Show HN: Calendar for the Mac App Store

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calendar/id415181149?mt=12&ls=1

by EGreg • 15 years ago

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EGreg7• 15 years ago

When the Mac App Store came out, we had a simple idea: we wanted to bring easy access to the calendar from the menubar to MacOS, just like Windows has easy access from the system tray (notification area).

Well, then we decided to enhance it and added a few bells and whistles. I will keep you guys updated on how popular this app gets. Personally, the girlfriends and sisters of everyone involved (about 4 or 5 in all) have spontaneously said that this is very useful upon seeing us play with it -- so that gets me very excited. Because they are not even power users :)

http://grab.by/9gko http://grab.by/9gkq

Notice how it appears THIRD in Productivity apps section, and FIRST when you do a search for "calendar". Let's see how many downloads it gets -- it costs $0.99 :)

If you have a Mac, and decide to download it, please let me know what you think. This is our first Mac Store App.

JoelPM• 15 years ago

Only 15 minutes for lunch with your girlfriend? I'll give you some feedback: if you'd like this relationship to last, she's going to need a little more time than that.

EGreg7• 15 years ago

hehe, that was just a sample :)

bjg• 15 years ago

Just installed it, and it doesn't even open.

I pretty much the exact same experience as the only review the app has as of right now ( the one star ). I like the idea, it's really cool but I have no way of trying it if it the executable won't even load...

I'm holding back on the one star review for now, but it really sucks buying something and it instantly not working.

greattypo• 15 years ago

Congrats on the launch!

Since I assume you wanted some feedback..

1. Have you looked into any of your competitors, such as iStat or MenuCalendarClock ? There are some things they do very well that may be worth learning from -- for example, I find it useful that MCC can replace the clock (so no menubar space is wasted), and is accessible using a global keyboard shortcut.

2. Why does 'Select Another Month' get it's own menu option.. isn't that what the arrows next to the month are for?

3. The design is elegant but I'd recommend taking a look again at MCC which conveys the same information but is somehow more than 2x as compact. For example, I personally don't value having a per-calendar event-count under the date if I can see my list of events right there.

4. Based on the first review on iTunes, there appears to be some sort of crashing bug... fix it ASAP, or risk the wrath of the iTunes rating mob :)

Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one!

EGreg7• 15 years ago

Thanks guys. Listen ... I had to pull this app's availability on the app store, because almost everyone is getting the following message:

"Calendar.app" is damaged and can't be opened. Delete "Calendar.app" and download it again from the App Store.

This is horrible. We could have made so much good with this app, it's #1 in the productivity category, but because of this one thing, it's going to get bad reviews. Now when we release it, I doubt it'll be number 1. SUCKS!!!! SO MUCH!!!

I'm not sure what is causing this bug. Can anyone help? I am going to email apple support tomorrow and try to get them to expedite an update as much as possible. Has anyone any idea what could be causing this? I could use all the help I can get right now.

mhusby• 15 years ago

Have you checked out the crash reports in iTunesConnect? They are under [Your App] -> view details -> crash reports

EGreg7• 15 years ago

There are no crash reports. I don't think the app even gets launched. It has something to do with the bundle maybe?

http://grab.by/9gmN This is the only clue I have.

maguay• 15 years ago

Ouch. Oh, I feel so bad for you ... that would really be maddening to happen just when your app is rising on the app store. Hope you can get it fixed quickly and it doesn't damage too much!

d_r• 15 years ago

Hope you can fix it soon. Here are some ideas:

Did you verify receipts in your app? If so, could this be the problem?

http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37309

"I had mistakenly used the app name instead of the app bundle id in the verifytools receipt check code. "

Also, does anything show up in the system Console?

Did you do anything special to compile/package the app beyond regular Xcode + "Build and archive"?

oscardelben• 15 years ago

Is this app available outside the states? I can't open the link from Italy and the App Store doesn't redirect me to the right one.

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