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Changing iCal’s Default Alert Sound (Mac OS X Lion)

hun — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:08:11 +0000

Download and install Xcode from Apple.
Quit iCal if it is running, and open your user Preferences folder. (Easiest way to open it is to use Finder’s Go menu; press and hold the Option key and you will see Library folder; click and open it; the Preferences folder is in there.)
Open the file named com.apple.iCal.plist with Xcode.
Right click (or Control+click) anywhere in the window, and select “Add Row”
Edit the created row as follows: Key=Default alarm sound, Type=String, Value=Glass (the last value can be changed with the default sound of your choice)
Adding the preference for the default alert sound for iCal

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Multiple Google Calendars in Your iCal

hun — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:22:04 +0000

Of course you can use “delegations” to list multiple Google Calendars, but if you wish to sync them with a smartphone then you might want to list them along side with your main one. Here’s a detailed instruction for that.

Apple Mail and Gmail Sync Problem

hun — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:10:21 +0000

If you tried to send a large file — over 20 MB — via Apple Mail through your gmail account, you probably failed and ended up with a synchronization problem. It is likely that a huge cached file is still sitting in your Library. For a quick cure, see here.