iCal -> Alarm issues

Same problem here:

How can I remove default alarm for events in iCal on devices ios?

So I create an event on my Macbook without an alarm. It then gets pushed via iCloud to iOS (phone or pad, doesn't matter). An alarm is now added even all alarm adding on the iOS device is turned off.

I then add a second alarm from my iOS device. A few moments later this edit shows up on my Macbook (via iCloud). But on my Macbook the event only has one alarm set, the one I just added.

On the iOS device the event has two alarms...

Same problem here.

Same problem here. Showed up after the Mountain Lion install. Surely it is a Mountain Lion Calendar bug (or a problem in iOS brought to light by ML on the Mac). Hopefully will be fixed in future updates.

Until then, here's a fix: On the newly named "Calendar" in Mountain Lion on your Mac, set a default alarm of choice (something preferred over the "at the time of the event" that is showing up on your iOS device). This will force iCloud to override the bug and at least push default alarms of your choosing.

It's not ideal, but it least it puts the user back in the driver's seat ... for now.

RWH

I've managed to work around this by either

a) only add events in the iCloud.com calendar

or, if you have to add an event in Mountain Lion's Calendar app:

1) go to icloud.com afterwards, edit the event, add an alert for whenever (doesn't really matter), click "OK" to save.

2) edit the event again, remove the alert you just saved.

If you just have one iOS device it might be easier to post-edit the event there.

Here's to hoping they fix the bug in the next Mountain Lion or iOS update.

10.8.2 did NOT resolve the issue for me. Even after upgrade, I'm still getting a default alarms in iOS for all new events added in Calendar on the Mac.

Give the issues with iOS6 eg Maps I'm staying with 5.1.1 for now. Is there any way to get this working on 5.1.1?