Apple Briefs

BusyMac released BusySync 2.0 on Friday. If you’re not familiar with it already, BusySync allows you to sync your iCal calendars with other Macs on your LAN. The headline feature for BusySync 2.0 is Google Calendar syncing. The full list of improvements includes:

• Ability to sync iCal with Google Calendar, including the ability to map iCal Message alarms to Google pop-up, SMS or Email alarms.
• Option to filter out Alarms and To-Dos from subscribed calendars on your LAN
• LAN/WAN synching improvements, VPN compatibility, IPv6 and Back to My Mac compatibility
• Improved performance
• Fewer Conflict Resolver disputes
• Auto-repair of damaged iCal databases
• Improved error logging
• BusySync 2.0 is backwards compatible with other BusySync 1.5 users on your network

My wife and I don’t use BusySync because we don’t need to sync our iCal calendars with each other or with anyone else. So while I can’t vouch for it personally, BusySync does come highly recommend from those who are running small offices (law firms or otherwise) and don’t want to get involved with Mac OS X Server.