Thanks. I really thought I done this in iOS6, perhaps not with Siri but at least in the Clock app itself. I may be mistaken, though. On Dec 18, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but I don't recall being able to set an > Alarm using SIRI for a date/time in the future before iOS 7, either. I seem > to remember that I tried this once and SIRI told me it couldn't be done and > to consider using a Reminder instead. > I find this not such a big deal, after all, mostly you either have a > recurring alarm if you get up at the same time each weekday, for example, or > if you need a special alarm then I find it to be fairly normal and intuitive > to set it the evening before. After all, before we had iPhones and used > regular alarm clocks this is what you would do. > > I just had a look and the only option for an alarm that is more than 1 day > ahead is to set a repeating alarm. For example, it's Wednesday now and if I > want to set an alarm for next Monday at 7 AM I could select 7 AM as the > time, then tap on "Repeat, Never" and select to repeat the alarm every > Monday. This would set a 7 AM for every Monday and I would just have to > delete or turn off that alarm if I only wanted it once. At best this would > allow you to set an alarm for up to 6 or 7 days in advance. > > If you were concerned you forget to set an alarm the evening before you > needed it you could always tell SIRI to remind you to set the alarm on a > specific day in the future, then when the reminder goes off the evening > before you just hold down the home key and say "Wake me up at 6 AM" and it's > done. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Alex Hall > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Setting alarms for future dates in iOS7 > > I have not seen that ability in iOS7. How might I change the date of an > alarm? Unless you are talking about a third-party app? Again, I know there > are plenty out there, I just would like to use the default one if I could > since I have had trouble in the past with alarm apps not always working. > Plus there's Siri, but for now that seems to not be an option. > On Dec 18, 2013, at 7:21 AM, SSEric <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You cannot do this with Siri, but you can go into the alarm app and check > up to seven days into the future when you might want an alarm. >> >> >> >> On Dec 18, 2013, at 5:51 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Are you talking about the native Clock app in IOS? If so, I agree I don't > see any way to do this. >> >> I never realized the native Clock app had this feature. If I were going to > schedule something for the future, I'd just use the Reminder app or place an > event on my calendar. This does sound like a nice feature, but I guess the > clock app is still as useful as the alarm clock next to my bed, where I > can't set an alarm for the future. If I need to set an alarm to wake up at a > different time, I just need to remember to set it the night before. >> >>> On 12/17/2013 10:37 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> In iOS7, I can't seem to set an alarm for even one day in the future. > What is the point of using the iPhone as an alarm clock if I can't tell it > to wake me up tomorrow morning, or on a date in the future I know I'll need > to be up early? I did this all the time in iOS6, but now I can't seem to. I > really hope I'm just missing something basic, but I have a bad feeling I'm > not. Of course there are third-party apps, but I miss being able to just > tell Siri to "wake me up tomorrow at 5" for instance. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Christopher (CJ) >> chaltain at Gmail >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> >> Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. >> >> Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> >> Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. >> >> More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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