Re: Daily warning required.

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Daily warning required.
Date	2015-08-30 01:51 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<d4f5tiF6re2U5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2015-08-30, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <290820151801009183%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner
><michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> > > > why would anyone do all that when it's a helluva lot easier to simply
>> > > > download and use an alarm clock app that's designed exactly for setting
>> > > > alarms.
>> > > 
>> > > Why download an app when Calendar is already there?
>> > 
>> > because calendar is overkill for a simple alarm.
>> 
>> Overkill?  You set the alarm in Calendar once, quit the program, and
>> the alarm triggers whenever it is programmed to do so.  downloading yet
>> another application is overkill.
>
> calendar does a shitload more which isn't needed for a single recurring
> alarm.
>
> a small lightweight alarm app is ideal.

That depends on your objectives and needs. For many, using the built-in
calendar/reminders application is preferable to finding and installing a
trustworthy third-party application.

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Daily warning required. peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2015-08-29 11:10 +0100
  Re: Daily warning required. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-29 11:08 +0000
    Re: Daily warning required. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-29 12:17 +0100
      Re: Daily warning required. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-29 11:52 +0000
        Re: Daily warning required. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-29 08:33 -0400
          Re: Daily warning required. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-29 07:50 -0700
            Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 15:56 +0000
              Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-30 23:52 +1200
                Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 16:44 +0000
            Re: Daily warning required. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-29 17:36 -0400
              Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 22:08 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-29 18:18 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 22:23 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-30 01:53 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:50 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-30 15:06 +0000
              Re: Daily warning required. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-29 18:01 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-29 21:03 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 01:51 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-29 18:23 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 01:53 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-29 23:13 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 00:44 +1200
                Re: Daily warning required. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-29 21:45 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-29 23:14 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 00:44 +1200
                Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-30 08:25 -0700
                Re: Daily warning required. super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2015-08-30 01:21 -0500
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:44 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:57 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 01:50 +0000
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:42 -0400
              Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 00:38 +1200
                Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:52 -0400
                Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 13:58 +1200
              Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:55 -0400
        Re: Daily warning required. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-29 14:40 +0100
          Re: Daily warning required. Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-29 17:40 +0000
    Re: Daily warning required. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-29 07:46 -0400
  Re: Daily warning required. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-29 07:46 -0400
  Re: Daily warning required. Philo D <doozy@earthling.net.invalid> - 2015-08-29 07:45 -0600
    Re: Daily warning required. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-29 07:51 -0700
    Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 15:57 +0000
  Re: Daily warning required. Ned Mantei <ned.mantei@biol.ethz.ch> - 2015-08-29 15:45 +0200
  Re: Daily warning required. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-29 07:50 -0700
  Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-29 10:57 -0400
    Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 15:58 +0000
  Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-29 15:55 +0000
  Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-29 09:12 -0700
    Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 00:44 +1200
      Re: Daily warning required. Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-30 09:56 -0400
        Re: Daily warning required. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 16:45 +0000
      Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-30 08:26 -0700
        Re: Daily warning required. jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-08-31 13:58 +1200
  Re: Daily warning required. peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2015-08-29 18:55 +0100
    Re: Daily warning required. peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2015-08-31 07:15 +0100
      Re: Daily warning required. Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-08-30 23:41 -0700
  Re: Daily warning required. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-29 18:52 +0000
  Re: Daily warning required. Piso Mojado <conserje@trapeador.net> - 2015-08-30 13:01 -0400
    Re: Daily warning required. gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-30 11:36 -0700
    Re: Daily warning required. dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-08-31 07:37 +1000
    Re: Daily warning required. peter@pfjames.co.uk (Peter James) - 2015-08-31 07:11 +0100

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