Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

I use iCal on both my laptop and iphone and have been very happy doing so for the last couple of years, and they automatically synchronise every time I plug my phone in. However life is getting increasingly busy and it would be really useful if my girlfriend and I could see each other's calendars in the same place (mainly because I'm always forgetting what I've been told...). She doesn't really use a computerised calendar at the moment so isn't tied into anything. My guess was that google calendars was the best bet but is there an easy way of syncing with iCal so that I can download her schedule onto my phone/computer and my schedule gets uploaded to the same calendar? If not is there a good alternative that we can use across devices?

Check out Busycal. Integrates nicely with Google, uses the local iCal database (so iCal still works), better interface than iCal, pretty good support info. It's not perfect if you have people updating invitations, but it's better than iCal. Downside is it's a paid app, but I have come round to the view that you always pay one way or another.