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DESCRIPTION

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 1.1r2:
  • [fix] Fixed inability to interact with calendar or access preferences on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Developer:Charcoal Design
Downloads:35,603
  - Version d/l:2,443
Utilities:Desktop
License:Free
Date:25 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
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Oct 19 2009
*****

TALLIS  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Is a great replacement for iClock that I'd been using before but is outdated.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)

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Oct 19 2009

TALLIS  not to forget menucalenderclock, esp. about the icon ...  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Oct 7 2009
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ERIC WOEHLER  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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Oct 7 2009

RICHARD TAYTOR  MagiCal has significant memory leaks.  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Oct 7 2009

MACUPDATE ADMIN  That has been my experience as well. Also, the drop-down calendar does not show as it should when I click on the date/time in my menubar. Not using this anymore until it gets cleaned up a bit.

2.4 GHz C2D MBP running OS X 10.5.8  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Sep 26 2009

YOUNKINT  1.1r2 working perfectly on two 10.5.8 PPC machines.  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Sep 26 2009

FLASH1296  Will not launch.

ERROR:

"A Cocoa NSImageCacheException was not handled"  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Sep 26 2009

NEAL  The best of its kind. Neat. Thanks.  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Sep 26 2009
*****

EDJM  Love having the small day of week and date badge in the menu bar, it looks nice and fits in well with the Apple icons. The drop-down calendar is a big plus. Thanks for updating it for Snow Leopard!!  
(Version 1.1r2)

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Sep 16 2009

FOGCITYNATIVE  Wonderful little application; but V 1.1r1 does not function properly under OS X Snow Leopard.

While it doesn't crash, it also doesn't work. The calendar will pop up, the cursor is visible and it will highligght the dates or the "i" info icon used to set preferences.

But actually clicking on anyhting does not work; nothing bad happens, but it just doesn't work. The bug is confirmed here:

http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/bugtracker

Please if you use this software, click the link and add your vote.

And now that I don't have it, I appreciate how much I use it, so please also consider making a small donation to the author via PayPal. Once he fixes it, I intend to voluntairly make a donation.  
(Version 1.1r1)

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Sep 19 2009

ICEN  I am surprised at just how much I used to use the tear off calendar. Perhaps I didn't value it enough & took it for granted! A lesson for life somewhere there.

I look forward to a fix for Snow Leopard.  
(Version 1.1r1)

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Jun 7 2008

RUSMAIN  Very simple and useful.   
(Version 1.1r1)

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Mar 31 2008

ERIC WOEHLER  Discovered a delightful feature that is undocumented - open the preferences for date and edit the selection - so you can include/exclude items as you wish - so eg, my date shows as Tue 01 Apr, without the year and the day name shortened from Tuesday. Edit works in real time so you can see how the edit will look in yr menu bar. I have no reason to believe the time format can be edited similarly to suit yr personal wishes.  
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Apr 1 2008

SOPHOTECH  It's not *entirely* undocumented - it is mentioned in the FAQ page, although admittedly most users never see that :-)

Check out the formats page on the site for tips on how to use this feature:

http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/magical/formats  
(Version 1.1r1)

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