iCal: You must add your own card and email address in Contacts to be able to use mail alerts.

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iCal: You must add your own card and email address in Contacts to be able to use mail alerts.

Problems with Mountain Lion. Have never had these problems previously. Have been a mac user since 1990.

iTunes no longer sends music to my airport express. NO FIX EXISTS !

Now iCal every time I want to send an email alert puts up this message: You must add your own card and email address in Contacts to be able to use mail alerts.

COME ON I HAVE DONE THIS OVER AND OVER TO NO RESULT.

MACINTOSH WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

UNHAPPY !

iMac (24-inch Early 2008), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Mar 9, 2013 9:18 AM

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Eric Root

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Mar 9, 2013 9:29 AM in response to Ron Cooper1

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work.

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If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal.

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Ron Cooper1 Author

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Mar 9, 2013 9:47 AM in response to Ron Cooper1

Thanks to John Maisey of London for resolving this issue. When installing upgrade to 10.8.2 the installation must have broken which card is my card in Contacts.

I did the simple making "this my card" and no resolved this problem Thanks again JM !

John Maisey London

Re: Calendar reminders

Feb 26, 2013 1:42 PM (in response to Ciné Rare)

Hi,

The Calendar doesn't know which is your card unless you tell it.

Open Contacts, select your card and choose the menu Card > Make This My Card.

Best wishes

John M

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a mayer

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Jun 29, 2013 5:51 AM in response to Ron Cooper1

Had same problem ... this fixed it. I agree with Ron, Apple must be more careful to stick to the original design goals. If the application needs you to set a card, the message you get should be explicit adn tell you how to do it. Better yet, test the upgrade that deleted the "My Card" indication before releasing the code.

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