Posted on August 28, 2008 - by Justin Hartman
Apple iCal / Microsoft Exchange fix version 1.2 released
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I have updated the Apple iCal / Microsoft Exchange fix for Leopard with a bug fix and a few enhancements.
Here are the release notes for this version:
- Fixed = iCal bug message saying “no data was added to iCal” thanks to Jon Milan.
- Added = London timezone support thanks to Ryan Hunt.
- Added = West Coast USA timezone support thanks to Ryan Hunt.
- Added = Tallinn timezone support thanks to Ryan Hunt.
- Added = Asia/Muscat timezone support thanks to Steve.
- Tests = Now confirmed to work on Leopard 10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3 and 10.5.4
- Tests = Now confirmed to work on all Apple computers.
Installing
If you’ve never installed this fix before then please read the detailed installation instructions found over here. If you’re upgrading from a previous version please read the detailed upgrade notes below.
Upgrading from version 1.1
1. Delete the folder /Applications/iCalFix/ in Finder.
2. Download this Upgrade Script to your computer and extract the contents from the ZIP file. The folder contains a Shell script (install.sh) which sets everything up for you.
3. Right-click on the install.sh file, select Open With and then click on Other.
4. Click on Applications –> Utilities –> Terminal. If you can’t select Terminal from the Open dialog then select All Applications from drop-down list below.
5. Terminal will open up and the install script will run. When you see the message “Installation Complete.” you can close Terminal.
6. You can now check if the bug fix was installed correctly by navigating to /Applications/iCalFix/ in Finder. If you see two files installed in that folder then installation was successful.
7. Done. Sit back and enjoy.
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August 28, 2008
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Wow, you really are sick.
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August 28, 2008
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August 28, 2008
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August 29, 2008
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Chop - dont deny the truth - stop removing our comments.
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August 29, 2008
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I don't use Mail at work, just iCal (I use Entourage for email). Do I still have to set up a Mail rule?
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September 1, 2008
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No, the rule only applies to Apple Mail. Not sure though if it will still work using Entourage…
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September 5, 2008
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Totally unrelated to your post - YAY that you're moving to CT! Flippin cool.
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September 8, 2008
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Justin,
I'm in Kuala Lumpur and this Reg.Ex. works for me:
perl -pi -e 's/(GMT+08.00) Kuala Lumpur/Singapore/Asia/Kuala_Lumpur/g' $ICSFILE
Thank you so much for this fix.
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September 15, 2008
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Try to download the iCalFix-latest.tar file but the file not exist.
Can you please fix it by uploading this file again.
Many thanks can’t wait to see this working.
Oz
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September 21, 2008
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Oz - Can you try it again please? It works perfectly on my side.
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September 21, 2008
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@Kevin TC - thanks for the contribution. Will add it to the next version.
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September 23, 2008
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Justin - works great, thanks.
The following works for me in Hong Kong with my Hong Kong-based Exchange server:
perl -pi -e ’s/\(GMT\+08\.00\)\ Kuala Lumpur\/Singapore/Asia\/ Hong_Kong/g’
Have you ever thought about a script that modifies the iCal invite on the way out so that an invite can be properly processed by the Exchange recipient?
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November 6, 2008
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Hi
Just saw this in the seed notes for the upcoming 10.5.6.
“iCal can now identify VTIMEZONE with a simple offset and no transition dates”
Does this have any relevance to the Exchange/iCal offset bug?
Regards
Alan