MagiCal

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Version: 1.1r1 || Release Date: 2008-03-30 || License: Freeware Developer: Charcoal Design

MagiCal is a FREE menu-based clock and calendar. It features a huge range of configuration options for how the time and date are displayed, and can operate either in addition to, or instead of the built in system menu clock.

Tags: calendar , date , menu , clock

9 Opinions:

by charcoaldesign, 2008-03-30 (score: 1)

The Leopard crashing issue is fixed!

by charcoaldesign, 2007-11-13

Don't worry, MagiCal is definitely not dead.

We are working on a fix for the crashing preferences issue, and hope to release an update soon.

In the meantime, MagiCal will run okay in Leopard if you copy over your preferences from Tiger and manually add it to your login items using the Accounts pane in System Preferences.

by guns, 2007-10-28

Not currently working correctly in Leopard. Too bad.

by rebrimhall, 2007-08-15

Nice update. Very cool calendar. I like the iStat menus calendar as well but I only use the calendar so I'm giving this a go.

by sosumi, 2007-06-01

Easily customized, does what it says on the tin. Nice little app!

by geotaylor, 2007-05-17 (score: -1)

I really like this app! But should iusethis.com be linking to alpha releases? Maybe mention that a alpha release is available, but the primary link for any app here on iusethis should be to whatever the dev is delivering as "stable". Perhaps provide two links? Current link as it is now in the current site layout to whatever is stable and a secondary link to beta or even alpha releases when those are available. Or maybe it an option for users to set in their preferences... link to stable or link to latest unstable. ::shrug::

by bitnix, 2007-03-24

I have replaced this over MenuCalendarClock, which I was using before. Although, as it stands right now, MagiCal has one drawback to MenuCalendarClock, which is that it uses 0.5% CPU, whereas MenuCalendarClock used 0%.

Not too much of a biggie, but many small programs using 0.5% can add to CPU strain in the long run.

I trust that this will be addressed in the future, though. Great menubar clock, it is!

by gustomela, 2007-03-02 (score: 1)

I like it a lot! It doesn't waste pixels-real estate on the menu bar, looks nice, and does that one single thing that I need: showing the day of the month! :) Nothing more, nothing less. As simple as that, no frills, and a neat look.
No need to keep iCal in the dock! No need to call the dashboard!

by el_cravito, 2007-02-11 (score: 4)

MagiCal is getting better and better with each new version.
Clean look, enough features and... a nice price.
I have included it in my login items and now the date string sits side by side with the system clock on the menu bar.
Very nice calendar indeed!
Well... I know it does not include all the bells & whistles of MenuCalendarClock. But to use all those features in MenuCalendarClock, including iCal interaction, you'll have to pay $19.95. (That's the current price from the developer's website.) And MagiCal is free!