BusyCal: Calendar & Reminders

· [NEW] macOS 27 support, along with the new Siri AI and Shortcuts related improvements and additions · [NEW] Added support for Google Calendar’s expanded palette and custom event colors · [NEW] New Task list font setting in Settings Appearance Fonts · [NEW] New Hide Info Panel when nothing is selected option in Settings Info Panel, giving your tasks the full sidebar until you select an event or task · [NEW] Find & Replace window now supports regular expressions, with capture groups and backreferences for rearranging matches · [NEW] New Year Planner option to align weekdays across months, wall-planner style · [NEW] Add guests to Google meetings you've been invited to, when the organizer allows it · [NEW] New Settings screen with built-in search, making it faster and easier to find the options you need · [NEW] New advanced setting lets you choose which app opens when you click a phone number · [NEW] New Remove Blocking command in the Block on Calendar menu, which now also checkmarks the calendars an event is already blocked on · [NEW] New Include All-Day Tasks setting to show or hide all-day tasks in the calendar · [NEW] Added Russian localization · Improved calendar imports to better handle invalid .ics files · Improvements to BusyCal's MCP support for assigning priorities to tasks · Today's border in Year view now pulses when switching to Year view or clicking Today · Improvements to the date picker · Faster display and redraw of events with graphics · Day and Week views size the time column to its content, leaving more room for events · Improvements to LAN sync performance and reliability · Improved reliability of database upgrades so attachments and custom graphics are preserved · Improved syncing events on shared Google calendars · A lot of improvements for Office 365 accounts when handling meeting responses and cancellations · Improved overall reliability of Google Calendar syncing for meetings, RSVPs, and shared calendars · Microsoft Outlook categories now sync more frequently to keep your categories up to date · Fixed Google Tasks not moving to their new list in BusyCal when moved in Google · Fixed bug where month-view multi-selection drags would not keep each event's day offsets · Changing the privacy of an existing Google Calendar event from BusyCal now syncs correctly · Fixed a rare timing issue where the calendar and menu bar app would briefly showing outdated information for a few seconds after a sync · Fixed the Dock badge for Today's Remaining Items showing zero or too few appointments until an event was edited or BusyCal was relaunched · Fixed blocking events created by automatic rules not being removed when the original event no longer qualifies · Fixed meeting invitations on Microsoft 365 and Outlook accounts not appearing in the Inbox when the invite was sent to a group or distribution list · Fixed an issue where temperatures could appear on the wrong date · Fixed the weather forecast missing from the Shortcuts agenda action · Fixed imported events with no attendees, such as Facebook event files, incorrectly showing an editable "Attending" status · Fixed the Info Panel showing a repeating event's first occurrence one day late for events using a floating time zone · Fixed times entered in 24-hour format, such as 0600 or 0950, being changed to PM in the time picker · Fixed directory search and attendee autocomplete not returning results reliably for password-based CalDAV accounts · Ongoing stability and performance enhancements

· [NEW] Powerful new Find and Replace dialog · [NEW] Reimagined, redesigned and improved Availability Viewer for ease of use, better clarity and enhanced functionality. · [NEW] New natural language support for creating recurring events from phrases like every day, every month, or every year · [NEW] Added Natural Language support in Quick Entry for Japanese · [NEW] The Dock icon now supports Clear and Default Icon & Widget System styles in both Light and Dark Mode (See System Settings Appearance Icon & Widget Style) · [NEW] New and improved in-app updater. BusyCal no longer uses Package Installer for updates, making the update process faster and smoother · [NEW] Reminders syncing now syncs only the last 12 months of completed tasks to improve sync performance. Older completed tasks remain available in the Reminders app · Keyboard shortcuts added to Date Picker for common dates such as Today, Tomorrow and Next Week · Improved CalDAV sync to detect and apply account setting changes made after the initial sync · Improvements to Outlook sync when syncing with Microsoft Todo Lists · Improved date picker suggestions, entering 1d now offers In 1 day above other suggestions · Info panel scrollbars now appear automatically when the mouse is over the scroll track area. Helps when using wacom tablets · Improved to Simplified Chinese localization · Improved detection of Teams meeting support in Microsoft Office accounts · Fixed an issue where accepted Microsoft 365 meeting invitations could remain marked as Tentative in BusyCal · Fixed an issue where changing the end time of a multi-day timed event would also shift the end-date · Fixed Move to Time Zone not preserving an event's actual moment in time and sometimes collapsing its duration · Fixed a window activation issue with detached Info Panels, where clicking on the Title field would not immediately activate the window · Fixed a bug in Day view where using keyboard navigation to move to the previous day would require two keystrokes · Fixed a bug in Day view where the CMD+N shortcut would use the current date instead of the date of the selected day when a default time was set · Fixed a bug where the Alarm window would inadvertently dismiss snoozes as expired after a few hours · Fixed a bug where the Menu app could at times hang immediately after a restart · Fixed a bug where weather would not refresh after a day if the time zone changed · Fixed a bug where a deleted tag would resurrect briefly during sync, causing an unnecessary disruptive UI refresh · Fixed a bug where location services would cause the app to hang during launch at times · Moving an all-day event to a specific time now correctly updates the event with a default alarm, when configured · Fixed a bug where a blocking event on a Microsoft Graph calendar would at times replicate itself after sync · Fixed an issue with Microsoft Graph task time zone handling when mailbox settings could not be retrieved · Fix detached info panel date insertion · Ongoing stability and performance enhancements

· [NEW] Automatic time-blocking, across calendars! You can now configure a calendar to automatically create time-blocking events on another - across accounts. · [NEW] Automatic time-blocking rules sync across all copies of BusyCal on macOS and iOS. Editing rules is currently available on macOS only · [NEW] Travel time in blocking events. A new Advanced preference lets time-blocking events on other calendars start earlier to cover an event's travel time. See Settings Advanced Other. · [NEW] Alarm Window's Snooze button now offers many presets for faster snoozing, including End of Working Hours. · [NEW] Added a 'Go To Event' button to the Info Panel's bottom toolbar when opened in a separate window, making it easy to jump to the event in the calendar · [NEW] Currently selected items in BusyCal can now be retrieved via AppleScript and Claude Desktop. · [NEW] Holding the previous or next buttons in month view now scrolls continuously · Improvements to the new date picker, including smarter date-only and time-only heuristics · Improved compatibility with third-party CalDAV servers · Further improvements to automatically updating linked time-blocking events when the main event changes during sync · Day & Week view no longer apply a directional lock when click-dragging to create a new event · Additional conference calls are now detected to show the Join button · Classic banner style has been replaced with Rounded for better consistency in both Light and Dark modes as well as other parts of the app · Fixed bug where dragging an event into the Task List would not convert the event into a task at times · Fixed a UI glitch where the window toolbar could appear partially transparent when certain system accessibility settings were enabled · Fixed a bug where task lists could show more than one line of notes preview · Fixed a bug where the date picker would not always appear immediately when clicking the date field while switching between events · Fixed a bug with Task regeneration style 'completion date' · Fixed a bug where System Text Replacements would automatically stop working after some time within Notes and the Title fields · Fixed an issue where email addresses in MS Graph Sharing settings could reappear after deletion · Fixed a bug where the Meeting Import dialog could report 'No Event Imported' after a successful import · Fixed an issue where a calendar's shared status did not update immediately after its effective sharing access changed during background sync · Fixed week-day label color for non-working days in the mini calendar · Fixed CMD+Clicking the checkmark within the Info Panel's completion date now marks the task partially complete · Fixed a bug where the Alarm Window could reappear even when hidden if there were snoozed items but no active alarms · Ongoing stability and performance enhancements