Apple Reminders: The iOS 17 Update You Need To Know About.

[@geoffreyagaskins302]

Sonoma = sa-NO-ma. Thank you for this video from Sonoma County, California - and for your generosity in producing this channel. Soooo helpful!

[@rougecrown]

With Apple Notes having note linking and Reminders having columns, I feel like the default apps are now the best choices for most people. Sure it doesn’t have other flashy functions, but it has 90% of what most people need.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I agree with you there.

[@fiofeed]

True!

[@MSH3423]

Creating bi-directional linking takes too much work.. Apple note is fine for light note taking

[@fiofeed]

@@MSH3423 Again true. that's where Bear comes in for me. Use it for specific purposes for writing. Apple notes is however great for quick capture and other kinds of notes that I don't want clogging up my writing bank in Bear.

[@Carl_Pullein]

@@MSH3423 Assuming you don't need to do this with every note you take, then the extra two seconds is not really a problem.

[@dodgyvideo]

Sonoma is a lovely little town in California's wine country, some 50 miles north of San Francisco. The region is known for its red wines, particularly Cabernet Sauvignons in the valley, and Pinot Noirs towards the coast. The town itself is full of tasting rooms, excellent restaurants, and art galleries. I would definitely recommend a visit.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you for sharing that 🙂

[@7775Kevin]

The font in Reminders on the Mac is too tiny to be usable for me. Any way to enlarge it?

[@barnettwilliams6780]

Can you do a Todoist video covering everyday general use and not from a business perspective? I use Todoist for my everyday task app but think I'm doing a lackluster job.

[@vervastar]

Yes, this would help me soo much! I am using ticktick and im not fond of it really. I did like Todoist but I am trying to decide between reminders or todoist. For every day use as above. Can't wait for something like that!

[@Carl_Pullein]

I'll add it to my list.

[@mxadam659]

TODOIST is amazing for work/business. For a personal task app if you use Apple devices, Reminders works really well! That's what I have found to work best for me and It sounds like Carl uses both in this way too. my 2-cents🤷‍♂

[@maggiemae987]

I would like to know if you can make reminders make a sound sort of like an alarm. Also, I need two separate ones for shots (I have MS plus have to take B12 shots). It’s SO easy to miss the day and then the whole month has to be reset.

[@Carl_Pullein]

You can. Go into your settings and notifications and turn on alerts. You can choose what sound you get too.

[@maggiemae987]

@@Carl_Pullein Thank you so much

[@jayneyharmony]

Hi there, thank you very much for your helpful video I’ve been looking at lots of videos and there’s one question I have could you help me please how can I change the dates of my list instead of at the top being the oldest scrolling down to the bottom being the newest, is there a way to reverse that Please if you might have a hint for me that would be lovely thank you. 👏🙏

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Jaynee, if you're using a Mac you can go into the View (at the top of your screen) and choose how you want your list to show. At the bottom of the menu you can choose oldest or newest first.

[@oastie3]

A) You said the information button was missing in column view. Later you tapped an item & lo and behold, the information button. B) In the new iOS, a three fingered swipe, right to left, activates undo.

[@khezuhl]

Why do you prefer Todoist over Reminders? I’m curious

[@Carl_Pullein]

Todoist has served me well for 10+ years. I know it inside out; it's never let me down and continues to get better and better. Apple Reminders, while getting better, is not any better than Todoist, so the time cost of switching has no advantage for me.

[@alejandrasedano6965]

it is possible to coordinate calendar with reminders? if I have that deadlines are going to be on calendar also?

[@Carl_Pullein]

You will be able to do that in iOS when it comes out later this year.

[@alejandrasedano6965]

@@Carl_Pullein Thanks for answering

[@lunepilot2874]

Do you have a beginners guide to this app for devices. Thanks

[@ftorreck]

List type Grosery appears to be restricted by your language - I run Reminders etc in Danish and the list type doesn’t show as an option - just fyi 😜

[@Carl_Pullein]

Ooh, never knew that.

