On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:44:07 +0000, NoSp wrote
(in article <4745dc05$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> 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,
<snip>
>
>> 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.
Mine too.
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.
How very odd. I've experimented with all my settings, and cannot repeat
that
behaviour. Are you sure you have actually selected a birthday (or other
event) and not just the calendar title? I ask because I accidentally just
did this and was surprised to see no alarm information, nor any notes!
> Are you using a different version than 2.05 or have some add-on stuff
> which enables this perhaps?
My version says Version 2.0.5 (1069). No add-ons.
>> I don't use Address Book for this purpose at all.
>
> Then how do you enter birthdays?
Directly into iCal. (File - New Event). Perhaps that's the difference?
If
you im****t them from Address Book then maybe you can't edit them? Just a
guess here. If you try entering a birthday directly into iCal, does it
make
a difference?
The only other thing I can suggest is that you have a corrupted Prefs
file,
in which you case you should move it somewhere safe, re-start iCal and see
if
that helps. Have you also tried setting up a test account and seeing if
you
get the same behaviour in that? (In fact I would do that before moving
your
Prefs file.)
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