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multiple alarms are a little funny
Authored by: scorpion on Jan 14, '04 02:10:21PM

I've had zero luck with multiple alarms. Specifically, I wanted an email sent to me and at another time have a message displayed for the same event. Well, I received no alarms for a while and so I called Apple. They told me I had to choose one or the other and if I wanted multiple alarms I would need multiple events.

Since I have two Macs, I leave my Mac at home awake all the time so it essentially acts as an iCal server and emails me reminders. But I don't know how to get around the sleep issue.

If anyone has success with multiple alarms, please email me. I'd love to get it to work.



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multiple alarms are a little funny
Authored by: googoo on Jan 14, '04 02:58:56PM

I use multiple alarms (successfully) all the time. I typically send an E-mail alarm several hours before an important meeting and a Message (with sound) about 10 minutes in advance. The key is that your Mac must be awake with your account logged on for an alarm to work.

-Mark



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me too
Authored by: SOX on Jan 14, '04 04:51:17PM

I can vouch for that.



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me three
Authored by: ptwithy on Jan 14, '04 05:39:51PM

But I leave iCal open all the time, stay logged in, and have my computer set to never sleep...



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me three
Authored by: bblfish on Jan 14, '04 06:38:19PM
I allow my laptop to sleep at night, but have ordered it to wake up before my alarm goes off by setting
System Preferences>Energy Saver>Schedule>Start up the computer "Every Day" at 7am
This seems to work. In the morning I usually wake up to some nice music.

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I stand corrected
Authored by: scorpion on Jan 15, '04 12:22:52AM

I tried this again on my G4 at home and it works fine. I haven't tried it on my iBook yet but am guessing something was just weird. It's funny that Apple told me I'd need multiple events, though.

Anyway, I stand corrected and still love iCal.



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multiple alarms & how to set them
Authored by: osxpounder on Jan 15, '04 05:12:55PM

I think the confusion arises from a design bug in iCal: when you make a new appointment [which has no alarms, of course], the place you quite naturally choose to click is the word "alarm".

As you see in this image: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwcaf/etsjcp/imagery/greyed_out.jpg .... a click on "alarm" affords you only a greyed-out menu.

If you click on the word "None", to the right of "alarm", you will see the menu you need for adding alarms. Now you can add your first alarm, as shown in this picture: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwcaf/etsjcp/imagery/pulled_down.jpg ....

Most of you have probably already discovered this. That's perhaps why, when you want to add another alarm, you [quite understandably] look for the same thing you clicked earlier when you wanted to add an alarm ... but it's not there.

Now that you have added an alarm, you must click the word "alarm", <i>even though it did nothing for you earlier</i>. See this image, of the very same appointment, as I add a 2nd alarm:

http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwcaf/etsjcp/imagery/2nd_alarm.jpg

It's a design bug because the program functions, but the way it's been designed to function misleads you. Don't blame yourself; this needs to be changed so that the interface is consistent, whether you add 1 alarm or more than 1.

I hope this helps.

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osxpounder



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