What is iCal?
Q: What is iCal?
A: iCal is a personal calendar application made by Apple Inc. that runs on the macOS operating system.
Q: What was the significance of iCal's release for Mac OS X v10.2?
A: iCal was the first calendar application for macOS to offer support for multiple calendars and the ability to publish/subscribe calendars to WebDAV server.
Q: When was iCal first released for download?
A: iCal was first released as a free download for Mac OS X v10.2 on September 10, 2002.
Q: When was iCal bundled with the operating system?
A: With the release of Mac OS X v10.3, iCal was bundled with the operating system as iCal 1.5.
Q: In which versions of Mac OS X was iCal updated and released?
A: Version 2 of iCal was released as part of Mac OS X v10.4, Version 3 with Mac OS X v10.5, and Version 4 as part of Mac OS X v10.6.
Q: Who did Apple license the iCal name from?
A: Apple licensed the iCal name from Brown Bear Software, who have used it for their iCal application since 1997.
Q: Who initially designed iCal?
A: iCal's development was designed independently by a small French team working "secretly" in Paris, led by Jean-Marie Hullot, a friend of Steve Jobs.