Set default iCal alert sound?

iCal allows the user to specify how long it will be between an event and a default alarm. Is it also possible to specify what the default sound will be for an alarm? I find myself having to change the sound on every alarm I set, which is pretty annoying. Thanks in advance for replies.

I just discovered that iCal or Calendar uses the first (alphabetical order) sound it finds in your sound folder
The default is Bass because this is the first one
but if you add any other one that starts with the letter A, iCal will use that one
I added the sound Agogo and now all my alerts use Agogo
You need to copy the sound you want to be used in your User Sounds folder, no need to change the System Sound folder
or add an A in front of the name of your favorite one

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On mac I can set my own alert sound...but it plays simultaneously with the default mac alert tone...turn the default tone off in in Notifications=both turn off!

as above..... how do i turn off default mac 'horn' sound and leave the TB one one!?
thanks

Sounds like a question for the Apple Genius bar people.

Changing iCal alert sounds

I set a sound to use in Mail (user/library/sounds) and it keeps popping up/on with my iCal alerts. How do I set the alert to NOT use that sound in iCal?
running iCal 2.1.
thanks

Oh, ok. Then search around macupdate to see if you can find a utility that assigns sounds to sytem events. Such things have been around since OS9 so there must be one or more for OSX. Whether they are Lion compatible is another story.
As for the beep sound when you change the volume, I never heard anyone complain about that The general user-level answer is no you cannot change that. The hacker answer is, it's your machine you can hack it any way you please. Hint, it's a aiff sound file buried in the system somewhere and referenced by the sound preferences. But if you change it (a) it is not clear who else might be using it since it is not in the sound preferences itself and (b) it will only be clobbered when some future apple update comes along to update the code containing that aiff. So bottom line, forget about it.
[I know where it is -- I looked out of curiosity as a result of your post -- but I'll refrain from posting its location on these forums.]

How can I change default iCal alert tones? Basso is awful!

I am running iCal on a MacBook Pro using OS X 10.9.4
I've looked at previous threads and tried their suggestions of altering the default in the Library or using Terminal. Neither of these seem to work in the new OS X, as the files have been restructured for iCal or placed in other directories.
Please help - I do not want to receive alerts with the horrible 'Basso' tone. I can customise new events as I create them, but events from the cloud use the default sound (which is 'Basso') and I want to change that.

Make sure "All Day" is not checked and you can do it.
Update: I now see you want that as the calendar Events default. Sorry

Default iCal alert is always 1,485 minutes, weird!

Every time I create an iCal event using my MacBook Pro the default alert message is set to 1,485 minutes! I can't seem to figure this one out. Also, it won't let me save it as a different ammount, like 1 hour or 1 day. Any suggestions?

Hi,
See my post here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2810750?start=15&tstart=0
Best wishes
John M

Why oh why can't i default ical alerts to "none"?

Despite the fact that in Preferences I change the alerts to "none", all sorts of events in iCal are still defaulting to 35791394 minutes after, or some such nonsense. Sometimes 3 or 4 identical alerts are listed. How do I eliminate this junk?

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Ok Brannon,
You need to take a look at system prefs. Go to sound>sound effects.
You should see a whole list of alert sounds. Mine is set to funk, which is a dull and low 'thunk' sound. You might find one that your dog finds inoffensive. You can click on these and hear them. You can also choose where you them to play from. ie if you have iTunes blaring out of your hifi speakers, you can set your system alert sound to play thru your macs internal speakers. The best bit is that you can set the alert volume relative to the overall volume.
I hope that helps you
Cheers, and woof woof wa-woof woof to your dog. Don't worry, he'll get it.
Lee

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How do I set up iCal to send me an email alert and a message with sound 15 minutes before the event by default so that I don't have to remember to do this everytime I add an event in iCal (which by the way I can't remember)?
Thanks for your help.

Why not search for iPhone setup instructions on these forums? I have posted exact step by step instructions or configuration summaries at least three times in the past 6 months on this topic.
Here's one ....
http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Verizon-net-Email/Itouch-is-connected-but-can-t-get-email-to-work-from-...
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Hi, I'd like to have my ical alert default setting to be sent to my email address. Is this doable? seems such an obviously function to have. None of the drop down options allow this, instead I have to choose custom and create a new 'send to email' alert everytime. Thanks, Jim

No I don't have that option. I can see the corresponding option for calendars so I understand where it should be - but it isn't there. It's as if the account set up by mobileiron is disregarded and the system only thinks I have one account. But still - the mobileiron account is listed right there....
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Alerts in delegate iCal 6.0 in Mountain Lion not allowing to set default

I'm using iCal 6.0 with OSX 10.8.2
When syncing iCal with my Google calendars all is well. However, when I add an event in any one of the delegate calendars in switches the default alert from "None" to "9 a.m. the day before" etc.
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Found this on another discussion. So far it's seems to solve issue:
IBB12
Re: iCal on iPad or iPhone setting default alerts
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Most annoying aspect of the new Apple Calendar is that the preference is pre-set for 2 email alerts at the same time before each event. It's time-consuming to re-set a custom alert time, eliminate the 2nd alert and set my preferred custom alert method every time I add an event.
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This is regarding CBMA in single stack SAP PI 7.3.1. I have set up the alert mail using default java mail client.I do receive the alerts via mail. But my requirement is to direct all the alert mails to Business workplace inbox in ECC.
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Hi,
yes, it is a little bit different. This is the issue.....
But I am not sure if your links will help:
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Hey all,
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The discussion posted by John has the information I was referring to.
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After following Arch Wiki for configuring Alsa I added the following to my /etc/asound.conf:
efaults.pcm.card 0
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