Google Calendar is a great cloud computing calendar solution which allows you to manage your calendar online, as well as invite others to shared events.

One feature Google Calendar is missing though is the ability to delete more than one event at a time. However, by using the remote calendar functionality Google Calendar offers, you can get around this.

(This solution uses iCal on OSX but you could use a similar approach with GooSync for Outlook if you’re on Windows.)

1. In iCal, select Preferences from the iCal menu.
2. Go to the Accounts tab and add a new account (+)
   
3. Select CalDAV from the Account Type then enter your Google username and password.
4. Enter the Server Address as google.com.
5. On the Server Settings, make sure the Server Path is set to /calendar/dav/[username]/user where [username] is your Google username.
6. You have now configured your Google Calendar to sync up with iCal.
7. If you have a mass of events with similar content that you need to remove, search for that term eg. “Morning Meeting”.
8. Select all the events and delete.
9. When iCal synchronizes with Google Calendar, all those events will be removed.

The Apple OSX bevelled effect isn’t exactly original now but, nonetheless, there are times when the style suits your design needs, especially when wireframing OSX/iPhone applications.

I’ve found a neat little method of creating the bevel effect in Fireworks which you can reuse quite easily:

1. Select the object you want to apply the effect to. (Note it works best on darker objects).
2. Apply a drop shadow filter to the object (Filters > Shadow and Glow > Drop Shadow).
3. Set the Distance to 1, Opacity to 20%, Softness to 0, Angle to 270 and the Color as #FFFFFF.

That’s it! See the following example of how it looks.

For added convenience, why not set this as a favourite style?

1. Select the object you’ve just applied the filter to (it should be the only filter applied).
2. Click the + button next to Filters.
3. Select Options > Save As Style….
4. Name the style, something like “OSX Bevel“.
5. Now you can apply the bevelled effect to any object you select in Fireworks by clicking the + button and choosing “OSX Bevel“.

Hopefully some of the designers out there will find this little tip useful.

If you can think of a quicker or more convenient way of applying this effect in Fireworks or have an alternative approach for all the Photoshop users out there, leave a comment below.