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event repeating on your calendar until the end of time (a good choice
for recording, say, your anniversary, especially if your spouse might be
consulting the same calendar).
In other situations, you may prefer to spin the three dials (month, day,
year) to specify an ending date, which is a useful option for car and mortgage
payments.
Alert. This screen tells Calendar how to notify you when a certain
appointment is about to begin. Calendar can send any of four kinds of
flags to get your attention. Tap how much notice you want: 5, 15, or 30
minutes before the big moment; an hour or two before; a day or two
before; or on the day of the event.
When you tap Save and return to the main Add Event screen, you’ll see
that a new line, called Second Alert, has sprouted up beneath the first
Alert line. This line lets you schedule a second warning for your appointment,
which can occur either before or after the first one. Think of it as a
backup alarm for events of extra urgency. Tap Save.
Once you’ve scheduled these alerts, at the appointed time(s), you’ll see a
message appear on the screen. (Even if the phone was asleep, it appears
briefly.) You’ll also hear a chirpy alarm sound.
The iPhone doesn’t play the sound if you turned off Calendar alerts in
SettingsÆSounds. it also doesn’t play if you silenced the phone with the silencer
switch on the side.
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