LEE123  It is my opinion that this app is most certainly needed on osx tiger. I always found it absurd that Apple did not have the ical icon reflect the current date. It should have been built in as it is in osx 10.5.  
(Version 1.9.2)

JIMW  Disclosure: I have not downloaded this or tried it so my comments are philosophical.

That said, while the idea is nice and might make a desktop more attractive, does a user really need another app, whose purpose is only to change the color of an icon, to run every day and as such be in a position to potentially cause conflicts, permissions issues, etc. and and further processor and threads to an already complex system, especially during startup?

All one has to do is examine the Activity Monitor after boot up, to get an idea of just how much is running in the background without the using doing anything other than booting the machine. So unless something makes me more productive, or does something easier or better for me, I am quite reluctant to add its load to my system.

As a suggestion, perhaps the app can be written to actually go into iCal to modify its resources to achieve this effect. That way the program would only need to be run once whenever iCal is updated by Apple. As well be noted by others, this might well be fraught by dangers as you are modifying an App. However a backup could automatically be made during the mod process and kept until the user is comfortable with the results. While any kind of mod to an app, (current program, or suggested alternative) poses risks, the latter would seem more preferable to me as it would not be affecting startup times or adding threads on a regular basis that could slow down some systems.

In any case that is my opinion, for whatever it is worth, and you are most certainly welcome to disagree with it. In fact I would be most surprised if there were other users that did not disagree with it. After all, it is only just an opinion and as such I do not expect everyone to agree with it. But it is my opinion right or wrong.   
(Version 1.9.1)

TOMDOHERTY  Great little app. except for the annoying way it messes up my permissions every time iCal is updated/system restarted/Dock refreshed.  
(Version 1.8)

SELF-INFLICTED  Same problem as others. Installed it, used it for one day... and realized the next day it was still stuck on the 29th. Deleted the app and any trace of it I could find, removed/reinserted iCal in the dock, pasted on the icon from a recent backup copy of iCal, restarted... and five days later it was showing the 29th again. Reinstalled one last time just to try to restore the default, then re-delete.

Nice idea, but not worth this trouble. I've decided I have no problem with my iCal icon displaying iCal's original date of release (June 17) after all.  
(Version 1.6)

NEIL_M  I was thinking of installing this, but Leopard seems to auto update the date on the ical dock icon.

I was surprised.

Anyone else noticed this?  
(Version 1.6)

DOBES  Finally, I can leave my iCal icon on the dock! The static date and red color were really unpleasant for me, but iConiCal finally changed it. Works great in Leopard. It's a small thing, but it makes a difference to me. Thanks!  
(Version 1.6)

RICK907  iCon iCal is a great idea but it doesn't work as advertised.

It doesn't change the dates. I've followed the installation directions and checked the two proper boxes in settings. Now I try to pull up the settings menu to double check the settings menu and it won't show regardless of how hard I press the apple key. My Mac OS is 10.4.10.

block soft has some apps I'd be interested in buying but I haven't bothered to look at them due to my experience with iCon iCal.

Rick  
(Version 1.4)

BILL SCOTT  I'm running OSX 10.4.10. When I first installed 1.3, it seemed to work fine. I updated to 1.4 and have had problems since. 1.4 didn't appear to start and update the icon consistently when I logged in. I've tried uninstalling the application using appledelete and then using spotlight to find any remaining preferenc, etc. files and drag them to the trash. Funny thing, after all that the application still seems to work, i.e. it changes the dock icon when I start ical. When I do a spotlight search, I can't find any iconical files. Where is it hiding? I like this application and would like to get it completely off my Mac so I can reinstall it from scratch and see if I can get it working right. What do you sugggest?

Thanks,  
(Version 1.4)

EJ1  iConiCal won't set date at start up or log in. If I last launched the app on the 21st then it's always the 21st unless I launch iConiCal again. The settings window can't be accessed. Preferences can't be accessed because the program quits immediately.

How can I return iCal to normal?  
(Version 1.4)

ICYKERKER  nice wotk and i love it

but the only problem is the day of week ddin't show up  
(Version 1.4)

A1  With version 1.4 this app has become pretty much perfect! I can't think of any missing features, and it does it all in a simple and good way.  
(Version 1.4)

GRFX GURU  Great little app.

This should of been built in to iCal from day one Apple! Like others I have always wondered why Apple never thought to do this, it's so obvious.  
(Version 1.4)

CRITICAL  Great App! However there is another way' unfortunately without your program' through login items in system prefs, if ical is added to the list in startup items and then checked to hide, ical will run in the background on boot-up and will then display the month and date, Ok' you cannot change the icon colour, and there will be the triangle with it, to let you know what's running, but it works well' To use ical' click the dock icon as usual, to close ical use the toolbar and scroll to hide.

