Turn off Entourage alarms

[MacByNight]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: imap

How can I disable the Entourage calendar alarms? While the Mac apps certainly have their shortcomings, they seem to have fewer sync glitches with an iPhone or a BlackBerry than larding Entourage into the mix. I know how to turn iCal alarms off (if I so desire), but can't figure out how to do so in Entourage.

 

[Adam Bailey]

How can I disable the Entourage calendar alarms? While the Mac apps
certainly have their shortcomings, they seem to have fewer sync glitches
with an iPhone or a BlackBerry than larding Entourage into the mix. I know
how to turn iCal alarms off (if I so desire), but can't figure out how to
do so in Entourage.

If I understand your question, choosing "Turn Off Office Reminders" from the
Entourage menu should do the trick.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

I think you'll have to edit each event and turn off the reminder.

Or I suppose you could do it in one fell swoop by running a simple
AppleScript like this in /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor:

-- begin script
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
repeat with nextEvent in every event
if nextEvent's has reminder is true then
set nextEvent's has reminder to false
end if
end repeat
end tell
-- end script

Be careful though - running such a script really would modify each and
every event to turn off the reminder. Use with caution.

no disrespect intended, but I have something of a penchant for
'one-liners', and this script is one that _can_ be done in one line

tell application "Microsoft Entourage" to set has reminder of (every
event whose has reminder is true) to false

(it will also run a lot faster because you are not having to loop
through every event).

 

[Barry Wainwright]

No disrespect taken, but are you really suggesting I refrain from
posting code unless it's optimized? Really, I have better things to do,
and my time is precious to me. If you'd like, you can watch my posts
and optimize them, though. ; )

No, not at all! please keep posting code in any form you like!

As I said, it's just a silly little foible of mine - I enjoy creating
one-liners. I wasn't suggesting your method was wrong or mine was better
(often one-liners are so obscure it's not easy for another person to
follow what is going one). It's just a bit of fun (for me, anyway).

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Ok good. I think I'd find it pretty hard to refrain anyway, if that
were the case! ; ) Carry on! : )