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Two enhancements made to the “Smart Reminders” portion of this widget:

In previous versions, when creating an all-day event, reminders would be created to alert shortly before the event started. Problem with this, reminders (sometimes with sounds, if sync’d to iPhone) would wake people up shortly before midnight.

1.4 brings a change allowing you to pick a time the day before an all-day event to be notified, as well as optionally being notified on the day of the event as well. Thanks to @spcyfishandwine for the multi-day idea! This works quite well for you work folk, as you can be notified before you leave work for the day, and then again when you arrive the next morning. The notification times can be configured on the reverse side of the widget.

And, what good are all these additional alerts if the only thing the alerts did was pop a message? This version now also supports associating sounds with the alerts you create. If you have custom audio files you’d like to be able to use, ensure they’re in ~/Library/Sounds. (Audio alerts will only be set up on any near-term alerts you have. Any alerts you’ve set up through Smart Reminders that are firing more than a week away, these won’t blast audio at you)

Product page is here – jump over there for download links.

Just posted a new version, which contains “Smart Reminders”.

Smart Reminders will create alarms/reminders in iCal for any events you create. Many calendars do this. But what Smart Reminders does is create different types of reminders based on how far out the event was when you created it.

By default, all events will have a reminder set to 15 minutes away. Events created more than a week in advance will notify you the day before, as well. And if you create something more than a month away, a reminder will be created two weeks before the event. (So, one distant event = 3 reminders)

The intervals are fully configurable. You can turn this off, too. Just flip the widget over and explore.

Thanks to Pat Niemeyer for the concept… Keep the suggestions coming! And download the new version!