How do I change the default settings for notifications/reminders i Calender?

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How do I change the default settings for notifications/reminders i Calender?

Hi,

Every time I want to enter a new activity in Calender, the small window shows up and I can put in all the details. Somehow the default setting regarding the notifications is that Calender wants to sent me one reminder with email and one with message without sound (free translated from swedish..).

I find this quite annoying since I never want to get a reminder in my inbox. Does anyone know how I can take away these defalut settings?

(I´ve been inside settings in Calender and took away whatever reminder-settings there were, but no change..)

In case it matters, I use a gmail account for email and calender.

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 2:43 PM

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pjdube

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Apr 15, 2013 2:59 PM in response to fillefisch

Did you unselect here under preferences:

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fillefisch Author

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Apr 15, 2013 3:12 PM in response to pjdube

My window looks like this:

or like this if I choose "Notiser", reminders:

I´ve got Calender 6.0

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Apr 15, 2013 3:56 PM in response to fillefisch

Open the Alerts tab at the end and set your default alerts there. New Events created should then should those settings.

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Apr 15, 2013 4:01 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

Glenn Leblanc wrote:

Open the Alerts tab at the end and set your default alerts there. New Events created should then should those settings.

That´s what I did. As you can see above on the second pic, it says "Ingen", which means none. It still doesn´t work..

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Apr 15, 2013 4:16 PM in response to fillefisch

You must have added Gmail to the accounts tab in iCal preferences. I'm not really sure what you have setup, but check there and maybe try disabling that account if it is there. Also check Mail, Contacts, & Calendars in System Preferences and uncheck that box for Calendars & Notifications if it is checked and you don't use it.

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fillefisch Author

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Apr 16, 2013 1:52 PM in response to Glenn Leblanc

I tried to disable it and then add it again, but no change..

Also checked in SP, but somehow on my gmail account I can´t uncheck that box.

I have a second gmailaccount. I activated this account in Calender, and no problem with reminders...

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Apr 16, 2013 2:29 PM in response to fillefisch

I really don't know what else to point to. Why do you have the gmail account enabled in Calendars? Are you syncing iCal with the calendars at the Google Mail site? I deleted my gmail account several years ago because of compatability issues with syncing gmail Contacts & Calendars and using iCloud at the same time. Even before using iCloud, I had issues trying to keep them synced. I'm sure they have made changes since then.

You might check the gmail website in that account to see if there aren't settings there to send out alerts with messages. That might be why it is only affecting that account.

If there are none, you might try deleting the account from Mail. Also delete it from Mail, Contacts & Calendars in System preferences and delete it from the accounts tab in iCal.

Once done, restart Mail and recreate the account. Then add the account back into iCal or MC&C preferences if you need it there.

See if that works.

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