Comments on: WeatherCal Adds a New Trick to the Bare Bones Lineup

By: spud

spud — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:37:52 +0000

“Still don’t see what the advantage is to this program.”

wunderground.com works, smashin.com says “Smashin Software is not currently available”.

By: Weldon Dodd

Weldon Dodd — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:11:35 +0000

@John – Apple says that MobileMe doesn’t support syncing subscribed calendars to me.com or mobile devices and my own efforts have shown that enabling MobileMe calendar sync on my iPhone disables the option to sync with subscribed calendars on the Mac. What does iTunes say the calendar sync settings are for your iPod Touch? Is it MobileMe, or local calendars? Can you see that subscribed calendar when you log in to me.com?

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:17:09 +0000

I simply subscribed to this URL webcal://www.smashin.com/weather/weather.ics?state=WI&city=Verona in iCal and with MobileMe, its synced in all of my iCals on all my devices including my iPod Touch. Still don’t see what the advantage is to this program.

By: Tim Windsor

Tim Windsor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:59:33 +0000

I love this because it’s simple – and, to answer the question above, because it integrates easily with my calendar.

I do wish, though, that more detailed forecast data — which Weather Underground has — could be pushed into the note field. That’s the only thing making me wonder whether I’ll pay as my demo period ends.

By: Weldon Dodd

Weldon Dodd — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:10:40 +0000

@John – good question. There are definitely ways to get a weather forecast on your desktop (or the iPhone) for free, but I like this solution because you can see it right in iCal, and you can sync all your locations between the Mac and iPhone (and even multiple Macs with a MobileMe subscription). That, and I trust BBSW to write good Mac software.

By: John

John — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:21:04 +0000

May I ask why pay for this app when I can do this for free.