User manual
Table Of Contents
- Bento® 3
- Welcome to Bento
- Overview of Bento
- Using Libraries
- Using the Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto Libraries
- Using Collections
- Using Form View
- About Forms
- Viewing a Form and a Table at the Same Time
- Creating Records in Form View
- Editing Records in Form View
- Duplicating Records in Form View
- Deleting Records in Form View
- Creating Forms
- Deleting Forms
- Duplicating Forms
- Renaming Forms
- Adding Fields to a Form
- Tabbing Between Fields
- Moving Fields and Objects on Forms
- Resizing Fields and Objects
- Removing Fields from a Form
- Customizing Form Layouts
- Using Table View
- Using Grid View
- Using Fields
- Importing, Exporting, and Printing
- Backing Up and Restoring Information
- Using Bento with Bento for iPhone and iPod touch
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Reverting to a Previous Version of Bento
- Index
Chapter 3 Using the Address Book, iCal, and iPhoto Libraries 47
Troubleshooting iCal Updates
This section describes some common issues with displaying data from the iCal
application.
• Why don’t I see the collections from iCal Events or iCal Task libraries in the iCal
application?
The iCal application does not have a way to display a subset of the events or tasks
from a specific calendar.
• Why don’t I see events or tasks from my subscribed calendars?
Subscribed calendars are stored on an external server; Bento displays information
for local calendars only.
• How do I create a calendar in Bento?
When you create a calendar in the iCal application, it can be used as a calendar
selection in Bento. You cannot create a calendar in Bento.
Other iCal Considerations
• When you create a Bento backup file, the data from the iCal application is not
included in the Bento backup file. To back up the data from iCal, use the iCal
application.
If you add fields to the iCal libraries, information from those added fields is
included in the Bento backup file. See
Chapter 10, “Backing Up and Restoring
Information” on page 117 for information on creating a Bento backup file.
• You can use import and export with the iCal libraries. Records imported into
the iCal libraries update the iCal application. See
Chapter 9, “Importing,
Exporting, and Printing” on page 101 for information on importing and
exporting.
iPhoto Library
iPhoto is a convenient application for keeping track of your photos and video clips.
By default, Bento gets the photo and video clip information from the iPhoto
application and keeps the information in your iPhoto library updated with iPhoto
changes. However, you can’t add, delete, or duplicate records, collections, Smart
Collections, or records within collections and Smart Collections in the iPhoto library.
You can’t edit the contents of fields that originate in the iPhoto application.
You can add fields to your records in the iPhoto library, and then edit or delete them,
but those fields do not display in the iPhoto application. See
Chapter 8, “Using Fields”
on page 79 for information on adding fields.
In Bento, your iPhoto Albums appear as collections and Smart Albums appear as
Smart Collections. The Bento iPhoto library contains default collections that
correspond to these iPhoto items: Last 12 Months, Last Import, and Flagged.