Google just added CalDAV support to Google calendars, here’s a tutorial on how to synchronize Google Calendars on iCal without any third party application or plugin installed:

1. Go to preferences from iCal and select the “accounts” tab
2. Click the “+” button to add a new account
   
3. Fill the pop up with these informations:
   Description: This will be the title for your CalDAV calendar list
   Username: The complete email address you are using with Google Calendar (example: steve@gmail.com).
   Password: The password you are using to sign in to Google Calendar.
   In the Server Options drop-down, enter [ https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/ [ your Google Calendar email address ] /user ] as your Account URL (example: https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/steve@gmail.com/user)
   
4. Then click on add and wait a few minutes until your calendars are completely synched to your Mac; all subsequent syncs are instantaneous.
   

We have some .Mac addicted here at MacAmour.
They’ll be happy to learn that Apple improved that service.
It was renamed MobileMe.
The iDisk now offers 20 gigas.
You can now synchronize a Mac, a PC and an iPhone wirelessly.

Apple developped web applications like the alredy known WebGallery (MobileMe Gallery now) and an Agenda etc…

Further details here

the 10.5.3 update brought a new featurre to Adress Book : Synchronization with Google, which finally was only possible for those who own an iPhone or an iPod Touch (so you keep your gadget, your Mac and you Google Account synchronized).

To enable it just go to the preferences panel of Adress Book.

It’s now possible to do the same thing without owning any of the portable device, just follow this How to

Here are some great calendars to subscribe to with iCal, they will notify you of every celebrity’s birthday, singers birthdays

To subscribe to the Celebrity’s Birthdays calendar click here.

To subscribe to the Musicians Birthdays calendar, click here.

While Apple Mail loads in a glimpse of an eye, Entourage feels the need to show you off it’s brand new splash screens for a couple of seconds…

Well, after a first look at Entourage, I told myself “why is it so complicated?”, look at all those buttons, columns, text, icons.. It’s for me impossible to talk about Entourage without comparing it to Apple Mail…
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To Do is THE widget Apple forgot in the bundled widgets you have on your dashboard with Leopard. To me, stickies are dead, and they have been replaced by To Do and Notes in the latest Apple OS: Leopard.

This widget is simple, it has sleek design and it is 100% integrated to iCal & Mail. No need to open these apps to see your To Dos, the widget collects them all and it even gives you the ability to add/remove a To Do, or to mark them as done!

Download it free here.

Nice application that has a unique aim: set your iCal icon (in the dock) to the right date.

Is your iCal icon stuck in the past? iConiCal is a utility for setting iCal’s icon and dock icon to show the current date in a choice of colours, even when iCal is closed

Download iConiCal

I had this problem with 3 applications I removed from my mac:

1. Entourage
2. Transmit
3. Yojimbo

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Product Description:
iSync is Apples hot synchronizing software. It eases entering names and numbers into your phone, synchronizing contacts and dates with your Mac. nova media developed the iSync phone plugins so you can use even more mobile phones with this exciting technology!

Mobile phones supported:
* BenQ Siemens: CX75, C81, EL71, M75, S6V, S65, S75, SL7F, SL75, SP65, SK65, SK6R, S66, S68
* Motorola: A1000, C390, MOTORIZR Z3
* Nokia: 3250, 5200, 5300, 5500, 6085, 6086, 6102i, 6103, 6126, 6131, 6133, 6151, 6233, 6234, 6288, 6300, 6810, 7280, 7373, 7390, 7710, 8800, 9300, 9500, E50, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E65, E70, E90, N71, N73, N76, N80, N91, N93, N95
* Samsung: D500, E250, E760
* Sony Ericsson: K510i, K510i, K610, K790i, K800, K810i, V630i, W300i, W610i, W700i, W710i, W850i, W880i, Z550i, Z610i, Z710i

What’s new in this version:
* Motorola MOTORIZR Z3
* Nokia 6086 support
* Nokia N76 support
* Sony Ericsson K810i

Download it HERE!!!