On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:05:17 +0000, NoSp wrote
(in article <47457e8c@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> What's the best way of keeping track of birthdays on a Mac?
>
> I would like to be told about a birthday prior to its date, and I would
> like to know how old that person is about to become.
> I've had a look at iCal along with Address book, but it seems that
> although I can enter the birthyear in Address book, only the current
> year is displayed in iCal, meaning I have to guess that person's age.
> Also, I see no way of setting an alarm for birthdays in iCal.
> Preferrably I would like to set individual alarms for each birthday.
I use iCal for birthdays, with an alarm, and it works very well. I have
mine
set to give an alarm (message with sound) 5 days before (but you can
choose
the number) so that I have time to go and buy the card and post it! To
set
the alarm, you need to display the "information" for the event. I don't
keep
the year of birth except for children, but you could add that in the
"Notes"
at the bottom of the info window. The alarm message stays on the desktop
until you close it; if it's in your way you can ask for a reminder in a
defined number of minutes or days.
I don't use Address Book for this purpose at all.
> So will iCal and/or Address book do what I want, or should I look for
> another application?
iCal will do exactly what you want.
>
> Oh, I also need to be able to save all birthdays to a file which I can
> give to other family members (regardless if they have a Mac or PC). I
> guess either PDF, HTML or some other "common" format will do.
I haven't explored that one, sorry.
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