by Terry McAdams | Sep 7, 2021 | productivity, Reminders, Tip
For many years, Apple’s Reminders app let you sort your lists, but in just one way that applied to all lists equally. That was a problem if you had a to-do list that you wanted to sort by Due Date and a list of foods in your freezer that you wanted to sort by Creation...
by Lucy McAdams | Oct 31, 2018 | Reminders, Tip
Productivity experts recommend offloading things you have to remember to a task-management app like Apple’s Reminders, which syncs your to-dos among your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. That’s particularly helpful for tasks you want to be reminded of in a few...
by Lucy McAdams | Mar 30, 2018 | keyboard shortcut, Mac, Reminders
With Apple’s productivity apps like Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and Reminders, which look and work pretty much the same on the Mac and in iOS, what you see is largely what you get. Particularly in iOS, they tend not to have much in the way of hidden depths. With...
by Lucy McAdams | Mar 19, 2018 | App Store, Apple Music, Calendar, Family Sharing, Find My Friends, Find My iPhone, iOS, iTunes Store, Mac, Photos, Reminders
Family life is all about togetherness, but keeping track of who’s doing what when can be tough. Apple’s Family Sharing service makes it easy to share apps, media, and more within a family of up to six members, and it provides a few helpful digital housekeeping...
by Lucy McAdams | Feb 15, 2018 | iOS, Reminders, Siri, Tip
Do you create reminders with Siri on the iPhone? Those reminders are automatically added to your default list, which you set in Settings > Reminders > Default List. That’s great generally—“Hey Siri, remind me to update watchOS tonight at 11 PM”—but less good...
by Terry McAdams | Sep 20, 2016 | iOS, Mac, Reminders, Siri
We’re all juggling a bazillion things to remember, so much so that Apple has removed reminders from its Calendar app, providing a Reminders app for both the Mac and iOS. Reminders is a relatively simple app, and while there are many other task managers available in...