[@TheSymbiot3Venom]

I don’t have a list type option.

[@akrambenazieb]

Hello, sir. I just switched from my iPhone to a Samsung foldable phone, but I still have a Mac, so my eco system is just not that fluid. For this reason, I would ask you how can I get the most from the productivity apps like Google calendar while using these two different products.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I'm afraid I have no idea. I've never used Android and rarely use Google's tools.

[@akrambenazieb]

@Carl_Pullein ah OK, thank you for your time .

[@697hotas7]

Google pruducts work perfectly well on iOS and iPad OS, Drive, sheets, Docs, Keep and calendar are all available on Apple Store!

[@akrambenazieb]

@697hotas7 Thank you, I appreciate your help.

[@benedictjazz]

This was really a great video that i did know about reminders. Thanjs, Carl

[@Carl_Pullein]

Always happy to help.

[@closerlookbooks]

I have been an Apple fan since the mid ‘80s and have only toyed with the Reminder app supposing there was something of use, but never used it. Your video made more sense out of the app with its improvements than anything I have seen. Thanks!

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Steven, it is very good and is getting better and better each year.

[@RyansChannel0203]

A little over a year ago, all of my Apple reminders that I've had for so many years randomly disappeared completely out of nowhere, including on iCloud, as if they were never really there in the first place. Would it be possible to ever get them back? Because I never deleted them and they're still gone.

[@PolymathCrowsbane]

Thank you for an informative presentation. One nit: it's So-NO-ma, which is a county in California in the heart of wine country.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Ah, us Yorkshire folk struggle with these types of words. My apologies.

[@marcusineson]

Great video Carl very clearly answered a few questions I had after tinkering a bit yesterday

[@Carl_Pullein]

Very happy to have helped, Marcus.

[@GabbiHilson]

It’s the location icon not the send btw

[@MWKTravelServices]

Love Apple Reminders but is there way I can create a reminder and have it show up in Apple calendar much like in todoist where you can create a project and task to show up on Google calendar?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Would you not then have a task in two places? You can drag and drop a task into your calendar, and the title will become the event. However, you now have a task acting as an event and an event acting as a task. (very confusing). A good old-fashioned GTD principle: If it has to be done at a specific time on a specific day, it goes on your calendar. If it can be done anytime, it goes on your task list.

[@MWKTravelServices]

yes, I was like I don't want duplicate info. Thank you for the advice. Appreciate it and love your videos @@Carl_Pullein

[@cwenzel]

The arrow in the toolbar isn’t “send”, it’s “location” which is another great feature of Apple Reminders. For example, asking Siri to remind you to do something when you get home.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hahaha, I realised that when I was editing the video. My mistake.

[@KristieG261]

I love your videos! Reminders has been perfect for my needs and your explanation was spot on! I have a question. I've recently been using a digital planner hosted in Goodnotes. I know that people have synced their digital planners to Apple Reminders. However, I just can't figure out how it is done. Can you help me?

[@Carl_Pullein]

AS far as I know, the only way to do that is to use the share sheet to add the PDF version of your planner to Reminders.

[@julieo4580]

I really need to learn how to actually use the features of my iPhone 😂. I’ve had iPhones since my conversion in 2016 and I don’t even know how to use most features. But am I alone in LOVING the app called Flipp? If ya know ya know

[@lowbar77]

I struggle with a reminder that comes up and then goes away without me even seeing it? Let me know if I am missing something as I am not always in front of screen, so if a reminder comes up and then goes away, then I miss it completely. Kinda seems like a fail if the whole point of the reminders app is to remind you of things you might forget. Anyways, great video, really appreciate you doing this one.

[@ianc.5632]

On your iPhone or iPod, go to Settings, then find Reminders. Once in Reminders, go to Notifications, then tap on Banner Style and select “Persistent.” Once you’ve done that, the reminder banners will remain on the screen until you swipe them away. You can follow the same steps for any other app that you want the notification banner to remain on the screen until you swipe it away.

