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Anxiety is a free super-lightweight To-do list application for Mac OS X Leopard that synchronizes with iCal and Mail. It provide a streamlined, easily accessible interface from your menu-bar or Dock where you can add and check off your tasks for your To-do list. Double-clicking a list item reveals the task in iCal or Mail for extended editing.
Anxiety utilizes Leopard’s Calendar Store — a new system-wide database that contains your calendars, events and to-dos — to remain in sync with iCal and Mail. Add, remove, or check off a task in either Anxiety or one of these apps, and the changes will be reflected in the others. Syncing across Macs is also automatically done for those who are using .Mac.
When clicking on the menu-bar icon, Anxiety will launch a simple, semi-transparent window, containing a list of tasks, that floats over all other windows. (or be visible only when Anxiety is the frontmost program). Now just click on the checkbox button to add a new task or check the box next to a task to mark it as completed and remove it from the list. Anxiety’s list is automatically synchronized with the To Do lists in Leopard’s iCal and Mail programs. You can choose the calendar to which a new task will be synced when creating the task.
You can decide to show Anxiety in the menu-bar, the Dock, or both when running in the background. Anxiety’s strong point is its integration with OS X Leopard’s own built-in to-do-list features in iCal and Mail. It is not a full featured To-do list and I think this is a plus for many users who are just looking for an easier way to use Leopard’s already built-in features.
Anxiety is Leopard only and a free download. I am now using Anxiety to replace MenuCalendarClock for iCal, $19.95 as the developer required a new full priced to get a Leopard compatible version since I mainly used it for the To-do list anyways.
If you are like me and are always trying to organize your life and stop forgetting stuff, I highly recommend Anxiety as a simple add-on that might make a difference in your busy life. You can not beat the price.
Anxiety is awarded 4 out of 5 Paws
