On Dec 1, 2023 at 9:20:43 PM PST, "Connor Shannon" <cshannon1898@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from short alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked, but now even that isn't working.

any ideas??

Usually, not getting Notifications is a function of the app not having permission in the Notification System Preference. I recently deleted and re-installed an app that mirrors the text messages sent to my phone. It
woudn't display a "badge" of the number of texted recieved nor display a
banner or alert when I got a text. Once I went into the System Preferences>Notifications option, selected the App and enabled banners and badges, it worked as before.

Check that option out. I'll bet it's disabled.
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On 2023-12-02 00:20, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from short alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked, but now even that isn't working.

Review Mac System Settings | Notification Settings | Calendar

Review Calendar Settings | Alerts

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On 2023-12-02 12:37, Sn!pe wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-12-02 00:20, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little
window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't
figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from short >>> alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked, but now
even that isn't working.

Review Mac System Settings | Notification Settings | Calendar

Review Calendar Settings | Alerts

I find that many odd glitches like this respond well to a reboot.
MacOS is no longer bomb-proof the way it used to be back in
iSteve's day.

MacOS bomb-proof at any time? ROFL!

I actually find it far more stable now than when I first got a Mac in
2007 (or 008). The OS was Tiger IIRC.

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On 2023-12-02 14:48, Sn!pe wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-12-02 12:37, Sn!pe wrote:

I find that many odd glitches like this respond well to a reboot.
MacOS is no longer bomb-proof the way it used to be back in
iSteve's day.

MacOS bomb-proof at any time? ROFL!

I actually find it far more stable now than when I first got a Mac in
2007 (or 008). The OS was Tiger IIRC.

I started with Panther. Yes, I found that and most later versions very rarely needed a reboot until quite recently. I do think that standards
have dropped since iSteve died.

I would say it crested around 2018 - when it seemed they were always
rushing to get all the products up to new features by the fall and they
were shipping poorly tested code.

Since then (IMO) s/w quality has improved. On my prior iMac I would go
upwards of 90 days between re-boots. Yet to be seen on the new (M3)
iMac - and my UPS needs a new batt so crashed Thursday during some line
voltage glitches.

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On 2023-12-02, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-12-02 12:37, Sn!pe wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-12-02 00:20, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little
window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't
figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from short >> >>> alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked, but now
even that isn't working.

Review Mac System Settings | Notification Settings | Calendar

Review Calendar Settings | Alerts

I find that many odd glitches like this respond well to a reboot.
MacOS is no longer bomb-proof the way it used to be back in
iSteve's day.

MacOS bomb-proof at any time? ROFL!

I actually find it far more stable now than when I first got a Mac in
2007 (or 008). The OS was Tiger IIRC.

I started with Panther. Yes, I found that and most later versions very rarely needed a reboot until quite recently.

I started with the Mac SE.

I have machines running the latest that haven't had reboots in months
and months, and run without issue.

I do think that standards have dropped since iSteve died.

Nope. Apple's client base has grown exponentially, and small bugs
naturally affect more people as a result.

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On Saturday, 02 December 2023 10:03 -0800,
in article <0bf937e6-ba4a-4f7a-81f8-c7378720a25en@googlegroups.com>,
Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everybody like I said I checked all the settings. In the pgms the
Alerts settings just say WHEN to make them you actually turn alerts
on and off in macOS settings. I have them turned on for Mail and
Calendar and I say I want both little banners plus sounds but I only
get sounds on Mail and no banners on either pgm.

One is not looking for "Alerts." One is looking for the Notifications
pane in the System Settings. It is here where one is able to control
how various applications handle notifications, including Mail.app and Messages.app. Here one is able to turn notifications on and off, and
select the type(s) of notifications one wishes to receive, both
visual and audible..

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On 2023-12-02, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:

Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:

On 2023-12-02 00:20, Connor Shannon wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little
window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't
figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from short >> > alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked, but now
even that isn't working.

Review Mac System Settings | Notification Settings | Calendar

Review Calendar Settings | Alerts

I find that many odd glitches like this respond well to a reboot.
MacOS is no longer bomb-proof the way it used to be back in
iSteve's day.

macOS was never bomb proof.

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On 2023-12-02, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little
window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't
figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from
short alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked,
but now even that isn't working.

any ideas??

Do you have a Focus / Do Not Disturb turned on?

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On Sat, 2 Dec 2023 19:10:32 -0800 (PST), Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@gmail.com> wrote:

On Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 2:27:17?PM UTC-8, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2023-12-02, Connor Shannon <cshann...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a little
window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and can't
figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it from
short alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it worked,
but now even that isn't working.

any ideas??

Do you have a Focus / Do Not Disturb turned on?

Thank you, that was the problem! I found it and it was on so I turned it off and then set a Calendar task for two minutes from now and said "At time of event" and it pinged a couple of minutes later.

But now I wonder how Do Not Disturb got turned on??? I have it set for 10 pm to 8 am everyday and I know that works b'cuz if I'm reading on my iPad at 10 pm a little note comes up. So why was it on at 7 pm??

Timezone issue?

Regionalisation setting changed by something?

J.

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On 2023-12-03, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@gmail.com> wrote:

On Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 2:27:17 PM UTC-8, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2023-12-02, Connor Shannon <cshann...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi.

My MacBook doesn't put up little alerts on the screen for calendar
reminders or mail. At least mail beeps but it doesn't put up a
little window. THE Calendar doesn't do anything.

I'm using up to date Sonoma.

I've looked at the settings in the pgms and in Mac settings and
can't figure out what's wrong. I think a while back if I changed it
from short alerts to staying on the screen until I clicked it it
worked, but now even that isn't working.

any ideas??

Do you have a Focus / Do Not Disturb turned on?

Thank you, that was the problem!

Welcome.

I found it and it was on so I turned it off and then set a Calendar
task for two minutes from now and said "At time of event" and it
pinged a couple of minutes later.

But now I wonder how Do Not Disturb got turned on??? I have it set for
10 pm to 8 am everyday and I know that works b'cuz if I'm reading on
my iPad at 10 pm a little note comes up. So why was it on at 7 pm??

Maybe you accidentally enabled it, or maybe just a glitch.

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