iCalCommand

What does iCalcommand do?

It allows you to enter events into a dedicated calendar (called "Control") of the iCal Mac OS X application. iCalCommand then allows you to do the following:

• Generate reminder emails to the attendees of the event (optionally incorporating automatic generation of the text that counts down until the deadline) the text that you entered into the "Notes" section of each event (see figure 2).
• Generate to do items in iCal
• These emails and to do items can be generated every time you run iCalCommand. If you run it occasionally, you might want to use the feature that allows it to look more days ahead into the immediate future and back into the immediate past.
• See Frequently Asked Questions of iCalCommand

Why would I want to use iCalCommand?

If you want to coordinate a group of individuals working with you and you like the iCal calendar that comes with all new macintosh computers. This application then allows you to leave these organizational triggers for yourself in the future and your colleagues in the future. This is how I use it but your own organization strategy make make this use awkward.

System Requirements

For full functionality, the following standard Mac OS X applications are required: Mail and iCal. iCalCommand has only been tested on Mac OS X 10.3, iCal 1.5.2, and Mail 1.3.9

iCalCommand is freeware

No payment is required or expected. If you want to tip my book fund, send me some cash by Paypal to zak@kohane.com

Use at your own risk!

I worked to make this application safe (for example it uses its own calendar within iCal) but there could be circumstances and incompatibilities or errors that I have not seen or anticipated. Therefore the following disclaimer holds: The author, Kohane Software, of this freeware accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of this product and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user, assume all risks when using it.

Figure 1: Sample Calendar.

Figure 2: Sample Event Detail?

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is iCalCommand asking me if it can create a new Calendar called "Control"

iCalCommand uses events in a calendar to drive the creation of todo lists and/or emails under the user's control. Rather than risk accidentally wiping out your regular calendar(s) events through an unforseen bug, iCalCommand expects a calendar dedicated solely to it's functions. Note that iCal allows the use of multiple calendars and you can see evens on one or all of them by checking off the calendars you want to see in the (typically) left hand side Calendars menu. Also note that any manually entered todo item on the Control calendar will be wiped out by iCalCommand. It does not wipe out events on the Control calendar so this allows iCalCommand to repeatedly generate a new set of todos based on the position of the current lookahead and lookbehind temporal window.

What is the best way to get hold of the author of iCalCommand?

zak@kohane.com