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Re: How to display count of repeating events

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On 9/28/16, 5:38 PM, in article 20160928203847906-garyw1@hotmailcom, "Gary"
<gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-09-28 09:32:25 +0000, Gary said:
> 
>> It is important to remember to take 30 pills, one a day, starting
>> October 1.  I want to create a daily repeating event in my Mac calendar
>> that says something like Pill 1, Pill 2, ... up to Pill 30.  Is there
>> some way to accomplish this in either MacOS or in IOS?
>> 
>> It's easy enough to create annual birthdays and show age, but it
>> surprises me there isn't a straightforward way to do this with other
>> than annual events.
>> 
>> Any suggestions (other than creating 30 events)?
> 
> 
> -- Thanks for all the good ideas, especially the AppleScript.

You are welcome.

> Just to comment to those who said "why do you really need what you are asking
> for?", the answer is that I don't really need it.  I just wanted it, and I was
> surprised that there didn't seem to be a way to do it.  I could imagine that,
> some day for some unanticipated reason, I might want something much more
> important to me to have sequential numbers on the successive occurrences of a
> repeating event.  I wondered why Apple didn't provide it.

The example I used was a count down to Christmas or another holiday or a
birthday. Heck, wish I had thought of that when my kids were younger and
they were always asking... now I tell them to go figure it out! :)



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How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 05:32 -0400
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 14:43 +0000
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-28 16:33 +0000
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:58 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:57 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 11:55 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 12:46 -0700
      Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-28 22:06 +0200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:59 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 08:23 +1200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:56 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 13:55 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-28 18:40 -0400
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 17:02 -0700
  Re: How to display count of repeating events Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-28 20:38 -0400
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-09-29 13:59 +1200
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 19:24 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-28 19:57 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:30 +0000
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-28 21:44 -0700
    Re: How to display count of repeating events Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-29 08:19 -0400
      Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 09:41 -0700
        Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-29 20:38 +0200
          Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 11:57 -0700
            Re: How to display count of repeating events android <here@there.was> - 2016-09-30 03:11 +0200
              Re: How to display count of repeating events Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-29 18:14 -0700

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