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BusyCal Screencast: Alarms

This is the latest in a series of screencasts highlighting the unique features in BusyCal. This screencast demonstrates BusyCal Alarms, including:

• Alarm Types
• Alarm Preferences
• Snoozing and dismissing alarms in the Alarm Window
• Alarm Menu bar app
• Adding personal Alarms to read-only events

The BusyCal public beta will be available soon. If you'd like to be notified when it is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal Screencast: Event Info Panel

This is the sixth in a series of screencasts highlighting the unique features in BusyCal. This screencast demonstrates some of the features of the Event Info Panel, including:

• Non-modal floating window
• Smart data entry
• Customizable attributes
• Tags
• Embedded info pane
• Keyboard navigation
• Local alarms on read-only events

The BusyCal public beta will be available later this month. If you'd like to be notified when it is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal Screencast: Customizable Views

This is the fifth in a series of screencasts highlighting the unique features in BusyCal. This screencast demonstrates the customizable views in BusyCal, including:

• Scrolling Month and Week views
• Scrolling cells in Month view
• Custom column display in List view
• Notes pane in List view
• And more

The BusyCal public beta will be available in July. If you'd like to be notified when it is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal Screencast: Managing To Dos

This is the fourth in a series of screencasts highlighting the unique features in BusyCal. This screencast demonstrates how to manage To Dos in BusyCal, including:

• Sorting To Dos
• Displaying Dated To Dos in the calendar on their due date
• Displaying Completed To Dos in the calendar on their completion date
• Repeating To Dos

The BusyCal public beta will be available in July. If you'd like to be notified when it is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal Screencast: Weather Forecasts and Moon Phases

This is the third in a series of screencasts highlighting the unique features in BusyCal. This screencast demonstrates how to view the following information in your calendar:

• Live weather forecasts
• Moon phases
• Sunrise and sunset

The BusyCal public beta will be available in July. If you'd like to be notified when it is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

BusyCal Screencast: Syncing with Google Calendar

As we approach the public beta release of BusyCal this July, we'll be posting a series of screencasts that highlight BusyCal's unique features. This screencast focuses on syncing BusyCal with Google Calendar and demonstrates how BusyCal users can:

• Subscribe to calendars on Google Calendar
• Publish calendars to Google Calendar
• Sync changes in both directions

If you'd like to be notified when the public beta is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

Check it out and let us know what you think!

BusyCal Screencast: Sharing calendars on a LAN

As we approach the public beta release of BusyCal this July, we'll be posting a series of screencasts that highlight BusyCal's unique features. This first screencast focuses on sharing calendars over a LAN and demonstrates how BusyCal users can:

• Share calendars over a LAN with full 2-way synchronization
• Password protect calendars for read-only or read/write access
• Make changes while offline and automatically sync when reconnected

If you look closely you'll notice a few other unique features like weather forecasts, moon phases, holidays, and resizable banners. We'll cover those features and many more in future screencasts.

If you'd like to be notified when the public beta is available, you can sign up here:

http://www.busymac.com/beta

Check it out and let us know what you think!