Calendar Snooze Options in Monterey?

I have resorted to setting up multiple reminders in Calendar, e.g., 1 week before, 2 days before, etc. (i.e., options that used to be available but aren't any more :-((

But I have to remember not to "clear all".

I'm sorry, but going back to an old OS is not an option. Aside from the security implications, if you have upgraded to the new chip, it's not possible. This simply means that Apple has failed by taking away features. wertgrggr is correct. The limited options in Monterey are annoying - bordering on useless. A third party App like Busy Cal allows you to type in a numerical value and has a pull down menu for units (seconds, minutes, hours, days). Apple should pay attention.

@pmazzuchelli, the "Options" menu shown in my screenshot (above) is invisible until you move your cursor over the lower-right corner of the notification popup window. When "Options" appears, press down on the button, and a menu appears. Most of the time this menu offers just the reduced number of Snooze options. Sometimes, when the Calendar entry includes a video link (e.g., Zoom), the first menu option will be "Join".

In the UX (User eXperience) world, this "Options" button is called a "hidden affordance". An "affordance" is a design feature that enables an action, e.g., the handle on a pitcher enables one to pick up the pitcher and pour. A hidden affordance is generally a bad design idea.

Not a good reply. How long have you been using Mac OS? The list posted by wetgrggr is real through at least Mojave OS. And NO, they are not all there in Monterey as of version 12.3. Very poor decision, Apple. Those options were day to day essentials for me.

I heartily agree. I do see "snooze until start time" in the list occasionally but cannot figure out what causes that option to be listed.

iaeon, you can add an alert to your Calendar event for "on the day of event" or at start time. You will then get another notification at that time but that means multiple alerts at fixed times.

Back in January, @leroydouglas posted a screenshot of a Snooze menu with just 5 choices. My experience is the number of choices varies based on the time until the event. Several days ago, I grabbed this screenshot of the longest Snooze menu I've encountered on Monterey 12.2.1.

I really miss these choices:

• for 2 hours
• for 1 day
• until 2 hours before

lchriste2 wrote:

Agree--bad design all around. The old design was great. They could not manage to place a visible symbol in the lower right corner rather than force us to play cursor tag with an invisible menu?

Have you told Apple your thoughts?

Product Feedback - Apple

Yes, but only for compliance to the Terms of Use for using the site.

If you want to get suggestions or complaints to Apple use this link: Feedback - macOS - Apple.  

I suggest we all use Old Toad's link to provide "feedback" and include the link to this discussion.....

wertgrggr wrote:

Monterey has some cool features.

But, before I take the time to upgrade, could someone please post what the options for snoozing calendar notifications are? Thanks in advance!

Yes they are all there.

https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/set-event-alerts-and-receive-notifications-icl1012/mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/calendar/change-alerts-preferences-in-calendar-on-mac-icl40727/mac

wertgrggr wrote:

Uh, no. Not if there are only 4 options with the longest being 1 hour. In Catalina, there were nearly 20 snooze options ranging from 1 minute to a week. Is that really all there are? in Monterey?

Every macOS changes happen....

Revert back to your old Catalina if that is what you want...

Erase and reinstall macOS - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/erase-and-reinstall-macos-mh27903/mac

Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version

https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15

Your "screen shot" above in the OP looks to me like a third party app

Yep, that's all that's available. It's infuriating. I often set reminders for dates 1 or more days away, and I need reminders at intervals like 1 day, 2 hours, etc. If I've manually set reminders 1 week, 1 day, 2 hours, etc. before the start time will I'll get all of them? Still, this uselessly concentrated list of options is outrageous. I'm glad to see so many other comments that agree.

Thanks to all in this thread for confirming what I'd suspected. What an incredibly dumb design change. I keep trying to think of what angle Apple was trying to play, how this change would somehow help Apple sell more things or promote something, and I keep drawing a blank. It just looks like a bad and pointless change. Not being able to sleep "until start of event" is so annoying.