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Click Calendars, then click the check boxes next to the calendars you want to search.
Type the text you want to search for in the search field.
Click an event or to-do in the Search Result list to go to it.
To clear the search field and get rid of the Search Result list, click the X.
Subscribing to an iCal Calendar
Perhaps iCal’s coolest feature is its capability to share calendars online. This means you can subscribe to calendars created by other people, whether their day-to-day events (your spouse’s schedule, perhaps) or special events (your favorite football team’s season schedule, maybe).
Choose Calendar, Subscribe.
Enter the URL for the calendar to which you want to subscribe. The calendar’s owner provides this information.
Click Subscribe.
Choose a frequency in the Auto-Refresh pop-up menu for iCal to check the calendar for changes, and click OK.
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Tip: Where to Find Calendars
Apple has compiled a list of carefully selected public iCal calendars on its website (www.apple.com/ical/library/). Another great site for finding public calendars is iCalShare.com (www.icalshare.com).
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Publishing an iCal Calendar
What can you publish? Well, you can choose to share your home or work calendar with your family or colleagues. Or you might decide to be the keeper of the birthdays among your friends and publish a calendar showing everyone’s special days. You can use your MobileMe account or a free web service to publish calendars, as you prefer.
Click the calendar you want to publish.
Choose Calendar, Publish.
Type a name for the published calendar.
Click the check boxes to publish changes automatically and to publish both the title and notes for an event (rather than just its title).
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Tip: Changing Your Mind
If you decide to stop publishing a calendar, click its name in the Calendars list and choose Calendar, Unpublish. iCal warns you that people will no longer be able to subscribe to the calendar; just click Unpublish to take your calendar offline.
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Click the check boxes to publish alarms and to-do items.
Choose an option from the Publish on pop-up menu for where you’re publishing the calendar: using MobileMe or using an independent server.
If you’re using an independent server, enter its URL and your login name and password.
Click Publish.
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Note: Becoming a Publisher
If you want to publish your own calendars but don’t have a MobileMe account, go to iCalExchange.com (icalx.com). It offers free access to the WebDAV servers you need to publish calendars.
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Note: Automatic Updates or Not?
Publishing calendar changes automatically requires a constant online connection. Don’t choose this option if you use a dial-up Internet service because you might find your computer dialing in unexpectedly.
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Making Notes in Mail
For a lot of people, their email is the most organized thing about them. It’s in folders! Sorted by date! Labeled! How many of us can say that about our random notes—lists of movies to see, recipes to try, gift ideas for Grandma? Now Mail makes it possible for you to organize your notes right alongside your email.
Click to view the email about which you want to make notes.
Click the Note button.
Enter your notes and close the Note window to save the note.
To view notes, click Notes in the Favorites bar.
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Note: Take Your Notes with You
A note is really just a specially formatted email message, which means it can be stored online with the rest of your mail. That, in turn, means that you’ll be able to check your Mail notes from any computer with a web connection, as long as your email account has web mail access.
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Flagging an Email for Later Action
It has to have happened to you. Someone emails you to let you know what you need to do and you read the email, carefully file it away, and never take action. Flagging emails can