Q: Stop birthday repeats for deceased in iCal
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Aug 3, 2012 6:33 PMby bllc,That is an option. However, in iCal, there’s an option for “repeat - every year” and “end - never”. I wish I could change the “never” to the date of death (or so) and have iCal no longer import the birthday. Sadly, I can’t edit “never”. Thanks anyway. What I’d like may require a program rewrite from Apple.
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Aug 3, 2012 7:48 PMby Ferd II,bllc,
If you just want to remember the birthday, you could also create a separate birthday event for the purposes of remembrance and delete the birthday entry from Address Book. That would enable you to display the event without being remided about the 112 year birthday.
Another consideration is Dates to iCal, by John Maisey.
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Aug 19, 2015 4:28 AMby johnbojaen,I think it is time for Apple to accept death is part of life (Facebook, for instance, has already done it and gives us the ability to notify when someone is gone). I don't want to delete data from my deceased contacts, I just want my devices to stop urging me to congratulate someone which is no more among us.
And this could be also helpful with people that were once part of our lives and now are very (emotionally) distant. I would like not to be reminded of their birthdays. But maybe next year we recover our friendship or I need something from them and I want their data to be in my address book.
Apple should give us the ability to disable the birthday reminder for selected contacts, because it is surrealistic having the same bonds with family, friends, coworkers, neighbours, the plumber, the electrician or our children's friends parents.
