I regularly use reminders on my Mac and my iPhone. They're linked and everything works well till recently. Now, all of a sudden, I can't add a new reminder on my Mac. I still can on my iPhone, but not on my Mac.
On the Mac I usually click control-N. Now nothing happens when I do. On the Mac Reminders menu, under File, New Reminder is grayed out.
Any suggestions?
MacBook
Hi there,
When you open the Reminders app, are you seeing the "+" sign at the top right? If you see it, are you able to add it that way?
If you are not seeing that "+" to add new reminders, you can contact Apple Support:
Thanks.
Hi there,
When you open the Reminders app, are you seeing the "+" sign at the top right? If you see it, are you able to add it that way?
If you are not seeing that "+" to add new reminders, you can contact Apple Support:
Thanks.
Hello omccreary,
It sounds like you're having some issues using the Reminders app on the Mac. Did you recently notice this after updating your Mac? Have you tried to restart the Mac to see if that improves the situation?
You may also want to take a look at this article:
Add, change, or delete reminders on Mac
Regards.
sterling r:
I have auto-update turned on, which keeps my OS up to date. So I don't know whether this coincided with a recent update. I'm now on MacOS Catalina v. 10.15.6.
Yes, I've restarted the Mac.
For a long time, until recently, I've been able to add reminders in the Reminders app in the standard way â File / New Reminder or Command-N. Now New Reminder is grayed-out, and Command-N does nothing.
I have no problem adding reminders on my my iPhone, which is synced to my Mac through iCloud. Those reminders are then visible on my Mac as usual. As usual I can update reminders on my Mac, and the change quickly appears on my iPhone. I just can't add new reminders on my Mac.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Wow, that solved the problem. Now that I think of it, I probably have been using that plus-sign rather than command-N or File / New Reminder. It's been awhile since I've used Reminders much on the Mac.
I'm still puzzled why command-N doesn't work, but I'm satisfied to let that go. One way to do things is enough.
Can't add new reminder in Mac reminders
