My Apple Reminders Setup: iPad Productivity

[@the.regulargamer]

This man constantly makes me feel like theres a whole world hidden in the apple works suite of apps. Makes me want to switch to all the free apple options but im so used to my applications that ive payed for lol.

[@ChrisLawley]

I love third party apps, but I am defiantly wanting to highlight some of great built in first party apps.

[@misterguy]

You’re paying hard earned money on a reminders app? Sheesh

[@the.regulargamer]

@@misterguy no not reminders, my comment was just on apps in general. Im a student so i payed for Goodnotes

[@misterguy]

@@the.regulargamer you’re paying hard earned money on a notes app? Sheesh

[@misterguy]

@@the.regulargamer naw I’m playin lmao

[@youtube_user4422]

Totally agree with the start date and due date. This would make me switch 100%. The ability to have a start and end date for task duration would be great

[@joelmaurer8190]

I complete agree on your request to have Reminders to show in the calendar. Hopefully that is something Apple changes in the future.

[@russlowrey]

The free version of Fantastical app does this.

[@paularuiz118]

Read somewhere that you can use shortcuts for this but I’ve never dived into this functionality

[@joelmaurer8190]

@@paularuiz118 thanks I’ll have to see if I can figure that out

[@SnowyOwlPrepper]

On solution to test for yourself is split screen the calendar and reminders. Drag the reminder to the calendar.

[@joelmaurer8190]

@@SnowyOwlPrepper great idea! I’ll give that a try

[@drdentrepair5530]

For the last few years I have been using just the apple calendar, notes and reminders apps and they have everything I need. I do agree the sub task in reminders is puzzling.

[@chinothedreamgiver1629]

Incredible… 6 years with my reminders app on iPad and I never knew anything you just taught us. Thanks

[@marcodimario9918]

Thanks

[@ChrisLawley]

Thank you!!

[@maigallop]

Hey Christopher, You can link a note to a reminders have been able to for quite a few years. It’s kind of a hidden feature but it is doable. Just highlight a portion of your note and the a bar of options pops up. Share is one of those options, then select reminders. You can change the title of the reminder and the folder you want to save it to. Hope that helps. Thanks for all the content you put out. I learn so much from you.

[@electric-m]

Or just drag and drop a note over to reminders like with an E-Mail.

[@maigallop]

Yes, this works too.

[@danielhughes441]

The lack of integration between Reminders, Calendar, Contacts, Safari, etc. is the thing that frustrates me more than anything else!

[@jamesa8225]

YESS! This is exactly what I’m struggling with. I love the simplicity but the lack of integration and synchronization is killing me

[@jrRim]

lack of integration? they're all absolutely integrated, you can drag and drop among them and cross reference the way you need

[@jrRim]

@@jamesa8225 just try drag and drop, they are all integrated

[@pandaengine]

You prayers have been answered! We’re getting Calendar integration

[@EUAccount]

@14:00 -- you already know this but changing a pdf to an image allows you to attach it to a reminder - - your vids are brutal (that means "amazing" in spanish) - - I bookmark them and rewatch so many times. -- they have so much good info...!!! keep up the good work!! You're the best!

[@Clandestinemonkey]

Great presentation style. I was worried the video was just long enough to have a lot of wasted time but instead it was packed with information.

[@MelissaCoppola]

Excellent walkthrough!! Easy to understand, well organized, and I especially appreciate the “why” explanations and potential use cases. Thank you!

[@thebrilliantbrittany]

Fantastical links with reminders and shows the reminders on the calendar : )

[@marcuspullan1142]

Doing chores right now but definitely coming back later. I have severe CRS (Can’t Remember Stuff) so that inbox idea is perfect

[@Akella1986]

I prefer Things 3 more but will listen to your Reminders review with interest.

[@heldemel2035]

I like how granular you get in this video - super helpful!

[@tylergriffsmith]

The best video on this. Thanks Chris

[@philippkeil5358]

Awesome video as always. You can quickly add subtasks by adding them as if they were regular tasks and then swiping to the right and choose „indent“ (I hope that is what it’s called in English 😬)

[@MatthewMDeForrest]

14:19 I may have a work around for adding documents - although it is a little cumbersome. If you have iCloud, you can share a document/file. That link can be pasted in to the Links field and it will attach to the reminder and link back to the file. I hope this helps!

[@eaglw99]

I'm slowly switching to a full apple ecosystem, and finding out that there is no calendar integration in reminder was really a surprise. Natural language input made me think of switching from todoist, but the absence of calendar is a completely no for me.

[@scottspiro4876]

Now coming in ipadOS18 and iOS18

[@eaglw99]

Im glad this comment aged really bad

[@RichardAllum]

Another really good video. You can use early reminder for start dates now.

