iCal not message alerts not happening

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iCal not message alerts not happening

iCal 3.0.8, the notification alerts (email, message with sound, open file, etc) are not working at all. I set a time to notify me with an email or message and nothing happens. No idea why. Any help please.
Thx.

G5, dual 2Ghz, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Feb 14, 2011 2:52 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 15, 2011 6:33 AM in response to Christopher Davis2

I'm having the same problem although I'm using version 4.0.4.

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Answer 2

Feb 16, 2011 12:17 PM in response to Uncle David

Ok I think I found the fix. Check in Preferences, under Advanced. See if "Turn off all alarms" is checked. Uncheck that. I might have activated that ages ago and forgot about it. The alerts are working now.

Silly oversight. Hope that helps-

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Answer 3

Feb 16, 2011 12:34 PM in response to Christopher Davis2

That's not my problem. However, since upgrading to the new iCal the alerts seem to have been reactivated. Unfortunately, I'm now getting double alerts. Both from my 'On My Mac' events, and also the '@me.com' events that now appear in iCal. I really wish Apple would do a more thorough testing of updates before offering them.

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