[@brwnsgr8034]

Good video and Information, as always.👍🏽

[@Carl_Pullein]

Thank you.

[@jimgrant1776]

Carl, excellent video as always. I like to hear your opinion on this. What kinds of things do you put in your Calendar app and what kinds of things to you put in your Reminders app?

[@Carl_Pullein]

Anything that needs to be done at a specific time on a given day will go into my calendar. Everything else goes into my task manager. For example, if I need to send my expenses to my accountant on Friday, that would be a task. It may take thirty minutes or so to prepare the expenses, but I can do it at any time in the day.

[@jimgrant1776]

@Carl_Pullein - I like that approach. I'll use it. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

[@davidlawrence5275]

How will the new changes in reminders IOS 17 affect the Time Sector system?

[@Carl_Pullein]

It doesn’t. The Time Sector System isn’t about the app(s). It’s a system you can use apps with.

[@davidlawrence5275]

@@Carl_Pullein Thank you. I just want to add I am a fan and have taken several of your courses.

[@CraigShea-rc7ih]

So I’m only at 3:13 so far, but I already LIKED IT, SUBSCRIBED, and now I’m going to try to SHARE IT… … and I just SENT IT TO REMINDERS… We will see if 4 of us can FIGURE THIS OUT

[@CraigShea-rc7ih]

And PS… … I also have a LAPTOP if that is EASIER

[@SuperRawLove]

Super helpful video as always Carl, thank you. 😊 I don’t have these features available. I have the faulty new devices. Anything I am missing?

[@Carl_Pullein]

You need to be using iOS17. On your Mac it will not be there yet until Tuesday next week, when macOS Sonoma comes out.

[@RomanRogner]

Does anybody know how to export notes from Todoist to Reminders? Thank you.

[@Carl_Pullein]

You can export your tasks in Todoist using the Create template function. However, sadly, you cannot import anything into Reminders. It will have to be a manual move.

[@GeniusUnleashed]

Can you explain how you get your inbox to be empty? All my tasks with dates and times added to them are staying in my Inbox and I can't figure out how to get to Inbox zero.

[@Carl_Pullein]

I move them by dragging and dropping them into their appropriate list. You can also do it from the information button. Near the bottom it says Move to List.

[@GeniusUnleashed]

Thanks @@Carl_Pullein 👍

[@lowbar77]

I really wanted to use Apple reminders but every time I tried to use it, the reminder that pops up would pop up, not make any sound, and then dismiss itself and I would never even see the stupid reminder. I use other apps because they at least are persistent with the reminder that pops up. That way, if I am not looking at my watch/phone/ipad, I don't miss the reminder. It is so frustrating that the pop up reminders are not persistent. Great video, thanks for all the work to do this.

[@JoPinheiro]

Go to Settings/Notifications/Reminders/ and select Persistent on warnings/presentations. I’m translating so just try to find similar names if those are note correct. Hope it helps.

[@Carl_Pullein]

That's interesting. I've had the opposite experience. The thing I like about Reminders is the notifications because they stay around. I must have a different notification setting than you.

[@vervastar]

I just cant get used to the add to todist, or ticktick. and shes bad at understanding sometime. does siri get better?

[@RyanGriffithLLC]

Why use both. ? Can't you use reminders for all things ?

[@Carl_Pullein]

When I began using a task manager, Reminders was very, very basic. It has developed into something pretty good today, but not good enough for me to switch entirely. It does it's job--reminding of non-work related things and that keeps Todoist nice and clean.

[@RyanGriffithLLC]

Have you tried taskito? I've been using that for a bit.

[@nares2005]

Great video. I even use Reminders for car maintenance like changing oil, changing battery things like that. Not sure if I’m the only person in the world who’s doing that 😂

[@Carl_Pullein]

Me too! Little reminders for the things I am likely to foget.