[@Ded-Ede]

17:54 the two things I really are Reminders need a option in the inspector panel to show selected reminder or Today’s reminders in calendar app. And definitely link /auto fill notes from Notes apps to the notes section of Reminders, Calendar and Contacts and have the Notes apps be the reservoir for notes fields of the varying apps. I still find Reminders is a little bit clunky and cumbersome to use. I add Reminders to it, but then I never go back into it since I mainly live in my calendar app but I love the powerfulness of Reminders and the Notes app. I’ll try to incorporate some of your techniques you just showed here, but Apple definitely needs to take a lot of your suggestions and add them to Reminders app. 👍🏾

[@Jona]

Dude your bag shortcut is TOOOO good, thanksn

[@Jona]

Edit: Got to customize it, but not the overnight travel section 😢 how to edit that? I dont see where the pants variables are entered?

[@saimeghana2261]

I agree! It must get faster -- don't know how, but it seems pretty time-taking right now. Especially when you're in a hurry, it feels really tedious to add a reminder with the corresponding List, Date, Time etc

[@KimberlyNissen]

You highlighted every flaw that keeps making me look for alternatives to Reminders. They may be few but they are significant enough to the UX to make it off putting.

[@illiastrieltsov]

Thank you for the video. I took a few interesting tips for myself. In the end of the video you said that it would be nice to link note from Notes and task from Reminders. Actually, you can do it. You just have to push “share” button in Notes and there you can add this note to task. Maybe I didn’t understand correctly what you meant.

[@robfuzz]

I tried to do this but Reminders isn’t in my list of destinations. 🤔

[@sevance1]

Great job. About ATTACHING DOCUMENTS, here's a work-around. Since you CAN attach a "JPG"...whenever I need to attach a file like a PDF, I just convert it to a JPG or even take a SCREENSHOT; both of which CAN be attached. It works...just one extra step. HTH

[@andricheli]

Great video! You’ve captured all the goodies here. I love Apple reminders. It gets great improvements each year and I run my life out of it. Very easy to use with Siri and the Kanban view is a huge improvement for project management.

[@Sobanggongbugirl]

I can’t help but to subscribe your channel. The informative video, clarity of the voice, suitable speaking rate for non-english user like me. Thank you!

[@michaelg.8585]

Hi from Paris this is the first time I see a video so complete, where I learn a lot about a so common app. Thanks a lot, you got a new subscriber now!!!

[@jackspratsmom]

I add images to our shared shopping list so my husband gets the right thing!

[@thebrilliantbrittany]

GENIUS

[@HistoryNut-1701]

Reminders is one of Apple’s most underrated Apps. It is quite powerful when used appropriately.

[@arikviney5043]

Is it better than google tasks?

[@HistoryNut-1701]

@@arikviney5043 I don’t use Google tasks so I can’t advise.

[@RandomStuff18181]

@@arikviney5043 nope

[@njbsu]

Hey Chris, I find this video inspiring. However as someone who can be carried away easily, really appreciate if you can put sections into your video so that we can easily reference any point we want to look into. Amazing work and keep up (y) !

[@suzanner3894]

EXCELLENT video. This is the best deep dive into reminders that I’ve seen.

[@frs4292]

U r a life saver…. Thank you, I learned so much with your channel… shoutout from Brazil.

[@christophercool-calgarysfu4370]

"View as Columns" Thank you for sharing this! Great video.

[@radjinderG]

Brilliant - this is the video I was so searching for! Thanks for the detailed and perfect setup.

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for the in-depth coverage of Reminders. I appreciate your work. Blessings on your day!

[@marcodimario9918]

Your video and the way you teach us the insides of those stock apps, is....awesome! U're a true iPad master :)

[@ChrisLawley]

Glad you like them!

[@jinSsongL]

Thank you for your video… and yes. I don’t use the sub task for the same reason.

[@daniellip1243]

I wish there is progress bar for tasks to visualise how close are to finishing all tasks within a list

[@charles-henriraynaldy3109]

Just learn about this column option! So useful. Thanks a lot.

[@trunkswithnojacket]

Really cool video, it inspired me to organize my own productivity system with my Apple’s built-in suite! Wanted to point out one thing though, the shortcut you shared works well except for this one small bug. When running the shortcut over a Safari page and using an external keyboard, the shortcut is unable to take in any input from the keyboard. You have to get to on-screen keyboard to show up. Just wanted to put it out there in case anybody else runs into this issue!

[@tacrit]

What on earth is Apple waiting to integrate Reminders with Calendar 🙄

[@samschemm3002]

That would be amazingly helpful

[@vasilijejerotic1840]

That’s what I’ve been thinking for years about not being able to undo and correct myself and see all the previous numbers in the calculator app… super frustrating

[@solomon1021]

iOS 18 it’s coming

[@adulion]

It’s just arrived

[@tacrit]

@@adulion finally yay 🙌🏻

[@TonyTylerDraws]

17:33 If you want to do a start date you can go and choose Early Reminder under the reminder’s Inspector/Detail screen and then select “Custom” and put in your start date.

