Chapter 6. iCal Calendars for Mobile Computing

When you're on the go, you don't want to lose track of important events just because you left your calendar on the office wall. iCal helps keep track of meetings, appointments, To Do lists, birthdays, and any other important events. Color-coding makes it easy to view multiple calendars at once and instantly know if any events are overlapping. For instance, you can easily tell if your lunch meeting overlaps with a doctor's appointment, or if your afternoon trip to the Apple Store conflicts with a scheduled job interview. You can set iCal alarms to remind you an event is approaching. And, as you travel, you can switch between your current time zone and your home time zone.

But it gets even better. You can publish one or more iCal calendars on the Internet so you can access it from any computer. You can subscribe to online calendars, and other people can subscribe to your calendar. If you've set up a .Mac Group page through a .Mac account, you can link the Group page to one of your published calendars.