[chandler-users] Entourage, Mac and Chandler.....

Thu Jun 5 15:53:13 PDT 2008

Mimi,

 1.  Syncing via Entourage 2008 - This creates a new Cal called entourage in iCal

In 2008 there is a tick box in sync services for iCal
http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/calendar_synching_between_entourage_and_ical.html

 1.  I am on Leopard - So yes I have my Chandler account setup in iCal which is great for all my own cals and tasks, however there is no way to get the special entourage Cal into this section so I have to publish it in the normal way,  maybe if I publish to Chandler hub instead of .mac it will be read and write?? Triage option sounds good.
 2.  IMAP Folders - I get the folders in Entourage (so they are created on the exchange server) but if I add emails to them they do not appear in Chandler.
 3.  Contacts - Loading from other apps for the drop down list would be cool - address book  also  syncs with entourage.
 4.  I have just started reading the user stories, so I will keep plodding through them - they are really great.

Thanks
Adam
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Digital & Design Services Co-Ordinator
Winchester School of Art
University of Southampton

________________________________
From: Mimi Yin <mimi at osafoundation.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:17:59 +0100
To: "Procter A." <adam.procter at soton.ac.uk>
Cc: <chandler-users at osafoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [chandler-users] Entourage, Mac and Chandler.....

Hi Adam,

Thanks for writing in with your scenarios and questions! See
responses in-line...

On Jun 4, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Procter A. wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been finding chandler is the best GTD app I have used, the
> integration and syncing is great.
> I was using iGTD for a while but have found chandler works much
> much better.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

> Using Entourage I sync my Entourage calendar  (you can only sync
> one cal ) for two way editing to iCal, this means I can add events
> in iCal much nicer than entourage 2008 and staff can arrange
> meetings based on my schedule. If events come in via other
> calendars I change them to my entourage cal if I need too, also
> using 10.5 I have 2 way sync with all my other Chandler Cals.

May I ask how you're able to sync between Entourage and iCal?
-- Is it by using this script - http://scriptbuilders.net/files/
syncentourageicalpanther1.0.18.html

And between Entourage and Chandler?

> However I needed my entourage Cal in Chandler so I published the
> entourage cal from iCal to my .Mac account (guess I could have been
> to my hub account) and then I subscribed to it from within Chandler
> however publishing from iCal does not allow me to add tasks in
> Chandler (iCal publishes it read only) I can on my other macs
> sync'd to .mac from within iCal of course.
>
> This all works pretty well for me, however I have noticed the
> triage status of my entourage events in Chandler sometimes gets
> stuck even after the event has passed ?
> As I cannot update them its a little annoying as they hang around,
> I want them in dashboard, I like everything in dashboard.
> Any ideas??

Yes, triaging calendars published from non-Chandler applications is a
feature we just added to the server. So you should see events auto-
triaging themselves properly with the next Chandler Hub update (in a
few weeks).

I'm curious, what version of Apple iCal are you on? If you have
Leopard, Apple iCal 3.0, you can publish your calendars to Chandler
Hub and manage them with full read-write access from Chandler Desktop.

Instructions: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/GetStarted#Sync%
20with%20Apple%20iCal,%20Sunbird...

> I have also been unable to use the Chandler folders although IMAP
> is working on the exchange servers here and I can send, not
> received any though, I have no other chandler users in my team
> though (yet)

Hm, could you give me some more details? Do you get any error
messages in Chandler when you try to configure the folders? Do you
see the folders in Entourage, but can't successfully download
messages into Chandler?

> Any suggestions on getting my contacts from entourage into
> Chandler ? So I can send tasks with out having to look up address's
> all the time.

Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions right now. Contacts
support is something we would *really* like to add. I'm wondering if
something someone might want to tackle in the short-term would be to
simply load email addresses from other apps into Chandler's auto-
complete feature. This would save you the hassle of having to look up
email addresses. I will send an email to the Chandler-Dev List about
the feasibility of this.

> Oh sorry one more question anyone used Chandler with Quicksilver at
> all ?? I still need a faster way to get tasks in and quicksilver
> was nice.
> http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver
> I also thought Anxiety might offer quick input but its not so quick
> and only shows to do (starred) items, so I don't need it for
> anything other than input
> http://anxietyapp.com/

Jeffrey recently created a Quick Entry widget for iGoogle: https://
hub.chandlerproject.org/
It's a template for Quick Entry that we'd like to port it over to the
Desktop, iPhone, etc...

In the meantime, a "workaround" another user (Andre) has come up with
is to use the new "Independent Detail View" feature to keep a Note
Item open all-day long where he can quickly add things that he later
"processes" into individual items in Chandler: http://
blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/16/andre-tries-out-the-new-
independent-detail-view/

> Hope that makes some sense, I am hoping to use Chandler to manage
> my team tasks soon as well (any team management chandler tips
> welcome),

We have been posting user stories to our blog. I've put together a
Gallery here: http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/UserStories

4 that are about a small work group collaborating are:
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/30/chris-janssen-and-his-
team-manage-tasks-in-the-triage-list-and-on-the-calendar/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/29/the-common-datatrust-
foundation-manages-contacts-in-chandler/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/05/27/the-common-datatrust-
foundation-collaborates-on-their-blog-in-chandler/
- http://blog.chandlerproject.org/2008/04/07/how-i-use-chandler-
shared-packing-list/

> I have been using it to plan some school wide events with tasks and
> Cals with great success.

That's great to hear!

Mimi