by Reader Dennis Malloy finds himself lost in Calendar. He writes:
When I used Calendar in Mountain Lion I could configure events so I was alerted via email. But now that option seems to be missing. Is there some way to bring it back?
It’s still there as are all of Calendar’s other alert options. It’s just that they’re not as obvious as they once were. Let’s run through it.
Launch Calendar and create a new event. In the event window you see four areas—New Event; Add Alert, Repeat, or Travel Time; Add Invitees; and Add Notes or URL. Click on Add Alert, Repeat, or Travel Time. It expands to show you the options you’re familiar with, including the From and To entries, Repeat, Alert, and Show As (Travel Time is in there as well, but it’s new with Mavericks).
You can still create email alerts.
Click on Alert and you’ll see a series of time entries—15 minutes before and 2 days before, for instance. But the Email option you’re looking for is nowhere to be found. At the bottom of this list you see a Custom entry. Click on that and another small window appears. Click on the first pop-up menu that’s currently labeled Message and four entries appear—Message, Message With Sound, Email, and Open File. Select Email and another pop-up menu appears that contains the personal email accounts you’ve configured on your Mac. Select one, choose when you want the message to be sent from the pop-up menu below, click OK, and you’ve configured your email alert.
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