Mystery Alarm going off

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Mystery Alarm going off

This is more in the way of an annoyance but i gots to know. I replaced by old MAc Mini with a slightly more recent used one, running Mojave. Everything from the old user was cleaned off and my own stuff installed. Ever since, there's been this 9AM alarm chime that goes off every morning. The problem is, I do not have any alarms set. I've looked in the System Preferences for the clock settings, looked into "MenuCalendarClock iCal" that I use, even the preferences of my various browsers. Yet still I cannot find any alarm set for anything much less for 9AM. What else could be setting this alarm? It's not that I'm against alarms with pleasant chimes, but I'd like to know how to control the darn thing.

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 9, 2023 9:32 AM

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brbo

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Oct 10, 2023 8:40 PM in response to MTierno

Turn off alerts for a calendar

You may want to check the Calendar app: a regular sound alert may have been accidentally triggered:

Set event alerts and receive notifications in Calendar on Mac - Apple Support

Eg: says: Turn off alerts for a calendar

In the Calendar app on your Mac, Control-click the name of the calendar in the calendar list, then choose Get Info.
If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.
Select “Ignore alerts,” then click OK.

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brbo

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Oct 9, 2023 10:46 PM in response to MTierno

Re: Mystery Alarm going off

You might want to check the Reminders app to see if a daily timer or such has been set:

eg: For mojave: Add, change, or delete reminders on Mac - Apple Support

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MTierno Author

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Oct 10, 2023 9:07 PM in response to brbo

I use MenuCalendarClock iCal myself and so don't have Calendar running, but I did check both first thing, and just now rechecked. Calendar seems to have picked up a holiday or birthday entry fopr about every day of the week, though as I said i juist get this mild chime with no requester notifications for holidays or birthdays. nevertheless, I hit "Igore alerts" for each category. I'll see what happens in the morning.

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brbo

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Oct 10, 2023 4:55 PM in response to MTierno

Thank you for your thoughtful reply:

Guess you've checked "notifications" too

Use Notification Center on Mac - Apple Support

The Mac does have a recognisable "start-up" chime, so your Mac may have been set to start-up at 9am every day /eg: as reminder to start working on it.

How to: Schedule your Mac to start up, shut down, or sleep - Apple Support

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Oct 10, 2023 8:43 PM in response to MTierno

I had a similar experience when they wiped my phone in store not per my own personal preference. My suggestion would be go in store (different location if feasible ) and opt in to their in-store classes which are super helpful or just see if they can take a look at it. The Genius Bar typically is pretty hands on when it’s not about your AppleID and Password.

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Oct 9, 2023 11:09 PM in response to brbo

In addition often times there may be A disconnect between the phone, Mac iPad and or televisions if you have your Apple ID signed in …. Apple Music just to name one of them. For instance, you may want to check your TV settings or Internet browser settings on your TV that sometimes may or may not have that specific all-day event alarm set up for you. Best practice call or utilize the support application and get a ticket number so you can bubble up if needed! Hope this helps !

-JC

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MTierno Author

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Oct 10, 2023 8:07 AM in response to brbo

I'd already checked that. I don't even use that app but checked anyway. Nothin'.

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MTierno Author

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Oct 10, 2023 8:08 PM in response to brbo

I triple checked the Notification center; nothing. I looked into the energy saver for any wakeup times and again nothing (never even used Energy Saver).

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brbo

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Oct 10, 2023 9:12 PM in response to MTierno

Thank you for checking that. We'll see 😃

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MTierno Author

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Oct 10, 2023 8:09 AM in response to JohnyCastelli001

I don't have an iPad, and my phone is the wired into the wall kind, nothing fancy. It only began happenng when I got this new used Mini a few months ago, so I'm figuring it might be something the previous owner set up except the guy at the store wiped all the apps off and did a fresh install.

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