HGM-NY  Like others, I find this version absolutely appalling. The potential feature set is great. The implementation is awful; I've lost confidence in the developers to get it right. There's just too much that's so buggy that the integrity of the coding is seriously in doubt.

Takes many minutes to load, if it loads, which it doesn't about half the time. Everything is insanely slow. It's the buggiest program I've used in a long time. They call this a "release" product. It's not even early beta. And considering how late it is already compared to the promises, and how bad it is, I have NO confidence in it ever working right.

I'm hoping for BusyCal to add a few critical features, then that will be the #1 calendar product for the Mac.  
(Version 10.0)

APEARSON  I recently "upgraded" to Now X (after having used NUTD and Contact for many years). Like many others, I find this new version appalling.

After many frustrations on Day 1, this is what happened on my second day with Now X:

My iMac had been asleep overnight.

On the morning of Day 2, I woke it up and went to the Now X window which was in week view (normal). I went to properties and reduced the size of the banner font to 16pt. I then went to page set-up to check orientation and scale. I then hit print. The window went blank. The print pane opened and I hit preview. The pane disappeared and the window stayed blank for several seconds. Then the month view (normal) reappeared!

I tried to print the week view again several times -- with and without page set-up, with and without preview -- the same thing happened every time, as above.

So I went to the month view and tried to print: no response at all (month view just stared back at me).

I quit Now X and reopened it, repeated the print exercises and got the same results, i.e., none.

So, I restarted the computer and opened Now X. I got the starting Now X services pane which stayed whirring away for two minutes or so. Finally the month view (normal) opened.

I tried to print direct from that window (i.e., I took no action after the software opened). It showed me the loading page window (though I noted that it was loading 12 pages in spite of my having changed that parameter to 1 the day before). I selected print page 1 to 1 and hit preview. Preview came up OK. I hit print and the page printed. I now went to the properties pane in month view and reduced the banner font to 16pt and the day cell font to 6% and hit print. Once again, the printing routine went according to Hoyle and I got a single page, with the banner font properly reduced. So I thought I was home free...but no...

This time I went to week view (normal) and changed the properties as follows: banner font to 16pt, day cell font to 6% and event font to 10pt. Then I tried to print. The window went blank and the print pane opened. I hit preview, whereupon the big rotating time icon flashed momentarily, then nothing -- no preview, blank window. Shortly the month view (normal) reappeared.

I tried to print again in month view, the small coloured rotating beach ball twirled for a moment then nothing, no reaction at all.

So I quit Now X and reopened it. It came up in month view (normal). I tried immediately to print -- no response whatever, the month view stared back at me. So I selected week view (normal) and the big rotating time icon flashed briefly, then the week view appeared. I hit print, the window went blank, then the print pane appeared, I selected page 1 to 1, and hit print. The big rotating time icon flashed briefly, then nothing, just the blank screen. Shortly afterward the month view appeared.

When the month view appeared, I hit print and absolutely nothing happened -- the month view stared back at me. And that's where we stand as of now.

Then I was unable to print my calendar in any view at all.

Perhaps this is simply a bug.

However, I have many other complaints, as follows.

Why do the days now run from left to right in the week view (they ran from top to bottom in Now 5)?

Why is there no information in the manual on printing? Why do changes to properties that show on the screen not show up in the printed version (e.g., when I try to cram more events onto the screen by reducing the font size in the properties panes, those events are still printed large and bold and therefore cropped)? Why does the software prepare 12 weeks/months for printing when I only want to print the week/month I'm looking at on the screen? Why am I not given any options about how the print-out looks, e.g., add the date and time of the print-out, or add the name of the person whose calendar it is, or describe how much of the total calendar is being printed? Why do I have no control over the colour or size of the printed page heading (which takes up a lot of space that could be used in the rest of the page for events)?

All of these features were available in every version of NUTD I ever purchased before. In short, why have Now offered for sale a less than half-baked piece of work?

Now should be paying me for the time I've spent finding out that I should have stuck with version 5 -- and at my hourly rates they'd already be owing me many times the cost of the "upgrade" to X.

Naturally, I have indeed gone back to version 5 and have emailed Now to ask for my money back. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that I have received no acknowledgment or other response from Now to that request (which I have sent twice already -- on October 25 and November 1).  
(Version 10.0)

DENNYMOREJ  P.S. The "3" star review is not a reflection of the new Now X 10.0 software. So check the dates if you really want to get an accurate feel for the software offered, these reviews go back years way before this horrific mess was released.   
(Version 10.0)

DENNYMOREJ  This is one of those times when I could just kick myself for not believing the reviews and instead put stock Now Software's hype and some glossy photo. The upgrade is seriously a joke. I mean is actually worse than before. I feel completely clowned. Like other reviewers I have been a long time user. First to get it up and running is a bizarre easter egg hunt, a huge waste of time. Then the reveal. There is no logic in the way information is presented. Besides ugly we are treated to ridiculous proportions of dead space. Looks nothing like the pictures, and believe me the interface with other apple software is useless if you never used it before. I mean how many address books do I need? It is nice to not have to open "contact" and "up to date" to access supposedly integrated data, but not worth the 50 dollar upgrade. Don't do it. You will be pissed at Now Software for ripping you off. The only favor they did me is load apple's "Address Book" with my info. I will never let Now Software rip me off again.   
(Version 10.0)

GSKIBUM  I've been using NUDC for about 12 years. After the long wait for NowX, I must say that my disappointment is extreme.

