Snooze Calendar Notifications in Big Sur

Keith Tizzard1 wrote:

How many time do we have to send feedback about this issue before Apple takes any notice?

Apple taking notice and Apple deciding its a change they want to make are two very separate things. All feedback is read. Not all feedback is acted upon.

i don’t know how Apple groups the feedbacks, but if they’re scattered under multiple titles, I think we lose our impact. So, what is the most apt classification for this issue? Bug? Suggestion? New Feature? - personally I think “bug” is more effective. Comments?

It would be normal human behavior when Apple would respond and state, if they consider change, if took them by surprise or if they deleted it with some reason. I know Apple is not known for their openness, but you may expect decency, because the information would not compromise anybody (competition, employees and customers)

That's why we have to show them that this was a very popular feature and to explain how we are thousands of users losing a lot of productivity time with Big Sur. We want it back ASAP not in 10 year ! And if we are enough to request it back and to explain why they should prioritize this issue, we'll increase or chances.

Yes... I don’t understand how they are able to take such bad decisions they wouldn’t take if they were seriously using their apps!

But Apple is known for over-simplifying things without any other purpose than design (like the « new » look of Spotlight).

But it is how it is, and we have to continue sending feedbacks, especially after every update that doesn’t address the issue...

I noticed another very weird change, you cannot repeat activities on only weekdays, it is now days or weeks, months etc.. But I have a lot repeating activities only during weekdays. The old ones, which were sett previously, remain active but for new ones the - most logical option - for choosing weekdays for reminders and activities, seem to have disappeared. I do not want to be reminded of my daily management meetings on Sunday in church! What is going on? Anyone?

I feel like it was like this for a while. I’ve gone to custom and just click the days of the week you want to include. Like you would for a MWF pattern, for example. It isn’t as convenient but at least it’s a relatively easy solution compared to some other issues where there are no fixes.

Thanks Mark for the third-party app! But what I usually like about the fact of buying apple products is specifically the fact that the built-in app are integrated and fine. That was the case with the Calendar app... and still today I find this app quiet useful and well done on both iOS and macOS devices... except for the snooze feature we lost !

A system upgrade should improve existing features, not remove basic ones !

And btw, I juste checked on Windows 10... and the Calendar app is just awful, but at least there is still a feature to snooze notifications ! And it do the job.

Jklm - Did that - different form to the one I used last time so, hopefully, the weight of public opinion is mounting. Everyone else reading this please use the link in Jklm's post to "formally" register your unhappiness. I think posting on this forum adds little value to getting a change made.

Apple needs to listen to all of us and know that for every one of us complaining, there are 100 more who feel the same way. It is absolutely ridiculous that you can no longer designate the snooze time.

brsm1990 wrote:

They obviously pay no attention to the feedback forms either otherwise they would have fixed this disaster by now.

Or, they have a different vision about how things should work. Or they're planning on adding it back later. Just because you ask Apple for something doesn't mean they have to give it to you.

PaleoKris wrote:

What I don't understand is how this is not annoying for the teams at Apple.

Have you considered the possibility that not everyone has the same needs or wants that you do? That they don't have the same workflow? That this may work just fine for lots of people?

That would be a good argument if people were asking for something that Apple never offered on a MacBook; however, it is something they have had for years and they took it away. Because they offered it, many people used it and now need it for their workflow. They wouldn't if it hadn't of been a choice from the start. Out of the tens of thousands of Apple employees I would think there would be many of them that use the snooze option in the calendar so I'm guessing that the Apple employees use Windows computers. :)

Every working professional with a busy schedule needs this feature. It's a common sense feature, that's why it was there through many versions. Perhaps people that use their computers as toys don't need or want it.

brsm1990 wrote:

Every working professional with a busy schedule needs this feature. It's a common sense feature, that's why it was there through many versions. Perhaps people that use their computers as toys don't need or want it.

Not true. I am a very busy working professional. I don't use that feature. I'm not sure why it's so hard for you to accept that not everyone has the exact same needs that you do. I'm not denigrating your need/desire for the feature. I don't understand why the need to assume that people who are happy with something different are less busy, less professional, or less smart.