Cannot disable default calendar alerts.

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martinneep Author

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14 points

Cannot disable default calendar alerts.

I have a really frustrating problem with iCloud calendar alerts that is driving me crazy...

I don't want to receive any alerts for events unless I specifically set an alert when I create the event.

I'm using the following settings on my iOS devices:

Default Alerts>

Birthdays: NONE

Events: NONE

All day events: NONE

In preferences on the web version of iCal "Add a default alert to new events and invitations" is NOT ticked.

And finally in iCal, I'm using the following settings:

Alerts>

Events: NONE

All day events: NONE

Birthdays: NONE

Now, if I create an event on either my iPad or iPhone, it behaves as expected and there is no alert added. However, if I create an event in iCal, it always shows on my iOS devices with an alert set for "At time of event". This is driving me nuts, is it a bug???

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), iCal

Posted on Sep 9, 2012 4:06 AM

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Answer 1

EasyOSX

Level 1

16 points

Oct 4, 2012 3:02 PM in response to martinneep

I'm having a similar problem, only it's creating random alert times for me after the event has already started.

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Answer 2

Nov 14, 2012 10:28 PM in response to martinneep

Hi

Have you received any responses as how to avoid this problem? It is also driving me crazy even doing "automatic alerts" when an calendar item has passed.

Thanks,

Pengiefan

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Answer 3

Jan 22, 2013 1:11 AM in response to martinneep

Disappointing lack of response to a frustrating issue.

Currently getting an alert an 09:00 every morning OF MY VACATION that it's my vacation!

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Answer 4

Apr 25, 2013 6:45 PM in response to martinneep

I've started a different thread on this topic as I couldn't find this one with searches, but it was suggested after I'd made my post.

The other suggested threads referred to google calendar problems, which was interesting. I had added, but then switched off, a google calendar at about the time that I began to have this problem. I have since deleted the google calendar, but the alerts problem persists.

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Answer 5

Oct 24, 2013 11:40 AM in response to martinneep

Seeing this as well. I'm getting 15 min alerts on recurring events that I specify None for the alert, for all future events. Some number of quiet event occurrences later, it goes back to alerting at 15 mins again.

iCloud calendar.

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