"Time to leave" alert in calendars not working?!

Hey yall,


I wanted to start using this feature but i can't get it to work at all. I think it's a bug but wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem. I have location services on, notifications on and i believe all the proper settings right. The weird thing is, it works on my ipad, but not my phone. I create an event on my phone, set an address, and ill get a notification to leave on my ipad, but not my iphone where i need it. It doesn't make sense. If it works on my ipad, then it should work on my phone?! It's driving me crazy! LOOKING FOR HELP!

Thanks 🙂

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Mar 12, 2016 8:05 PM

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Jan 10, 2017 9:14 PM in response to alexjcanha10

Same issues - frustrating. "Time to Leave" is usually not listed as an Alert choice when I create an event, but then it is, or isn't, if I edit the event on another device or iMac, also alerts me or not on one device and not another. Can't figure out why it works and doesn't work. I just created an event and "Time to Leave" is not listed.


On another related note; typing this post on iPad Pro/Safari/iOS 10.2 is very problematic as far as the typing/keyboard interface is concerned. Always something...

Jan 11, 2017 12:16 AM in response to Sapote

Created Calendar event with location/address (note: no map is displayed) on my iPad Pro (iOS 10.2) and could not select "Time to Leave" as Alert status. Tried changing it on iPhone 6 (iOS 10.2) and not in menu. Then I tried changing it on iMac (macOS Sierra 10.12). Double-click event, click on date/time row, then Alert:, and sure enough there is "Time to Leave" in drop-down menu. Select that, close info window. Open event back up and its reverted back to "Alert: None". Agghh!! 😠 How does this thing work and then not work? I've had it set up fine before with "Time to Leave", show map with location, and not even alert me also.


These posts/topic should be under: iOS>Calendar forum.

Mar 30, 2017 9:39 AM in response to Adam Tams 85

This worked for me. However, both these settings were already on but here's what I did.

1. turn off Location-based alerts and Location-based suggestions.

2. Exit to the previous settings screen.

3. Go back and turn those settings on

4. Close the Calendar app (double-click the home button and swipe up on Calendar).

5. Open Calendar app and now "time to leave" is an option again.

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