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Mac OS X Lion specialities… may affect Merlin reports or iCal sync

on 4. August 2011

Lion has some new specialities:
- A mounted disk image (dmg) will be mounted again on Mac re-start
- Per default “Show indicator lights for open applications” are disabled in the “Dock” system preference

So it is possible that…

You may start Merlin in Lion out of your /Applications folder
and a second time out of the mounted disk image, you had downloaded from our website in order to install Merlin on your Mac.
In the dock you don’t see the indicator lights so you don’t realize that it is running twice.

However it will be shown twice in the dock and will be twice listed, should you call Command + Option + Escape

Results for Reports… (more…)

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Merlin – Start or stop iCal sync

on 4. July 2011

You can synchronize your Merlin project file to iCal via…
File > Publish > iCal

The dialogue let’s you define the synchronization options and whether or not resources calendars should also be included.

If you like for example that Merlin syncs your project changes as soon as you save, you can enable the option “Auto-synchronize after save”.

If you prefer to choose by yourself when to sync, you can leave ”Auto-synchronize after save” disabled and re-sync manually to the already existing iCal calendars via File > Publish > iCal > Sync now

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Merlin – Creating Milestones out of iCal todos

on 28. January 2011

With Merlin you can create proffessional project schedules. You can export or sync your tasks to iCal and have them in you calendar application. We have posted an AppleScript showing how one could export the tasks of the current selection.

You also know how to import an iCal calendar as exceptions to your project or resource’s calendar.

Creating tasks out of an iCal calendar is also possible by an AppleScript we wrote and posted here.

But what should you do, if you have entered lots of Todos in your iCal calendar and need these in Merlin? The short answer is: “Use an AppleScript”. The longer – because it contains the script as well – is, you can modify the script we have posted for transferring iCal events as tasks to Merlin so that it additionally handles iCal Todos. As todos have no duration, we decided to define them in Merlin as milestones. To make a long story shorter again, just check the following script:

(*
	This script requires iCal. It prompts the list of your iCal calendars for you to select the calendar out of which new tasks should be created in Merlin. It writes in the top most opened Merlin project.
	Version 1.0
        Written by Vicky Stamatopoulou
	For ProjectWizards
	Nov 3, 2010

	version 1.01
	changed on Jan 17, 2011
	changed by Vicky Stamatopoulou
	info: added support for todos, they will get created as milestones
*)

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Merlin – MobileMe calendars break Merlin’s iCal sync

on 9. December 2010

header_calendar_20100622If you are a Merlin user and thinking of upgrading to the new MobileMe calendars, please be aware that…

  • It converts your local calendars to subscribed calendars; which means Merlin won’t be able to sync to them
  • According to Apple, it is compatible to Mac OS X 10.6.4 or newer ; if you have any machines running Mac OS X 10.5.x, they won’t fully sync.

Why is that?

Merlin uses Apple’s SyncServices API for syncing with iCal. The new MobileMe calendar data is moved to a new calendar service, which supports the CalDAV standard. CalDAV is an industry-standard calendar protocol that works with the latest Apple iOS devices.

This means. You may sync locally your Merlin projects to iCal and sync with other Macs, but your local calendars won’t get synced to your MobileMe calendars accessed over your iOS devices.

In case you do decide to use the new MobileMe calendars, we recommend exporting your project schedules in local iCal calendars and in a second step into your MobileMe calendars.

Export in iCal

A similar approach is suggested by Apple when resolving problems with duplicate calendars.

You may consider as an alternative sharing your private calendars to be viewed and edited by MobileMe members to whom you have granted permission.

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Merlin – Creating tasks out of an iCal calendar

on 3. November 2010

With Merlin you can create proffessional project schedules. You can export or sync your tasks to iCal and have them in you calendar application. We have posted an AppleScript showing how one could export the tasks of the current selection.

You also know how to import an iCal calendar as exceptions to your project or resource’s calendar.

What should you do, in case you would like to import the events of your iCal calendar as tasks?

You can create tasks out of the following formats:

  • MS Project (.mpx, .mpp, .xml)
  • OmniOutliner (.ooutline, .oo3)
  • OmniPlan (.omniplan)
  • NovaMind (.nmind)
  • MindManager (.mmap)
  • Merlin 1 (.merlin)
  • Merlin 2 (.xml)
  • Text files (.txt, .csv, .tsv)
  • OPML files (.opml)

Unfortunately iCal (.ics) is not one of them, you may however write an AppleScript creating tasks out of events of selected iCal calendars.

To make a long story short… here is such a script…

(*
	This script requires iCal. It prompts the list of your iCal calendars for you to select the calendar out of which new tasks should be created in Merlin. It writes in the top most opened Merlin project.
	Written by Vicky Stamatopoulou
	For ProjectWizards
	Nov 3, 2010
*)

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Applescript – transferring selected structures to iCal

on 13. July 2010

It’s been a long time ago, we’ve posted an applescript sample. The script for todays’ post was initiated by a user support request. The user knows that Merlin can export or sync project and resource calendars to iCal and already uses these options, however he sometimes need to export only some selected structures to iCal and was wondering how to do so.

One possible approach would be, to right click the specific project structures, call “Save selection” out of the contextual menu, open the newly created project and export to iCal.

Another approach may also be to write a script, similar to the ones we’ve written in the past for TimeLine 3D, Things or others, transferring just this selection.

Are you interested in the script solution? Great, here you are. Enjoy the script.

To find out how to place it into your File > Send To menu, please read here more

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Merlin: iCal calendar import

on 11. January 2010

icalDid you know? I had not until now. You can import iCal calendar onto your project or resource calendars and get the entries added as exceptions. Cool, isn’t it?

For those of you, like me, not knowing this functionality until now, here is how to proceed:

  1. You locate the iCal calendar you want to import(*) to your Merlin project.
  2. Open your Merlin project, select the top most entry in the outline, switch to the ‘Working Time’ tab on the inspector, click onto the gear symbol and call ‘Import…’. (more…)

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