ICal and Google Calendar creating double notifications

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I have a Google Calendar set up. I have set it up to send me E-Mail when an appointment is imminent.

I connected the calendar with my new MacBook Pro's iCal.

Now, both Google Calendar and iCal want to send me E-Mail notification. Google through their online service (which is what I want) and iCal through Mail.App (which I don't want).

I can't find any settings in iCal to turn E-Mail notification off. How do I prevent iCal from creating E-Mail reminders?

Best Answer

To avoid getting double email notifications for appointments, you can turn off the alerts for the Google Calendar on the Mac as described in the Calendar User Guide:

Turn off alerts for a calendar

  1. In the Calendar app Calendar app icon on your Mac, Control-click the name of the calendar [your Google Account name] in the calendar list, then choose Get Info.

    If you don’t see the calendar list on the left, choose View > Show Calendar List.

  2. Select “Ignore alerts,” then click OK.

Note that this will turn off all alerts for Google Calendar that would be created on the Mac, that is, not only email notifications, but also notifications in the Notification Center.

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