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MagiCal
MagiCal 1.1r4
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Menubar clock and calendar.   Free
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MagiCal is a menu-based clock and calendar. It features a huge range of configuration options for how the time and date are displayed, and can operate either in addition to, or instead of, the built in system menu clock.

In addition to this, MagiCal features a handy drop-down calendar that can be torn off and placed anywhere on screen.
What's New
Version 1.1r4:
  • [fix] Icon no longer appears in Dock (introduced in 1.1r3)
  • [fix] Clicks are now detected anywhere on the menu item area, not just the text or icon.
  • [fix] Fixed custom colour option.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.3 or later.







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MagiCal User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
(23)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(23)

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burypromote
+1

+1

Macazur reviewed on 17 Aug 2011
great features that Apple should have included
Works great with Lion
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
+1

+17

Amergin reviewed on 10 Jul 2011
Great little app - Apple could indeed do everyone a favour by including this in the OS. Couple of minor niggles - 1. it always seems to open iCal in day view when I prefer it in month view - 2. maybe days containing calendar events could be in bold. Please don't take these as negatives, this really is a great little utility as is.
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
+1

+69

Doug Engelbart reviewed on 18 Jan 2011
What can I say. It can handle everything a system clock should handle (all date formats etc.) ... except: Alarm/alert timers would make it perfect showing a memo window when a special user-defined time has come. =)
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
+3

+234

Poikkeus reviewed on 20 Dec 2010
I'm an avowed fan of menu bar applications, but MagiCal offers a faultless way of applying a drop-down menu bar date/clock. This application is clearly worth of inclusion into the Mac OS, allowing for a rich mine of information in a minimum of space.
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
+2

+2

Unconvinced reviewed on 02 Nov 2010
Seems perfect. I need only the date/time customization and drop-down calendar. I used to use MenuCalendarClock iCal, but it has a hotkey bug that conflicts with the Chinese character input in Snow Leopard. This app does exactly what I need, is very customizable, and is free. My only complaint is that there is a tiny dead space between displays in the menubar that doesn't respond to dropdown clicks. But it still merits 5 stars.
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
+2

+322

Macupdate Admin reviewed on 22 Aug 2010
Nope, I was wrong. This software is behaving exactly as it should and it's great freeware. Muchas gracias to the developer.
[Version 1.1r4]


burypromote
-1

+71
Flash1296 commented on 16 Aug 2010
Crashes on launch attempts, including under "Rosetta"

Os X 10.6.4 on Quad Core iMac (i5)
[Version 1.1r4]

1 Reply

burypromote
+1

+28
Ronadam replied on 16 Aug 2010
Runs fine in MacOSX 10.6.4 on my Intel Core 2 Duo iMac.
burypromote

+11
Ben-Marko commented on 16 Aug 2010
This is a super-useful utility! I use iStat Menu's calendar on my MBP, but this is what I use on my iMac (which my whole family uses).
[Version 1.1r3]


burypromote

+17

Tallis reviewed on 19 Oct 2009
Works great on Snow Leopard (except it doesn't open iCal when I click on a date).
Is a great replacement for iClock that I'd been using before but is outdated.
I especially like the ability to choose the colored icon -along with any color, any font- even though Apple may have chosen to only encourage black and white (or grayscale) icons.
[Version 1.1r2]

2 Replies

burypromote
-1

+17
Tallis replied on 19 Oct 2009
not to forget menucalenderclock, esp. about the icon ...
burypromote

+35
Neal replied on 27 Apr 2010
1.1r2 works fine on SL 10.6.3, even opening iCal when clicking on a date in the mini-cal. Can't fault it for free.
burypromote

+104

Eric-Woehler reviewed on 07 Oct 2009
Under 10.6.1 some prefs dont work. I can't change the text to a custom colour nor can I change the order of date/time fields. Other prefs seem to work ok. Unsure about reported memory leak - no evidence for me.
[Version 1.1r2]


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+28
VeryCarla had trouble on 12 Feb 2008
It seems to launch OK in 10.5.2, but when I try to look at the preferences it crashes. Anyone else see this behaviour?
[Version 1.1]

3 Replies

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firefont replied on 02 Mar 2008
Yes.
burypromote

+249
Drdul replied on 11 Mar 2008
Yes. It crashes and dies under 10.5.2 when "Preferences" is selected from the menu, which means that there's no way to change the prefs on a fresh install. But interestingly, if it was installed previously, it displays correctly, but still no way to change the prefs (I copied the com.charcoaldesign.magical.plist file from another computer).
burypromote
+1

+322
MacUpdate Admin replied on 11 Mar 2008
Posted in the 'Editor's Notes' section of the MacUpdate product page for MagiCal:

"Some users are experiencing stability issues with MagiCal under Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) when attempting to access the preferences. We are working on a solution to this problem, and a fix will be released as soon as possible. In the meantime, Leopard users may wish to revert to the 1.1 alpha release, available in the "Related Downloads" section."
burypromote

+165
Leo Spill had trouble on 07 May 2007
MagiCal 1.1a8. is 4 seconds slow !


When the system preference is set to 'set date and time automatically' MagiCal is four seconds out from the right time.

This is a huge bug and users who need an exact time from their system clock shouldn't use this Alpha.
[Version 1.1a8]

1 Reply

burypromote
+1

+3
Demosthenes (developer) replied on 10 May 2007
I'll investigate this issue, although that has not been my experience when using MagiCal (I keep the system clock in the menu bar alongside MagiCal for comparison).

In future please file bug reports using the integrated reporting system. I check those reports a lot more frequently than the MacUpdate comments.

+2

escompter.qch rated on 29 Oct 2011

[Version 1.1r4]




Promtime rated on 16 Jul 2011

[Version 1.1r4]



-4

Brettmbx rated on 03 Jan 2011

[Version 1.1r4]


Downloads:45,449
Version Downloads:6,409
Type:Utilities : Desktop
License:Free
Date:16 Aug 2010
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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MagiCal is a menu-based clock and calendar. It features a huge range of configuration options for how the time and date are displayed, and can operate either in addition to, or instead of, the built in system menu clock.

In addition to this, MagiCal features a handy drop-down calendar that can be torn off and placed anywhere on screen.
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