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I have uploaded iCal Reply Checker 1.3.3, an update to my application that helps manage meeting invites on local calendars in iCal. The main change in this update is to give it OSX 10.8 compatibility.

I have had a couple of emails in the last few days in relation to Apple's iCloud and duplicates in iCal. Having used iCal Dupe Deleter the duplicates for some users are re-appearing in iCal after a short while. The addition of the duplicated events is due to iCloud re-introducing the duplicated events back into the calendars from the server.

Apple have created a knowledge base article (TS4038) that outlines how they suggest users to remove duplicates in MobileMe. This method is identical to that for iCloud calendars and (although it seems long winded) I suggest you follow these instructions when de-duping events from iCloud calendars.

I have just uploaded Dates to iCal 2.2.5. This update makes Dates to iCal OSX Lion compatible and I recommend all users update to this version before installing Lion.

For those who have Dates to iCal installed and have already updated to Lion, I suggest you do the following:

1. Replace your previous version of Dates to iCal with version 2.2.5.
2. Open iCal and delete the calendars associated with Dates to iCal.
3. Quit and re-open iCal.
4. Make new calendars to contain the Dates to iCal events.

Mixin.com offer a Facebook app that creates a calendar file of your Facebook friends' birthdays that you can subscribe to in iCal. Take a look at www.fbcal.com. I wrote the following Applescript to copy your Facebook friends' birthdays into Address Book so that Dates to iCal could have access to these dates.