

It’s as if Apple is deliberately driving users away from Mac OS X Server and into the waiting arms of Microsoft.Ī Voyage of a Thousand Miles - My journey of iCal and iCal Server despair began almost two years ago when I purchased an Apple Xserve running Mac OS X Server 10.5 Leopard to run my security consulting business. ICal, in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and on the iPhone, even offers extensive Exchange support for Mac users in enterprise environments – which makes it all the more maddening that Apple’s support for iCal Server on Macs and iPhones is absolutely horrific. As someone who has bounced around dozens of different mobile devices, I also appreciate the general consistency of iCal on the iPhone and Mac, and how current versions synchronize the calendar colors. (I briefly tried Microsoft Entourage, Outlook’s nearest Mac equivalent, but found it lacking in multiple ways). It isn’t that Outlook does anything wrong – I think it’s vastly superior to competing enterprise messaging and calendaring solutions – but if you don’t need all those additional features, iCal is a great substitute. As a longtime Microsoft Outlook user, I appreciate iCal’s simplicity and clean display. I know a lot of people hate iCal, but I’ve always been a fan.

#1642: How to identify phishing attacks, new iPhone and iPad passcode requirements.#1643: New Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, new second-gen HomePod, security-focused OS updates, industry layoffs.#1644: Explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse, HomePod Software 16.3 and tvOS 16.3, GoTo breach.#1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.
