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Reminders not syncing on Mac.

Reminders still not syncing between (iPhone and iPad ) to Mac . All running the very latest software and up to date. Have to open reminders on the Mac for it to eventually sync.

Thought this was resolved with a software update a while ago?

Posted on Jan 5, 2020 5:46 AM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2020 2:07 AM

Thanks for your help, Peter - glad your stuff is working. It seems you are a bit offended that others are upset that their Apple products do not work as advertised. I paid the premium for Apple products because Apple products used to "just work." For what it's worth, I've logged about 10 hours on the phone with Apple Support going through every possible scenario - and they still haven't figured out the problem. Seems like our frustration is well-placed.

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Jan 9, 2020 2:07 AM in response to LD150

Thanks for your help, Peter - glad your stuff is working. It seems you are a bit offended that others are upset that their Apple products do not work as advertised. I paid the premium for Apple products because Apple products used to "just work." For what it's worth, I've logged about 10 hours on the phone with Apple Support going through every possible scenario - and they still haven't figured out the problem. Seems like our frustration is well-placed.

Feb 22, 2020 10:18 AM in response to mick571

I found somewhat of a workaround, but it requires you use or create a Microsoft account - everything is free, though.


I installed Microsoft To Do on my Mac using my Microsoft account, and then on my iPhone I added that same account as an Outlook account under Settings | Passwords & Accounts and enabled Reminders. Now when I add reminders on Microsoft To Do from the Mac they show up in Reminders and MS To Do on my iPhone, and vice versa. You probably don't need to install To Do on your iPhone, but I just wanted to compare it with Reminders.


I realize this doesn't fix the issue with Reminders on the Mac, but I'm not able to upgrade to Catalina at this point and needed a workable solution so I went with this approach.

Reminders not syncing on Mac.

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