On 22-11-07 19:07, Sally Thompson wrote:
> 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 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!
Good idea! ;-)
> 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.
How are you able to set the alarm?
Here, all my birthdays belong to a separate and appropriately named
"Birthday" calendar. If I click on the "Info" button when I've selected
a birthday a drawer slides out on the left hand side of the window with
a crossed over pencil at the top, indicating that it's not possible to
edit it.
Also, I see no way of adding an alarm, and there's no "Notes" available
either.
Are you using a different version than 2.05 or have some add-on stuff
which enables this perhaps?
> I don't use Address Book for this purpose at all.
Then how do you enter birthdays?
I've been reading the "help" function as well as searching the web for
more information on the subject, and as far as I know this is the way to
enter birthdays on the Mac without any additional software.
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