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Create 'pre-alarmed' events in iCal
Authored by: mac4hire on Dec 30, '05 11:38:39AM

ok...so maybe I don't wholly understand what you want different than what is already built into iCal.

Are you aware that you can add as many Alarms to an Event as you want?
where it says "alarm" Click on it (hold the mouse button down) and go to "Add Alarm" and then next to where the new alarm shows click on the "None" and add your alarm for the event.

Make it an emailed alarm, sound, play an iTunes song ... whatever....

so - did I miss your point somehow?

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Create 'pre-alarmed' events in iCal
Authored by: patlaj on Dec 30, '05 01:44:03PM

The problem with the current behaviour is that you have to manually add alarms. I get new meeting requests all the time. Every time I add an event, I have to go into the info box and choose to be alerted with a message 10 minutes before. Anytime you find yourself doing the same thing again and again it's pretty clear that it should be automated.

It's amazing that iCal has been around as long as it has and it still doesn't have a preference for this. I mean, they've chosen a default setting - no alarm. It would likely be trivial to have a control to allow users to set their own default.



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Create 'pre-alarmed' events in iCal
Authored by: rspress on Jan 01, '06 06:25:22AM

Yes, you did miss the point.

The point is that unless you copy and paste an event that already has alarms set up for it the way you like there is no way to set up an event with alarms already attached. If you choose new event you have to start from scratch every time. This is a pain in the butt if you have say an event the happens on a semi-regular basis that has, say, three alarms set. If your event occur every week you can set them up to reoccur easliy but if they occur at very odd dates and times you can't set them to reoccur. Why Apple has not added an event well in which you can drag your premade events with times and alarms already set to the date of your choice is beyond me. As it is now iCal is very un-Maclike!



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