Why Apple Reminders is the Best Task Manager
With the wealth of excellent task managers out there it’s easy to overlook Apple Reminders and there is a good reason it gets overlooked. When Reminders was first introduced it was far behind the other tools on the market in the feature department so you couldn’t blame anyone who was looking for a good task […]
Adding Tasks to Apple Reminders
Default List Before we get started with adding tasks to Reminders, you really should set up an Inbox list. To do this click Add List at the bottom of Reminders and make the name of the list Inbox. You’ll want to use this list as the default spot for all new Reminders that are added.…
Smart Lists in Apple Reminders
In iOS 15 Apple revamped lists to give you more options in the way of making Smart Lists. These are lists that are populated based on search and filtering parameters that you can set. Creating a Smart List in Apple Reminders To create a Smart List, click the Add List button in the bottom left…
Apple Reminders iOS Widgets
While not everyone uses widgets on iOS, they can be used to achieve a good overview of what you have going on for a specific day. Adding a Widget To add a widget long press on your iPhone/iPad screen until you enter jiggle mode. Then you need to tap the plus icon in the top…
OmniFocus Task Templates in Obsidian
Recently I shared a video on sharing an Obsidian note to OmniFocus as a task. Well as I test out OmniFocus again to think about doing a course on it, I realized I needed a few other shortcuts to make draw out some more power. On the Obsidian side, you’ll need to get the Shortcut…
GoodTask and Reminders
Before Apple added Smart Lists, and many other features, to Reminders there was GoodTask. GoodTask has used Reminders as it’s sync system for a number of years, and then layered a bunch of excellent features on top of Reminders to make it a very powerful task management system. If you use SetApp then GoodTasks is…
Issues with Apple Reminders
While I like and use Apple Reminders, it’s not all sunshine and roses in Reminders land. Let’s look at some of the shortcomings of Apples task management platform. Shortcuts You’ll note that I never specifically covered the integrations between Reminders and Shortcuts. That’s because they’re pretty lackluster. Yes I’ve looked around and seen lots of…
Things 3 Interface Tour
Today’s video will take a look at the main areas of Things 3 interface.
Planning Your Week with Things 3
When it comes time to plan your week in Things 3, it’s time to look at the multi-window functionality available in the application. While I’m going to show you this workflow on macOS, it’s just easier to understand what’s going on due to the ability to open many windows side by side. You can do…
Things 3 Calendar Integration
One thing I usually want in a task manager is the ability to see what other items are scheduled for a specific day. I’ve got 3 kids that go to activities, and I volunteer on their field trips, and I like to ride my bike…this means that many days I have lots of other things…
