Software Pick of the Week: CalendarBar

I found a very useful program that is sure to please Mac users who are scouting for a super quick and convenient way to check their upcoming calendar events at a glance.

That program is CalendarBar, by the developers at Clean Cut Code. CalendarBar lets you access your calendar events from the menubar and supports iCal, Facebook and Google Calendar. Thus far, I’ve used it with all three and it works beautifully. Syncing my Google Calendar with CalendarBar was simple: I entered my Google login credentials and saw my Google Calendar appointments show up almost immediately.

I also really like the fact that I can check out upcoming Facebook events and birthdays quickly and easily using CalendarBar. You can customize the fonts, the number of weeks in advance to display, and even have event reminders pop up with Growl notification. The attention to detail is evident, both in the top notch design and streamlined user interface. The developers have been quick to respond to feature requests, which always bodes well.

One feature I would really like to see is the option to have my iCal To-Do’s appear on CalendarBar. Right now, all my To-Do’s are on my laptop – it would be great to have access to them on my desktop as well.

I picked up CalendarBar for free last week as part of a special Mac App Store promotion, but I would have gladly paid the retail price of $2.99. The app looks good, works great and is well worth the asking price if you rely heavily on your calendar.

-Krishna

Krishna April 12, 2011 Mac App Store, mac utilities, productivity software