...uh...whoever makes iStat Menus...i'm just a really happy user.
whichever one you settle on, enjoy... :)
I looked in my Console log on both Mac Minis. I see numerous repeated warnings for Magical stating, "*** __NSAutoreleaseNoPool(): Object 0xc064df90 of class NSImage autoreleased with no pool in place -- just leaking." Six such warnings happen happen every second! Maybe that's why Magical is using over 1% of my CPU cycles. Quitting and relaunching Magical eliminates the Console log messages temporarily, and CPU usage drops back down to 0.4% for a while. However RAM usage gradually climbs upward at 1/10th of a MB every few second, then Console warnings resume and CPU usage gradually climbs back above 1.
This looks and smells like a memory leak. It's reminiscent of MagiCal's instability in the early days of OS 10.5.
I conclude MagiCal is not ready for Snow Leopard. I removed MagiCal from my Snow Leopard machines until this issue is fixed. I'll check out iStat Menus as an alternative -- thanks to PlainTiger for the tip.