[@missyyy-]

Same here! I remind myself of everything from changing my AC filter to changing my electric toothbrush heads! 😂

[@nares2005]

@@missyyy- Are we spiritual pals or what? 😀

[@missyyy-]

@@nares2005 idk, I thought I was just getting old 😆

[@giovanni.dipinto]

i can't change a list from "default" to "grocery" .. do i need to create a new one ?

[@macsakki]

I could not get it working either. Created a new list, but the only thing that I can do is convert it to a smart list through the use of filters. Nothing visible regarding defining the list as shopping list.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Have you updated to iOS17? This is not available on the Mac version yet. That will come on Tuesday.

[@macsakki]

What I found is that your iPad and iPhone have to be set to language English for this to work. I had mine on Dutch and after changing it starte working. Ones you have it launched in English and added some things you can change back to the original language settings and editing the categories and items.@@Carl_Pullein

[@giovanni.dipinto]

yeah i am on iOS 17@@Carl_Pullein

[@Carl_Pullein]

@@giovanni.dipinto | Interesting. Not sure why your not showing the update in Reminders.

[@tonipag100]

Hi Carl, I've never actually watched your videos 🙂 . Very useful video indeed, which motivates me to take another look at Apple Reminders. Looking forward to meeting you at Christmas 🙂

[@Carl_Pullein]

Aww shucks, you saw it 🙂. See you at Christmas.

[@maggiemae987]

This was my first time seeing one of his tutorials. Not even half through I liked and subscribed. He made things so easy. Granted there was some stuff that went over my head because I haven’t ever messed with the reminders or calendar. All the videos I’ve seen explaining them made no sense. Just like Dropbox and several other apps. There’s a lot I don’t use.

[@Doubleptrem]

Curious, why not have todoist remind you?

[@vervastar]

he does for more work related things

[@Carl_Pullein]

I've never found Todoist reminders very reliable.

[@BeeRich33]

Would be nice to see it reflected in MacOS. Uh...a new update. Security update only.

[@Carl_Pullein]

That's coming on Tuesday with MacOS Sonoma.

[@pauly51]

So if I update to 17. Does this allow Tim Cook to hear my flatulence?

[@siddharthadas1040]

Fell for the "ios 17" clickbait and of course found nothing in the video concerning the Reminders app on the iphone. Doubtless many others too would have fallen for it. Well played Carl !!

[@Carl_Pullein]

As I mentioned at the beginning of the video, this is exactly the same for the iPhone, and the reason I showed it on the iPad was so you could see what I was doing. This helps those people watching in their phones.

[@siddharthadas1040]

@@Carl_Pullein no, it is not the same on the iphone. The ipadOS 17 is an altogether different OS. Suggest that we are more careful while captioning our posts going forward.

[@Carl_Pullein]

@siddharthadas1040 Everything shown in this video is exactly what you can do on the iPhone. ( should point out the thumbnail is pretty clear what device I am using)

[@franckleveneur676]

Reminder to pay your bills? Hmm. Banks now. allow you to schedule payment monthly or company usually charge you automatically. My bills are being paid automatically, that's one less thing i have to remember.

[@Carl_Pullein]

Sadly, not all countries are quite as up-to-date as others. (Korea and Japan, surprisingly, being very behind)

[@franckleveneur676]

SO NO MA

[@Carl_Pullein]

Hi Franck, apologies, I'm from Yorkshire, and these kinds of words are difficult for us to pronounce correctly. 🫢

[@davidschneider6306]

Enough already with all the IOS updates. Each one makes my I-PAD more cluttered with useless stuff. Just make the I-PAD work like it did when I bought it,OK

[@johnveerkamp1501]

the most thinks you don't need. !!!

[@yours.trustworthy]

I’m bored in 3 minutes… lost my curiosity as you were talking only about you. Still kept patience. Later too in between you were talking about how you are. A direct feedback sometimes as you can avoid in future videos