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Been using the grocery list option but as a “what I have in stock” list. As I buy things, I add them to the list. When I use something off, I mark it off

[@YorkshireLion]

Great video, I had no idea there was so much more to reminders 🎉

[@ryanisanart]

Thank you for voicing the weirdness surrounding subtasks and the 'Today' view. Ideally I would like to be able to view the task with its dropdown on any day it or one of its subtasks are due. Not being able to see the subtasks as part of the dropdown in Today, etc. is a huge bummer.

[@sosumitoo]

This video gave me a great overview, thanks! I was looking forward to switching from Microsoft To Do to a native experience. Now it is time to do so

[@Doulou83]

love this video, please do one when you set up your reminders from scratch so I can follow it

[@jimmytrentham3094]

Another great video, thanks Christopher.

[@AdelmoGalindo]

Very interesting the points you addressed and the personal cases you shared, have a lot to do with my personal experience with Reminders. This also applies to the criticisms you have made regarding, especially in relation to smart lists and subtasks. The content of your video is very good. Thank you for sharing!

[@woffi7397]

Just when I thought I knew all there is to know about the Reminders app - thanks, man!

[@rajanrengasamy]

Can you please create chapters to this video?

[@darreng-g]

Great intuitive video Chris.

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Any chance you could do an Apple-only workflow video?

[@jaerg91]

I love dropping images into my reminders! It’s so good! Also, under notes… I put the Aisle # that the item is in. I shop a lot for my work.

[@accentontheoff]

HI Chris, great video as always. I’m going a little nuts trying to decide between this app and Things 3 (which I already own). Currently Apple Reminders has a bit of an edge because I can at least access it on a browser in Windows, something I occasionally have to use. Also, Things doesn’t give you a unified week view of your tasks, something I find very useful. My question to you is - of the two apps, which is the more stable, which is better for not losing data and those kind of things. I figure that is critical. Thanks!

[@itswrithe]

Great, now how to create a smart list for TOMORROW's list ONLY?

[@devarni]

Chris, do you stopped using Things 3?

[@dorukaras]

I use my iPad Pro 4th generation a few times a week..That's why I usually keep it off at 60-70% charge..Do you think I'm doing it right or would it be healthier to leave it open? Lastly, the Apple Pencil 2nd generation remains off with 60% charge, do you think this is harmful?

[@horrorspidey7033]

Thanks for this brother, really needed this.

[@RealJoseph123]

Staying on Things 3 since I’m grown accustomed to… *BUT* Switched back to Apple Calendar from Fantastical - I wanna support the developers but I don’t think the subscriptions was worth it.

[@ChrisLawley]

Yesterday and today I am looking at app updates for iOS 17 and there is a lot of good stuff out there. I'm having trouble deciding what productivity apps I will use going forward. Right now I have SIX different notes apps on my iPad. 😂

[@RealJoseph123]

@@ChrisLawley Wow, I thought I was the only one that has more than one notes app… I have Drafts, Craft, Apple Notes, and Obsidian!! 🤣 Don’t know which one I want to use full time. There’s so much good note taking apps that I want to use!

[@TORIFS80]

I also switched back to Calendar. I have Calender 366 as a backup for a quick add, but in large part, I use Apple’s app and Google Calendar for work. The sub price for Fantastical was not worth the features, most of which I don’t use. I also found that as Google and Apple integrate features, it becomes hard to pay for them. For example, I tried Fantasical’s scheduling tool, but I already paid for Calendly. Not I cancelled that one because google’s built in works the same way andI already pay for Gsuite.

[@venomoushappy]

@@ChrisLawley With Todoist getting the calendar it is becoming the most useful over Things 3 and Apple Reminders (the only other 2 I consider). I just wish it had the background syncing. I get so many notifications on my phone of tasks that I dismissed on my iPad or Computer. I can't use it cause its widgets are lackluster (even the iOS17 ones, they are super slow). so I'm trying to decide between Things 3 and Reminders and it is hard. They are both so good.

[@igorchichkin509]

Yep you could share note to Tasks

[@mintchip7178]

Connecting more deeply with Notes and accessing existing documents would be nice fixes. Appreciate your thoroughness but maybe with a slower pace or a sections breakdown. Still, you killed it on this one!

[@Justin-bw8zi]

Such an informative and emotive tutorial!!! Great pacing, etc. One area of reminders I struggle with: I want to assign reminders to other family members, but NOT have those date bound reminders show up in my “today” view (as I just want to see what I need to do “today”. Is there a way to filer only for my reminders?