  
(Version 1.3)

XASON  Great work. The new version has just about everything anyone has mentioned, and it works great. A couple more suggestions - It would be nice to have the month, not just the date as an option when iCal is closed. Also, for those that don't log in and out every day, a preset to update without having to make your own iCal alarm would be a lot easier. I'm definitely upping my previous review  
(Version 1.3)

ALEX B  I forgot to review this app. It's sweet. 'Nuff said.  
(Version 1.3)

ALEX B  Great app. I like that you added the option to not start ical, but as you stated, the dock icon might not be updated in the dock even thought it was changed.

So.... why not add a kill dock command and then restart the dock? That fairly simple and can be executed without any user interaction. That way, the icon gets updated and ical doesn't have to start. It's also an almost instantaneous restart. It looks as though you turned on hide dock and then turn it off all within a seconds time.  
(Version 1.2)

RENATO ROSA  Just what I wanted for a long time... excelent app!  
(Version 1.2)

SHAAHIN  Cool idea, but it won't work unless you put both apps in the main application forlder (iCal and iConiCal).  
(Version 1.2)

END-USER-GUY  Here's my review: It works.

BlockSoft picked up the ball that Apple dropped. It filled in a big crack. This is something for which many have waited for a long time. Thanks Graeme!

Rumor has it that next version of iConiCal is in the works, perhaps only weeks away at most. New goodies may include revamped iCal icons (all will have numbers except one?), and more polish in the Settings window.

My full review is at http://www.makingotherplans.com/macappblog/2007/07/iconical.html but judge for yourself. This is a Must Try if you have iCal in your dock.  
(Version 1.2)

BLUEJAY3132  Found a way to use "a slight (sic) of hand" in System Preferences to display day, date, month, etc. here:

http://paulstamatiou.com/2006/06/11/how-to-display-date-in-os-x-menu-bar/

or Google '"os x" display date'

This trick seems to work fine on 10.4.10.

If the Day displays twice, just put pointer behind "Fri" or "Friday" in Customize Times and backspace to delete it.

If you fix it till it's broke, change region back to your country, then start over.  
(Version 1.2)

XASON  Still some bugs, but exactly what I've been looking for, and the developer is making quick progress. Like others, I'd really like for it to run automatically in the background and change the icon without opening iCal. The option to close iCal still doesn't work for me on my PowerPC, so I had to create an Automator workflow that opens this program and then closes iCal. I'll keep checking back - keep up the good work.

Also, is it just my screen, or are the fonts for the number different for the open and closed icons? More options would be great, like icons that still have the month when closed or that don't have any number when closed.  
(Version 1.2)

BLUEJAY3132  iConiCal works as advertised, but:

Wanting to play with various preferences, I invoked iConiCal (iC) with Quicksilver (QS). QS quit; never had that happen before. Tried twice more; same thing. Reset QS to default. QS still exited when I invoked iC through QS.

Set iCal icon back to default. Deleted iConiCal. Now QS is back to its normal self.

Nice try, though. I would like the date displayed on the Mac.

20" CD iMac, 10.4.10. QS and PathFinder auto loaded at login.

Thanks  
(Version 1.2)

CABOOLTURE  Unfortunately doesn't work on Power PC 10.4.10. I get: "An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down."

Still, it looks good in principle!  
(Version 1.2)

JOHNNY ROCKET  works great so far. the issue with it not closing iCal is fixed for me. Would be cool if it had the ability to run on a schedule so that every day when I wake up, it's updated the icon already. :)  
(Version 1.2)

A1  Now iCal exits when it should. Thanks for that! It would be even better though if it (when it's not already started)) would start hidden, so it doesn't get in the way of what i'm doing (It start automatically at every midnight on my mac...). I think that is possible somehow, because there is an option to make startup items start hidden...  
(Version 1.2)

BLOCKSOFT  LOOPNINE, thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, the way iCal saves its icons, it is necessary to open iCal to change the dock icon. I am however looking into ways of making this more reliable and less obtrusive for future versions.

Regarding your second point on iCal staying open - what should happen is that iCal opens, and if you have not checked that box, it will quit. If this is not happening 100% of the time, I'll tweak the code a little to fix that. Thanks for the feedback.  
(Version 1.0)

A1  Nice idea! Would be perfect if it would have the option to not open iCal after changing its icon. There is an option in the settings to leave iCal open after changing the icon, but it is left open even if that option is not selected... If those 2 things get fixed it would be perfect!  
(Version 1.0)