Calendar alerts

When I set an alert in calendar, it switches them. For example, if you set the first alert to 1 hour before, then set second alert to 10 minutes before, it switches the first alert to 10 minutes before and the second alert becomes 1 hour before.

I can see from previous posts on here that this has been an issue for many years. It’s about time apple fixed it.😡

iPad Pro, iPadOS 16

Posted on Dec 15, 2022 3:35 AM

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stedman1

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Dec 15, 2022 3:41 AM in response to Morebs

Agreed. That has been an issue for so long, I have to think it is a deliberate change, not a “glitch”. As to why Apple would continue with such an unintuitive design, I have no idea.

Do note that the reminders do work as you would wish, despite the flipping of reminder times.

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