iOS 13 and Outlook Tasks

I use icloud add-in on Outlook 365 to sync my reminders and tasks. With the iOS13 reminder update, they are no longer accessible on Outlook. I've tried updating the icloud app on windows, but it doesn't appear to help.

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Posted on Sep 20, 2019 5:27 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2020 7:31 AM

I still have Outlook 2010 and therefor no outlookßcom-account. But everybody can get one.

So I opened an outlook.com-account, added it to iPad, iPhone and Outlook on my Windows-PC. Downloaded Microsoft To Do on my Apple-devices.

To Do syncs nicely with Reminders (!) and Outlook Tasks on PC. So I can work with Reminders as before and put To Do on the last screen on the Apple devices, just because it is necessary.

With the outlook.com-account there was a new Calendar called outlook.com. You can see it in Calendar on the Apple-devices and in Outlook on the PC. Same with Contacts.

So I copied contacts and calendar-entries into this calendar and ... Heureka!


For my part, I am happy again. Everything works like before and no iCloud needed anymore.


The Outlook-app for iOS is good, but I am used to the generic ones from Apple, so I will not switch at the moment. But I am satisfied that there is a really good alternative in case we will need it in the future.


Thanks again. Without your post I had never been encouraged enough to try this changes.

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Sep 28, 2019 8:17 AM in response to Bumbrlik

Sooooo, I have been on the phone with Apple Support several times this week. At this point... no fix other than, "the problem has been escalated to the engineers and they are working on something." I will say that Apple Support has been calling back to give updates, which is nice, but what would be nicer would be a fix. I use Tasks almost religiously to keep up with the 10 members of my team, not to mention my family.


On another note... Apple Reminders just flat out stinks. I don't know why they ever changed it from the first generation of reminders. I thought the new iOS13 revamp of reminders might offer something more user friendly, but it still stinks. No way to sort tasks by separate lists to see just a day view, or swipe to go to tomorrows tasks or anything like that. I have been using GoodTask for my task management app, and used to us TaskTask. Both are good... however, you would think Apple could come out with a Reminders app that would be halfway useful. My vote would be to re-introduce the original Reminders app that Apple offered years ago as a download on the app store. I would bet that by the amount of downloads of that app they receive they would realize how far they have drifted from their original simplicity.



Oct 11, 2019 5:20 AM in response to Woolybooger

I made the change this week to Office 365 simply so I could get my tasks back into Outlook. Hopefully you have a backup of your tasks in a PST format so you can easily do this. I couldn't be happier--the process was pretty easy and everything and the tasks are now syncing between all my Windows devices and my iPhone (you have to download an app on your iPhone called Microsoft Tasks). I actually like it better because I can sort the tasks on the iPhone alphabetically, something I couldn't do before using the native Tasks ios app. I am still using iCloud to sync my calendar and contacts. Hopefully Apple won't strip that from us in later ios releases.

Oct 11, 2019 5:34 AM in response to FloydJodi

I did something similar. I kept my personal tasks on reminders and all my work tasks on outlook. I synced the exchange account and it pulls in another reminder list with work tasks so I can keep up with them on my phone/macbook. Would like to see personal tasks synced with icloud for windows, but this works for now. I haven't updated to the new os on mac, so reminders isn't working there yet either. Ugh.


A reminders add-in for onenote would be nice too. I can add outlook tasks directly in onenote and it connects my notes to my task. Why is task management/scheduling such an enigma for these companies. MS Tasks is outlook tasks without a lot of the functionality. End rant.

Dec 22, 2019 12:12 PM in response to mitchtaylor

Having an entire part of an application (tasks) in Outlook unknowingly DELETED, I would say, is a SEVERE problem and needs to be fixed by Apple along with an apology! I have been using this for years and it has sync'd seamlessly with my iPhone until this release of iOS - the data is now gone on Outlook. I think Apple has a duty to create a fix to the Outlook interface immediately.

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