iCal Alerts Disappear (synching with Google Calendar)

In fact, I also continue to have this problem, and the workaround doesn't work for me. I repeat the problem, in case it needs to be clarified again.

When I add a new event on Calendar 7.0 (on Mac OS 10.9.5, Mavericks), by default it includes an alert 5 minutes before the event. This alert is supposed to sync to Google, according to my settings in Calendar. However, when I go to calendar.google.com and I look at this very event (which has been successfully uploaded), the reminder is not there at all. How is it that the events are syncing properly, but the reminders are not?

Thanks!

I think my problem might be related. I have some of these issues (intermittently???), but I am having a constant issue with snoozing alarms. If I snooze them in iCal...they disappear. I snooze them to make sure I get them done later...and now I'm forgetting to do stuff. Argh.

I have the same problem. I use 5 google calenders in the family, we share them on 5 macs and 3 iphones.

Everyone is logged in as admin so they can change all calenders. It works and has worked great for 2 years since a few days/weeks?

I think something changed at googles end?

I cannot enter a reminder manually. They dissapear!

This is VERY annoying!

Edit: I just tested out that I CAN set up reminders in 10.7 lion and they also show up on iOS5. But those reminders DO NOT show up in 10.6.8 with the older ical. The adjustmens made in Lion also show up in Google Calender online. So basicly you cannot setup reminders in SnowLeopard with older ical ?

The sound isn't important to me, either! Thank you for looking into that, surjit!

Now...how do I get the default in iCal to NOT be with sound? I do not seem to be able to find that setting. I tested it and, as long as I either create the event in my iPod or make sure I change the alarm to go without a sound it all works. But my default in iCal is with sound - if I forget to alter it, I'm screwed!

Well, that solved that problem...

But it turns out I still can't snooze consistently without the alerts disappearing eventually. Haven't figured out what makes the difference. Grrrrrrr......

I am thinking it might be if the alarm time ends up after the start time of the event. Argh.

I've found one way to get a default alert, but it relies on the alert being pushed from Google when iCal syncs the event for the first time.

In Google's calendar site, on the left, mouse over the name of your calendar under the My Calendars heading, click the arrow beside your calendar and go to "Calendar Settings", then click the "Notifications" tab and in the "Event Reminders" section, set a default alert as Pop-up and save it on the site. Now, when you create a new event on your Google calendar account through iCal, it will add that alert into iCal the first time it syncs (cmd + R to manually force it to sync), and you should see it in iCal as just a "message" and not "message with sound".

I am also having the snooze issue, and believe I can concur (I'm still testing) that snooze alerts work up until the time of the event, and then disappear.

Thanks, you just made my day. In fact, if you have your iPhone at hand and sync the agenda with it as well, the phone will make a sound for you.

I realize this thread is old by now, but the exact issue and the workaround fix still exists in Mavericks (10.9.4) and Calendar 7.0. So, I'm just throwing this out there again: Has anyone come across a fix that does not involve removing notification sounds from calendar alerts on Mac and still have then synced to Google Calendar? I can appreciate that not everybody needs sound notifications, but I kind of do.