iCal 1.5.1 "Play Sound" alarms show two alarm messages

These things can happen after updating to iCal 1.5.1:

 

  • iCal "play sound" alarms become "message with sound" alarms.

     

  • Two messages appear for alarms that previously had one.

 

This happens because your "play sound" alarms are converted into "message with sound" alarms.

iCal 1.5 or later allows you to attach different kinds of alarms to a single event. Earlier versions of iCal used separate alarms for "display message" and "play sound". iCal converts this type of alarm to a "message with sound" alarm, so that a persistent message is displayed at the time of the alarm in case you are away from the computer. If you already had one message attached to the alarm, you will see two after upgrading.

You can adjust the alarm or remove extra messages by following these steps:

  1. Open iCal 1.5.1.
  2. Select the event that has an alarm.
  3. Open the inspector by choosing Window > Show Info.
  4. Select the alarm you want to remove.
  5. In the inspector, click the word "alarm" by the alarm you wish to remove. A pop-up menu appears:



  6. Choose Remove Alarm from the pop-up menu.

 

Published Date: Oct 11, 2016