As others have said - too little, too late.

I would have stayed with NUDC, but they abandoned syncing with Address Book in Leopard.

I can't wait to get rid of this and move on to something else. Possibly SOHO 8.

The hard part is going to be fixing the catastrophe NowX has made out of my calendar.  
(Version 10.0)

MACUSER10  NOWX seems to be unique.

The new MAC release is very buggy but if it worked right, it would be great because there's nothing else quite like it.

I've just tried some of the other programs recommended in other comments but my priority is a pro-level great contact manager and a great calendar. Sharing is a secondary consideration! The other programs seem to be weak in basic contact management.

NOWX has wonderful sorting capabilities but right now it is slower that previous versions.

It is disturbing, however that database portability from one computer to the next seems to be a major problem now. What do you do if you have a crash? Every pro needs a quick backup plan.

I wish them good luck. HURRY UP and make it better. Customers would even pay more if the product was fully functional.  
(Version 10.0)

TREKKER  Painful-to-use program. Nothing like it's forerunner, Now-Up-To-Date and Now Contact which was developed and written in the early 90's by great programmers (Dave Riggle http://www.busymac.com/about.html) who are long gone -- now they produce BusyCal, which is what Now-Up-To-Date used to be and NowX isn't. I used the former Now programs (from the original developers) since the early-90's and loved them. This version is a giant leap backwards in almost every way.

Very unintuitive -- especially compared to NUD/C. Convoluted interface with hard-to-find buttons/controls for what are common everyday tasks, making it frustrating to use. Unreliable and buggy syncing. Far fewer features and less ease-of-use than NUD/C, which was written in the 90's for goodness sake! Basic drag and drop functionality glaringly missing from some places it's needed most. I could go on and on...

And did I mention it's been delivered, half-baked, almost three YEARS after it was promised to be released and money was collected from customers and has been held for all these years for the "upgrade"?!?! Questionable planning skills and questionable business practices, to say the least. Way too little, too late.

Contactizer Pro, Daylite, and (can you believe it?!?!) SOHO Organizer are way better, IMO. BusyCal is also looking pretty good! Do yourself a favor and check them out before even considering NowX.  
(Version 10.0)

MONTY LEE  I used several versions of the beta and now the final release. This version does NOT have the server (with no definite date for the server release) so you cannot share the calendar. In fact, the new format precludes readily transferring the data file to another computer (like you could with NUD 5.x). First, the file is in the Application Support folder and does not support a different location (so you can't use Drobbox). Second, the database is not truly updated until you quit Now Services (Option-Quit), meaning that you can really hose your database (I did) if you move the file.

Next, the import from NUD 5.x is OK, but fails to transfer many of the graphics, including internal graphics like New Moon, Full Moon, etc. WARNING: I found that "automatic" feature during installation and the initial run not reliable. If you do not clear iCal, you can get tons of duplicates (something pointed out many times during the beta cycle). I don't believe this was ever fixed reliably. Duplicates are a real big problem, especially as NowX sync's with iCal. For some reason once it sync's, it sees the iCal event as new and copies it to NowX. I'm on my 3rd try to get a working, reliable interface between NowX and iCal.

Frequent "mini-crashes" that bring up an alert to notify NowX, but does not seem to crash the program. Most of these occurred with manipulating graphics.

No way to copy and event and paste it on another date.

I could go on but after 3 years of waiting, this really isn't that great. I'm now downloading Daylite and Conactizer Pro to see if there is a better program out there--especially one that can work with other computers.  
(Version 10.0)

MIKE  Very slow on PowerBook G4 running 10.5.8. Apparently won’t import all data from previous version. Very disappointed. Paid for upgrade almost 2 1/2 years ago, and then get an unworkable product, not satisfactory. I did call and have received a promise to refund my money. Assuming that happens, it does resolve the issue. I have for many years used and will continue using the 5.3.2 version since it functions OK. Guess I’ll need to find something else for the future.  
(Version 10.0)

ANON BUD  I was a long time NUDC user back in the day. Am glad that after the extremely long wait Now X is out, but, as others have said—too little too late. I downloaded, installed, and tried to use, but it just wasn’t worth it and, IMHO, certainly not worth the asking price.

Sorry Now. It’s time for me to move on.  
(Version 10.0)