Argh! I just typed a WHOLE thing and it got lost. Or they don't want me to post so much! ha ha
Hi,
Thought I'd share that I found two solutions to the Reminders issue. The first is a work around for clearing a Reminder. When it pops up - you have to click View - this will open it, then you can Clear it and it won't clear any of the other Reminders currently showing. At least that was my experience for a week of testing!
However, before I figured out the above, I had found and bought an app called Due. It was a bit of a risk for me, because it was $6.99 and I don't really like spending money on apps, and when I do, I'm usually cheap and stay under $5. lol
But I've been very happy with it. I used it along side the Reminders app for about a week and a half before I decided the Due app was great on it's own.
What I really like is that it utilizes a Snooze function that you set ( opts are every 1, 5, 10, 15, 30 or 60 minutes) and when you Clear a reminder, it will pop up again in X minutes. It will keep doing this until you actually check OK. When you click a Reminder it has no impact on the others. There's a fair amount of customizing you can do and set a default template for Reminders - which can be changed to suit each Reminder as needed. I often enter notes in my Reminders and was concerned there wasn't a place, because there's no separate field. But there is ample room to include notes in the same field you name your Reminder. I just enter them below and so far haven't hit a limit in that field. In the app the Reminders are grouped chronologically - Today's at top, Tomorrow's below and so forth. There's also a page that shows you all Reminders that have been marked as Done. You can also easily clear recurring Reminders for the day in the app if you just don't want them to pop up/keep popping up. You can also easily - but not so easily you accidentally - delete Reminders entirely. It also has a Timer function that also offers Snoozes, etc. - but haven't used it yet. I don't know that it has an import/export options - I realized you had mentioned that being important. I've always set my reminders manually, so I'm not familiar with doing that (and might even misunderstand what you mean).
There are 3 situations where you can MISS a reminder:
1 - If your phone ringer is off, the Reminder tone will not be heard. It will still pop up on your screen and continue to pop up on your screen at your Snooze intervals. But if you rely on hearing the Reminder tones - you'd need to keep your ringer on. I don't know if this is a setting issue or if there's a work around - I haven't really looked into it, because it's not an issue for me.
2 - If you do NOT set a Snooze, clearing the Reminder will clear it for good. Or until the next day, week, etc. if it's a Recurring Reminder.
3 - Tied to #2, if you open your lock screen without touching any Reminders showing, it will clear them from your screen. If they do not have a Snooze set - they will not show up again unless they're Recurring. But if they do have a Snooze set - they will continue to pop up at set intervals.
I've mitigated #2 & 3 by setting my Default template to include a 60 min Snooze. That way, I can change the Snooze time as needed for each Reminder, but if I forget - I won't accidentally lose track.
Anyway - I thought it was worth coming back and letting you know. Had I figured out the work around to the ios Reminders, I wouldn't have bothered to look any further. But I'm glad I did find the Due app, because for me, it's been absolutely wonderful - better than the Reminders and I don't have to worry about missing/clearing important Reminders. It might be worth checking it out to see if it would work for your needs, too. But if not, hopefully, the work around I figured out will do until Apple actually fixes the issue! But we all know not to hold our breath. lol
Hope you and yours have a safe & fun 4th!
