Reminders app is Dismal

I find Reminders much easier to use than the old iCal sidebar, personally.

If you have separate lists in Reminders, would you really want to see _everything_ at once? I'd think if the lists weren't related (i.e. I have one for errands and one for movies to watch, and one for books to read... when does it make sense to view them all?).

Agree - I have about 30 different calandars, mostly because I use them as project heading to break out my todo list. Haven't looked much at Reminders in Mt Lion, but haven't used it at all in iPad.

And the reason to see them all at once (and with dates) is because I have multiple "high priority" todos, and I often need to choose between them to pick the next thing to focus on. Its hard to do that if you can't see them all at the same time.

Frank

Brian—I completely agree with you. Apple should have left the Todo list functionality in Calendar where it belonged. It's completely user- UNfriendly to 1) remove existing functionality; 2) to do so from an application where one intuitively expects a todo list to be. Now I have to open up yet another application to figure out what I have to do for the day or week or month, when I already have the Calendar app open?

The Reminders app might make sense on an iPhone (but I don't even use it there because it's so clunky), but makes zero sense on an actual computer.

Apple: Please don't turn my macbook into a glorified iPhone—I actually have to do real work on my computer.

Brian - I also agree with you. The most annoying thing for me about the Reminders app is the lack of time zone support. When you add a task, the reminder is set for the time zone you are in when you create the task. Not useful at all...

Have you looked at BusyCal as a replacement for iCal/Calendar? It integrates Reminders, does iCloud, and a bunch of other things too. And it even looks good, without Apple's 1981-inspired leatherette look. It's a bit pricey at $50, but is often offered in MacUpdate promo bundles for $50 with a dozen other apps. I got mine bundled with Parallels Desktop. It's a winner!

I totally agree with BusyCal as a replacement, it is excellent ..... +1

Brian Dodds wrote:

I gave it a try for 30 days and altogh it is what Apples iCal/Calendar should be. Some anoyances about it as well as the price made me end up not stick with it. Things like the tab key moved between days instead of events,

Moves between events on mine, alway has,

There was a constant sync indicator blinking and spinning in the calendar list, etc.

I see the indicator during a Dav update or a Sync, but not constantly, only when things change

It just didn't feel polished enugh yet. 😟

I don't share your opinion on that one.

Brian Dodds wrote:

Hmmmm I primarily use Month view and remember going crazy when Tab would go between days and not between the events in each day. So if your in Month view and hit Tab it's moving between events for you?

Yes (just verified it in case my memory went haywire) on me. As for the sync indicator I guess the amount of time 'in action' will vary with regard to # of accounts, # of calendars, internet speed and probably other factors I have missed. It's also true that I generally hide the sidebar, preferring to have the extra space available.

Polish seems to me to be more of a personal taste issue really, the leather look Apple calendar doesn't bother me but I started using BusyCal while it was in beta and I still need it's extra functionality so I stayed with it. It seems cheap now.

They still have a free trial available 🙂