[Stampax]

Hi all - wondering if you can help me. I'd like a calender that sits on my desktop, so as soon as i look at my macbook i have appointments in front of me. I have so much going on over the next month or two, no time to open ical!!!

It also doesnt actually need to be in sync with my ical appointments, if it was totally separate that would be ok. Free preferred, though would be willint to pay for good software.

[CamFire]

Originally Posted by Stampax

Hi all - wondering if you can help me. I'd like a calender that sits on my desktop, so as soon as i look at my macbook i have appointments in front of me. I have so much going on over the next month or two, no time to open ical!!!

Just add iCal to the list of Login Items and it'll be there always when your Mac is started.

[MrSossidge]

Rainlendar

Not sure about iCal integration but sits nicely on the desktop.

[Tenex]

Oh you guys are missing the ultimate I can't believe it - Geektool

If that's too uber try MenuCalendarClock

[dejongj]

Love Geektool, never heard of it...But can't see a plugin for iCal...

[achoudry]

Geektool is great. However, it depends on what format the OP wants his calendar entries displayed in.

I'm also not sure why the OP can't just have an instance of iCal open?!

[Tenex]

Originally Posted by dejongj

Love Geektool, never heard of it...But can't see a plugin for iCal...

Geektool is all about rolling your own, that said a trawl via Google often shows someone's done it already.

[Stampax]

Originally Posted by achoudry

Geektool is great. However, it depends on what format the OP wants his calendar entries displayed in.

I'm also not sure why the OP can't just have an instance of iCal open?!

What i really want is the calander to be part of my desktop - so if i want to see my appointments they are there instantly - without me having to open up ical. Will check through the links and suggestions - cheers

[DIPESH14]

have you tried using the iCal events widget?
iCal Events
i think then you can drag them and make them stick on your desktop instead of the dashboard

[Kitch]

Try this -

Dashboard Widgets: Widgets on Your Mac Desktop

[Paul s C]

Hows about setting up Spaces and have iCal open on one of them all the time? Nice and easy to swap over to it, maybe not what you want but its another idea.

[Tenex]

Originally Posted by Stampax

Hi all - wondering if you can help me. I'd like a calender that sits on my desktop, so as soon as i look at my macbook i have appointments in front of me. I have so much going on over the next month or two, no time to open ical!!!

Just seen one for $3 - DateLine - any use?

DateLine is a small, simple app which displays a linear calendar on your desktop in a transparent window. It provides easy access to iCal by double clicking on a day. The background element colour is customisable with support for transparency.

Features:

Display iCal events in a pop up window
Customisable number of days in calendar
Lock position
Today centric view
Vertical orientation
Themable appearance: fonts, colours, width, transparency and more
English, French, Japanese and Portuguese Localizations
Works with all system supported languages and time formats
Dockless operation
Calendar week dividers and numbering
Access to iCal by double-clicking a day