It ’s a question as old as the iPhone itself : how come we can sync calendar events between our Mac and our Io devices , but not to - United States Department of State ? BusyMac ’s new BusyToDo app is the spackle for that peculiar hole — as long as you ’re using Apple ’s MobileMe service , that is .

BusyToDo lets you interface with one or more MobileMe account statement . Once you enter your certification , your to - do will be downloaded and synced — any change you make in BusyToDo will be reflected in MobileMe ’s WWW interface and frailty versa . If you use iCal or BusyMac ’s BusyCal to cope your to - dos on your Mac , then the changes will show up there as well , and if you sync other iOS devices with your MobileMe calendar , then they ’ll all harvest the benefit too .

you may spice up up your to - do item with a due engagement , priority , location , universal resource locator , note , or alarm — the last are displayed using iOS 4 ’s local notification characteristic . There are a change of options for separate your listing as well as setting default choices for create young to - dos . And , what good to - do app is complete without the ability to learn off your tasks as you complete them ?

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If you utilise BusyCal on your Mac , you could take advantage of a couple of extra features , such as the ability to create repeating undertaking or to tag your to - do particular .

regrettably , those who use other calendaring services such as Google Calendar — even , as I do , via BusyCal on my Mac — are out of portion , thanks to BusyToDo ’s dependency on MobileMe .

BusyCal costs $ 5 and requires iOS 4.1 or later and a MobileMe business relationship with the new Calendar .