iOS reminders
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kelstarrising
Kelly | GTD expert
Our GTD Setup Guide includes lots of tips for using Reminders, in case that’s of interest:
https://store.gettingthingsdone.com/iPhone-iPad-Setup-Guides-p/10450.htm
https://store.gettingthingsdone.com/iPhone-iPad-Setup-Guides-p/10450.htm
kelstarrising
Kelly | GTD expert
For a no-nonsense, basic-feature list manager, it works.
I’m trying to use Reminders for my personal life, especially @Errands since my phone is with me all the time, and after work I mostly use my iPad when contemplating personal projects.
For now, due to screwy issues with Outlook, Office 365 and corporate Policies, I’m using a paper system for work projects and actions. I also collect in the notebook and transfer Errands to the Reminders app.
Fewer features to detract from the actual doing.
For now, due to screwy issues with Outlook, Office 365 and corporate Policies, I’m using a paper system for work projects and actions. I also collect in the notebook and transfer Errands to the Reminders app.
Fewer features to detract from the actual doing.
TesTeq
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And you can have your @Errands list on your wrist if you're using Apple Watch.
Rose
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If you run into limitations you could look at GoodTask http://goodtaskapp.com
It's built to use Reminders and simply extend it - no importing or exporting of tasks required.
If my needs were simpler I'd be tempted - as it is I use OmniFocus and love it
It's built to use Reminders and simply extend it - no importing or exporting of tasks required.
If my needs were simpler I'd be tempted - as it is I use OmniFocus and love it
Simon Barkar
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Apple’s Reminders app is one of best apps that has the potentiality in my personal opinion. While it didn’t receive much of an update with the announcements of iOS 12 and macOS Mojave, I believe that with some additional features, it could become the go-to GTD/task/productivity system for most people.
The problem with the native Apple productivity apps is that they often don’t get those nice additional features that 3rd-party apps create using Apple's own technology. Share sheets, for example, provide an easy, safe mechanism to transfer information between apps. Apps that don’t provide them: Calendar, Reminders and Mail. Reminders is kind of like tonsils: nice to have for some behind-the-scenes functionality, but wouldn’t be missed too much.
Thanks
Yes I too was using Wunderlist and liked it, but since it’s going away I was testing out new apps and for some reason I took to reminders
Yes, and for errands reminders can be location triggered so when I’m at Home Depot my had list automatically pops up.
I will check it out since I use chrome at workIf you run into limitations you could look at GoodTask http://goodtaskapp.com
It's built to use Reminders and simply extend it - no importing or exporting of tasks required.
If my needs were simpler I'd be tempted - as it is I use OmniFocus and love it
I agree with the hope.
However, as I posted in https://forum.gettingthingsdone.com/threads/reminders-stop-synching-apple-watch-iphone.14365/, iOS 12 (and related WatchOS) actually broke Reminders Watch/iPhone synchfor me.
I also learned the hard way that depending on a tool like Reminders that has no convenient way to Export data is opening oneself up to disaster.
Now my GTD "Waiting for" list includes "Wait for Apple to fix Reminders watch/iPhone synch bug", to be checked every few weeks.
I wish.
That almost worked - but "Hey Siri, add XXXX to my Errands list" does not work. Only Groceries, Shopping, and generic "Remind me to..."
Also https://forum.gettingthingsdone.com/threads/reminders-stop-synching-apple-watch-iphone.14365/
- with iOS 12 and related WatchOS, Reminders synch watch<->iPhone broke.
Waiting for Apple to fix.
In the meantime, I warn others.
If you run into limitations you could look at GoodTask http://goodtaskapp.com
It's built to use Reminders and simply extend it - no importing or exporting of tasks required.
If my needs were simpler I'd be tempted - as it is I use OmniFocus and love it
Interestingly enough, while my needs are anything but simple (I generally have between 100 and 200 client projects in some active state plus all the other multi-step projects, I am finding that GoodTask is proving to be more flexible than either Omnifocus or Things 3. The trick is taking the step back to not try and make it everything, but rather the GTD focus point. With subtasks, I can quickly handle small or receptive things and maintain the project link. For larger projects I have to spend more time on the review, but again, dedicating focus to the review is not a bad thing. All of the more complex systems such as OF or T3 I tended to find myself resisting due to friction. That meant I never developed the level of trust I required. Reminders with Goodtask just really seems amazingly powerful and I have a far better view of what I'm faced with than I ever did with the larger systems. I think it's a forest/trees thing.
Look at Goodtask for share sheets and the like.
GoodTask reminds me a little of a program called Datebk for the Palm from years ago. It used the standard Palm databases for calendar and todo list, but added functionality by putting metadata in the notes field. It was clever, but it was a kluge. It was the work of a single person (as I believe Goodtasks is), and it showed in the design.