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BusySync

BusySync - 2.0

iCal calendar sharing & Google Calendar synchronization

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Current Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2008-04-18
License: Shareware
Downloads (this version): 1,238
Downloads (all versions): 6,584
Price: $19.95

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Product Description:

BusySync allows multiple users to share and edit iCal calendars on a local area network or over the internet without the need for a dedicated server.

BusySync is a Mac OS X System Preference Pane that runs in the background and adds calendar sharing capabilities to iCal. Leveraging Apple Sync Services and Bonjour, calendar events created by one user are instantly published and synchronized with other iCal users on the network. Users can share and edit calendars, make changes on each others calendars, and everything is automatically synchronized between each user, on each Mac.

  • Bonjour networking - BusySync automatically synchronizes calendars with others on your local area network. No dedicated servers or complicated network settings to configure. It just works.
  • Wide area networking - Sync calendars between your home and office Mac over the internet. Or take your laptop on the road and automatically switch between Bonjour and internet syncing.
  • Multi-user editing - BusySync allows multiple users to share and edit calendars with full read/write access. Changes made by one user are instantly synchronized with all others on the network.
  • Security - Calendars can be password protected to provide different groups of users with different access privileges including read/write, read-only, or no access.
  • Offline access - Changes made to a shared calendar while disconnected from your home or office network are automatically synchronized when you return.

What's new in this version:

  • Ability to sync iCal with Google Calendar
  • Option to filter out Alarms and To-Dos from subscribed calendars
  • LAN/WAN synching improvements, VPN compatibility, IPv6 and Back to My Mac compatibility
  • Auto-repair of damaged iCal databases
  • Meeting titles have their source calendar appended in brackets to avoid Conflict Resolver errors
  • Fixed bug that caused edits to be lost on Tiger if you moved an event to a different calendar
  • Fixed bug where events were deleted if you moved them to a different calendar, then deleted the source calendar
  • BusySync will no longer appear to be "not responding" during long syncs
  • Added Reset Sync History button to Reset tab
  • Fixed a crash involving NSURLConnection
  • Improved error logging
  • BusySync 2.0 is backwards compatible with other BusySync 1.5 users on your network
  • Fixed attendee syncing bug involving recurring events
  • Fixed VPN/WAN syncing bug
  • Localized 2.0 strings

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.4.10 (Tiger), or
  • Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)

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BusySync Reviewflawless with Google calendar - Version: 2.0b8, 4/11/2008 05:53AM PST

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Fred E
Flawless, and fast, as in 'it just works' with Google calendar. SpanningSync looks good, and they are certainly trying hard enough. But it often stalls, or does just a partial sync (I typically have about 12 calendars active), or syncs only in one direction. They blame it on Google protocols, but BusySync sidesteps all that, and is very quick at automatically updating. No hiccups whatever. The odd thing about BusySync documentation is that it appears as if the .prefPane merely automates iCal's publish and subscribe protocols. But all one has to do is publish to Google calendar from iCal (via BusySync), and then a change at _either_ end will update on the other. So after a couple of days with BusySync I am about to break a personal rule not to buy software until the full trial period has been exercised. Well, maybe a few more days. And hoping that BusySync will in future extend to synchronizing Address Book with Google contacts . . . .
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BusySync ReviewSo far, so good. - Version: 2.0b7, 3/24/2008 03:12PM PST

bj13
I like this so far. Integrated fluidly with our Google calendars and updating between iCal and the Google calendars is very quick.

I'm wary of calendar syncing programs, so I'm going to keep my eye on this one, but so far I'm liking this. It does what I expect it to with no hassles.
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BusySync ReviewThe best google Calendar sync - Version: 2.0b7, 3/22/2008 05:01PM PST

corepromos
My company uses Google Calendars to track each others appointments, so to sync with iCal (and my Palm) I need a Google Calendar sync. Tried all the Mac solutions I could find:

-gSync - Unusable. Duplicates calendars,many other issues...
-Plaxo - "free" but can only sync your calendar, not the ones you subscribe to, so useless for me
-Spanning Sync - works, but limited in scope. Also not crazy about going through their server...

This one works the best of the lot. There are some quirks, mainly in understanding iCal (like NEVER have a duplicate event at the same time, iCal freaks over this when you Sync through .Mac sync... So if you have 2 calendars that have a common event like a conference call, be careful that both don't show up on your calendar) I really like that this not only allows my Google calendar sync, but allows me to sync multiple Macs.
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