Modify iCal events in 10.5 via drag-and-drop Rhode Island

Use drag-and-drop to (somewhat) ease the task of editing events in the 10.5 version of iCal

Local Companies

Controller Serv & Sales Co
(401) 781-7080
70 Ernest St
Providence, RI
Eagle Electric Supply
(401) 464-5819
50 Niantic Ave
Providence, RI
Atec Inc
(401) 782-6950
214 High St
Wakefield, RI
Monro Electrical Services
(401) 785-9430
1550 Elmwood Ave
Cranston, RI
Electric Connection the
(401) 841-5597
823 W Main Rd
Middletown, RI
Aquidneck Centre
(401) 849-2280
Middletown, RI
Orzell Philip F Associates
(401) 364-7020
37 Tamanaco Dr
Charlestown, RI
Crown Supply Co Inc
(401) 861-6329
26 Silver Spring St
Providence, RI
Calitri's Elect Shop
(401) 245-5800
188 County Rd
Barrington, RI
Baynes & Jones Electrical Supply Co
(401) 846-3333
305 Oliphant Ln
Middletown, RI

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As much as I dislike the event info window in OS X 10.5's version of iCal-I dislike it enough that it made my list of Leopard annoyances-anything I can do to make working with that window simpler is a win in my book. In that vein, today's hint will allow you to do make some basic modifications to an event without opening the event's editing window. Instead, you can use drag-and-drop.

First double-click the event you'd like to modify. But instead of clicking Edit, try using drag and drop. You can drag and drop a file from the Finder, and it will be added as an attachment to the event. Drag and drop a person (or more than one person, or even a group) from Address Book, and they'll be added as attendees. Drag in a URL, and it's added as a (clickable) URL. Drag and drop some text, and it's added as a note.

If your event has existing attendees, the newly-dragged people will be added to the list. If the event has a clickable URL, it will be replaced by the dropped URL. If you've got an existing note, however, your dropped text will "spring back" and not be accepted by the window in iCal.

Until (hopefully!) Apple fixes the mess it made of iCal's event input in OS X 10.6, little tips like this can make things a bit simpler-still far from ideal, but a bit more bearable.


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