Posted on 5/27/10

MacMost Forum / Mail Messages to iCal Events

Hi Gary,
I use MacMail and wold like to be able to take an email and drop it into Ical/BusyCal – - – it could be a To-Do or just an email I want to deal with in the next day or so.

I don’t know why I can’t just drag and drop it like other Mac applications and why Apple has to make this so difficult. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated and save a ton of time.

– PAUL MEYERS

3 Responses to “Mail Messages to iCal Events”

  1. Gary Rosenzweig says:
    5/27/10 at 10:05 pm

    See episode 159. http://macmost.com/using-data-detectors.html
    If there is a date in the text, you should be able to create iCal events easily.
    To create to-do items, just select the text and right click, then choose New To Do. It will take that text and create a new to do item. Very handy.

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  2. PAUL MEYERS says:
    5/28/10 at 6:42 am

    Hi Gary,
    Thanks for the tips. I have been using the data detectors for dates/times however this always opens ICAL and I only use BUSYCAL . . so that’s an issue.

    Also the NEW TO DO works well and I will start using that….. But what about just drag n dropping the entire email onto BUSYCAL ? any suggestions .

    Thanks again, You are so helpful to your website visitors.

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