Calendar alerts won’t activate unless Mac is booted before alert time

[tjktony]

Hi all,

MBP 14” M1 Pro 16GB/512GB base model

Since “upgrading” from Monterey to Ventura, Calendar will not send alerts unless the MBP is booted before the alert is scheduled, even if it’s all-day. I’ve tried every combination of settings I can find in Notification Settings and Calendar Settings, dozens and dozens of them.

Is this a new “feature” since Apple switched from Preferences in Monterey to Settings in Ventura? Am I trying to get something to work that no longer works that way? I also created a fresh external Ventura and Sonoma installation in case my MBP’s Ventura installation has issues. Same results.

I don’t have iCloud turned on as I don’t use it. Does iCloud need to be activated for this to work? That’s about the only thing I can think of that I haven’t tried.

Is there some way to get this to work like it used to?

If not, are there third-party calendar options available which will do what I want? (Set alert for all-day starting at, say, 9am, and when I boot my MBP at 11am or later the alerts will activate.)

Any answers/suggestions are appreciated, no matter how small or obvious.

Thanks!

 

[JonaM]

Just to clarify the problem here - you've got calendar alerts set up on the MBP, but they are not appearing on your other devices unless the MBP is running?
If that's the case then the problem is that you have to set Calendar up as active in iCloud to allow your calendar alerts to sync between devices

 

[tjktony]

Just to clarify the problem here - you've got calendar alerts set up on the MBP, but they are not appearing on your other devices unless the MBP is running?
If that's the case then the problem is that you have to set Calendar up as active in iCloud to allow your calendar alerts to sync between devices

Sorry I wasn't clearer. No, alerts won't activate on my MBP. No other devices or iCloud involved.