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For about 1/3 of the Calendar Events that I set, I am used to setting an alert for an event up to one week prior. Then, when the alert happens, I edit the Event and change the reminder to occur from 1 to 6 days before. Usually the day before I change the alert to happen a couple of hours before the actual time. I know this sounds a bit excessive, but I like to have a fine resolution when being reminded of an event, especially when it comes to things like Doctor appointments, Auto Repair appointments, etc. This allows me to plan my work week ahead of time.
With the latest Calendar app in IOS 5.0.1 the most I can set it for is 2 days. I spoke with support on the phone and they were very helpful to find a work around. Let's say I want to be alerted one week before the Calendar Event occurs. The work around is to create two Calendar Events with the first on the actual date of the Calendar Event and the second occuring one week before. The second Calendar Event should reference the date and time of the first alert (the real one).
I previously had a Blackberry Storm 2 (which in theory was a great phone but in practice has many, many quicks and bugs) and it allowed me to set the Alerts the way I am used to.
Does any one know of an app that will modify calendar settings without adding any (or adding minimal) UI changes to the existing Calendar App?
Also, I would like to suggest that Apple consider giving the users more options when it comes to setting these alerts. Is there a better forum or page on the Apple Web Site where suggestions are allowed? Please forgive me I am new to the Apple world and don't know these forums or the web site very well.
Thanks,
Paul

Thank you for your reply. I did see that you can set up to two reminders, and that is a fantastic UI feature. However my original question was how do you set an alert for greater than two days before the actual Calendar Event occurs? Please see my original message for clarification.
Also, I will use the link provided for feedback, thank you!
Best Regards,
Paul

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