[@SantiagoSalse]

First time seeing one of your videos and is an immediate Subscribe! I was looking for an alternative to Notion that works offline and makes Kanban boards less complicated. Thanks a lot! I'm glad I have a full Apple Ecosystem to take advantage of all the syncing. Also, I like how U mention all the use cases and not only the average KZbinr video editing workflow

[@kevinfjharris]

Awesome deep dive into Reminders! Thanks for this video, super helpful. Reminders has come a long way and with iOS 17 I am using it again.

[@Jason_Polkovitz]

This is wonderful. Thanks!

[@teri9435]

To set tasks for tomorrow, its actually cmd + option + T!! (the video said shift)

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

THANKS CHRIS 🤗 FOR SHARING THIS 👍😎💚💚💚

[@hannahliles5397]

Not switching back to Reminders until they integrate with Calendar. Sticking with Todoist until then!

[@ChrisLawley]

Todoist is nice and I heard they are working on a redesign. I’m curious to check it out when it’s finished.

[@JorgeSanabriaOficial]

Just drag and drop the note from the notes app onto the reminder and that’s it.😊

[@kaitel5761]

bro that great 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ChrisLawley]

Thank you!!

[@justinnorth3814]

Great video, really appreciate the time it took to plan this all out for us and put it all together. One quick question - how/why is the Finder icon from macOS in the dock on your iPad Pro?

[@thedeathcabkid]

If you’re still wondering how to do this, I can let you know

[@holubus]

I love the TaskCut shortcut thanks a lot for that! :-) Would it be possible to either adjust this shortcut to include Apple Mail messages as well please?

[@khezuhl]

You can add tasks quicker with the app Remind Faster

[@lukygoon]

Nice video - I kind of want to switch everything to reminders and just use that instead of calendar. Whats the point of even using a calendar?

[@jkfl32238]

I have a question that I don't see anyone talking about, unless I'm mistaken. One of the main advantages and reasons why I keep on coming back to Apple Reminders, as opposed to a third party app, is because Apple Reminders are the only reminders that can stay on your lock screen indefinitely, as opposed to moving to the notifications center after an hour. I would love to be told that I'm wrong and shown how!

[@piliq3774]

hopefully they change those things. And it would he nice to be able to just move tasks in the Kanban page by just drag and drop it into the desired column, and not exactly in between tests in the desired column

[@shaunhoward7876]

Hi Chris, great video. When i set up a someday smartlist I seem to get all my grocery items in there also, how can i stop this? I followed as per your setup. Thanks

[@JosephRawsthorne31]

I really wish apple had a schedule app and you can integrate it in to this. Like i wish you can set reminders from mins to hours on the same day.

[@Laricostaj]

You need to make a video like this about calendar! Pleeeaaaseeee 🫶🏽

[@davehugstrees]

Great video and always enjoy your deep dives into productivity tools like Apple Reminders. Btw please add chapters to your videos. ;)

[@claumagagnotti1]

Hi, tks for this video! It was helpful

[@jhon2k1y]

Great tips and video. Thanks 😊

[@igorchichkin509]

WoW 🎉🎉🎉awesome ❤❤❤

[@TravelingSnorlax]

Wait so do you not use things 3 anymore? If so, why?

[@pinheirobrands]

I loved the video. Which is your ipad? 11 or 12.9?

[@tessloggins8485]

Very informative video. Very helpful.

[@ChrisLawley]

Glad it was helpful!

[@grant1437]

The TaskCut shortcut is great but I need help with adding the ability for a date/time field so it pops up when required please 🙏

[@michael_gaio]

great video !

[@AsiefD]

Until the reminder notification date and due date can be split, I’m stuck with the Microsoft app but I use the widgets of the native apple app

[@BLTDFRNT]

GREAT video, I hate how feature lacking the reminders app is when the features lacking can be so easily done, for example, the limitations with smart filters, also, i have a question, at 7:04 you have a task from yesterday showing in Today, anyway to fix this? anyway to make a folder that collects all the "yesterday" reminders and just removes them completely from today? it's frustrating how much i wanna use this app and can't due to terrible UX choices by apple

[@ale3is]

Great review

[@bethvaughn1215]

I can’t figure out the task cut shortcut. The link in the description doesn’t work or I’m opening it in the wrong way. Any suggestions?

[@alexgruft140]

Thank you for your video. How did you add the "someday" group where the "today" and "scheduled" view are?

[@jhope1923]

Your baseball cap is elite

[@brentowens2374]

I downloaded your Bag Checklist shortcut. Looks great except the last function is using Things not Reminders. How can I set this up to create the list in Reminders?

[@ChrisLawley]

Sorry about that, I uploaded the wrong version. Here is the right one: www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c4ba8cb9772741ffa2929cabb996ffb2

[@jpg-o-km]

A lot of todoist inspirations... This app become usefull, beed a few more update for beeing the best

[@kashfiqbal]

How do you have your lockscreen looking so clean?