In article <47457e8c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, NoSp <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> What's the best way of keeping track of birthdays on a Mac?
>
> I would like to be told about a birthday prior to its date, and I would
> like to know how old that person is about to become.
> I've had a look at iCal along with Address book, but it seems that
> although I can enter the birthyear in Address book, only the current
> year is displayed in iCal, meaning I have to guess that person's age.
> Also, I see no way of setting an alarm for birthdays in iCal.
> Preferrably I would like to set individual alarms for each birthday.
>
> So will iCal and/or Address book do what I want, or should I look for
> another application?
>
> Oh, I also need to be able to save all birthdays to a file which I can
> give to other family members (regardless if they have a Mac or PC). I
> guess either PDF, HTML or some other "common" format will do.
I would prefer to use built-in tools for their integration and
similarities, but I got used to using Claris Organizer, which later
became Palm's Desktop application (for synching their PDAs).
It's very handy, even if you don't use one, and it used to be a free
download. May still be.
It has many useful functions, nice customization, and a load of extra
data fields for increasing it's usefulness:
serial numbers, spouse names, anniversaries, web sites
It's most useful output format is tab-return, but it does vCard and
CSV, too. You can output any assortment or sequence of fields.
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