I may be way off base here, but I find it rather silly that the date doesn't automatically update in the dock. I always have to click on it even when I have to intention to use the program. Is there any way to fix this?
Maybe Apple needs to write some kind of plugin architecture for the dock? That way programs like iCal can install their plugin and have the icon and other stuff update when it's not running.
What I do is make ical a start up item with auto hide enabled. That way the date updates on my doc but i dont have to see the program unless I want to.
System preferences --> Accounts --> Startup Items tab --> click the '+' button, select iCal, then the Hide checkbox
Sure. But if you make iCal a Startup Item, the whole application will be running all the time, even if hidden. Won't that gobble up a whole lot of system resources? On my slow-poke iBook/500Mhz/544MB RAM, I try to minimize overhead by avoiding too many processes running in the background. For those who don't have powerful systems, and who don't have iCal open all the time, a small app that updates the date every day at midnight (or on startup), but quits itself after that, might make more sense.
Of course, I guess I won't have to worry about this once I upgrade to a Rev.C 1.25Ghz 12-inch PowerBook G4 later this year. And I use the system clock in the menu bar anyway...
Sure. But if you make iCal a Startup Item, the whole application will be running all the time, even if hidden. Won't that gobble up a whole lot of system resources?
iCal is running on my machine when ever its on. In the background, it goes from 0% to the occasional high water mark of... 1.4%. OMG!
My problem with having iCal running all the time is that if an alarm comes up, it brings iCal to the foreground when I click to dismiss the alarm. This is exceedingly annoying. If iCal isn't running, dismissing the alarm doesn't change my foreground application.
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Originally posted by BlueRabbit
System preferences --> Accounts --> Startup Items tab --> click the '+' button, select iCal, then the Hide checkbox
Sure. But if you make iCal a Startup Item, the whole application will be running all the time, even if hidden. Won't that gobble up a whole lot of system resources? On my slow-poke iBook/500Mhz/544MB RAM, I try to minimize overhead by avoiding too many processes running in the background. For those who don't have powerful systems, and who don't have iCal open all the time, a small app that updates the date every day at midnight (or on startup), but quits itself after that, might make more sense.
Of course, I guess I won't have to worry about this once I upgrade to a Rev.C 1.25Ghz 12-inch PowerBook G4 later this year.
Escher
Originally posted by Escher
Sure. But if you make iCal a Startup Item, the whole application will be running all the time, even if hidden. Won't that gobble up a whole lot of system resources?
iCal is running on my machine when ever its on. In the background, it goes from 0% to the occasional high water mark of... 1.4%. OMG!
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