Auros ([info]auros) wrote,
2011-07-22 17:34:00
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OSX Lion iCal is b0rked.

One change I am really disliking in OSX 10.7 is what they've done to iCal. It appears that it's no longer possible to get a view similar to GCal in which you have a small monthly calendar in the sidebar, and an arbitrary number of days displayed in the main body of the app by click-dragging across those days in the monthly calendar.

I frequently want to view 2-5 days at a time, rather than a full week (which causes events to pile up, when you have seven or eight calendars -- I have a couple of my own, Xta's, social group cals, etc) or a single day. I understand why this doesn't work on the iPhone, but in the iPad or desktop versions of this application, viewing a few days at a time is a Good Thing. When I'm trying to plan some kind of weekend socializing, I almost always want to be able to view Fri-Sun; and for thinking through how to schedule some weekday-specific errand around work, I frequently want to show just the weekdays.

Anybody know if I'm wrong about the loss of this feature? :-/

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[info]eeyore_grrl

July 23 2011, 02:13:05 UTC 10 months ago

i can't answer your question, but they also ditched Front Row, which we use All The Time! Grr. (Ian found some hack to get it back, but it's not the same)

[info]auros

July 23 2011, 02:44:54 UTC 10 months ago

The other thing I've noticed is that new Finder windows default to the "All My Files" view even if you've removed it from the sidebar. I really prefer having it default to my home directory. Need to figure out how to alter that. :-/

[info]unseelie23

July 24 2011, 21:30:06 UTC 10 months ago

You can change that one in finder preferences.

[info]auros

July 24 2011, 22:32:06 UTC 10 months ago

Right, found it... I'd found the set of ticky-boxes to make it not show up in sidebar, but hadn't noticed the separate drop-down menu on a different pane to select the default...

[info]perspicuity

July 23 2011, 04:35:00 UTC 10 months ago

i consider major apple releases to be beta until 3-5 months after everyone else has upgraded ;)

so... i'll let you know in a while :)

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[info]unseelie23

July 24 2011, 21:35:45 UTC 10 months ago

I didn't even know you could do that in the old iCal. I always just turned certain calendars on and off when I was in week view.
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