How can I sync reminders between mac and iPhone?
I cannot sync reminders between my MacBook Pro and my iphone4. I have icloud set up for both. Any help appreciated.
Robert8
2/10/13
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I cannot sync reminders between my MacBook Pro and my iphone4. I have icloud set up for both. Any help appreciated.
Robert8
2/10/13
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Thanks again Russa. Here is what finally worked for me. I make certain that the Mac is on Reminders and not Mobile Me. Then I go to Settings on the iphone, go to Reminders and then Sync.Under Sync, All Reminders should be checked. Then, if I am entering a reminder on my iphone, I go to Show More at the bottom of the Details page. I then go to list and check icloud Reminders. Now everything entered will also appear on my Mac.
Entering a reminder on the Mac first requires nothing further.
Now Russa, it is truly automagical.
Thanks for your help.
Sometime the iCloud doesn't work to sycn the reminders from iPhone to Mac.
In this occisaion, you can ask for the third party software,
such as Coolmuster or iStonsoft iPhone to Mac Transfer.
The tutorial about copy/ save reminders to Mac/ PC may help you.
If you have iCloud it is automagical.
First to try:
Try restarting your iPhone. Hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button down until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPhone. To turn iPhone back on, press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Other solution, iPhone backp extractor,which can restore reminders from iPhone backp to personal computer: http://www.vibosoft.com/ios/extract-iphone-backup-from-itunes-mac-windows.html
.. It looks like it is only sync'ing after you open and close the Reminders app on your Mac; or if you assign a reminder date to the reminder in each List. However, it's not consistent across all platforms...
I looked in spotlight for a "reminders" app, and it did not find it.
I do every bit of typing I can on a real keyboard instead of my phone or pad, and was hoping to be able to set up reminders on my Mac, but I'm not finding out how. I have been using iCal, but figure Reminders is more appropriate.
Hi Howard, Are you just trying to enter a reminder on your Mac and have it instantaneously appear on your iphone? If so,my 2/12/13 rreply to Russa, above, which sets out how I do this should work for you. Before replying to you today I went through each of the steps and it works fine. Russa is right in that it may seem a bit confusing but be patient. Good luck.
I have opened Reminders on my Mac. On the left side I have On my Mac, beneath that i have Mobileme mail to do, next I have icloud and then Reminders. I selected Reminders and then following the directions I gave on 2/12/13 [ above ], I am able to sync the Mac with the iphone.
Make sure you set up Settings as I suggested on 2/12/13.
I don't know how to open Reminders on my Mac. Spotlight doesn't find it. If I click it from Finder in Applications, I get the following error window:
You can't open the application
"Reminders.app" because it may be
damaged or incomplete.
That must be the problem. But what is the fix?
I am having one problem with the solution that is working for others. When I am entering a reminder on my iphone, there is no "show more" on the details page. All the settings are as described above. I am running iOS7 and Mavericks.
Any thoughts on what the issue might be?
I am also running IOS7 and Mavericks. Now when I look at the bottom of the Details page there is no longer a " show more. " The page is currently showing" List " with "Reminders" to the right. Click that and make certain "Reminders" under "iCloud" is checked.
Hope this helps BelmontS.
I don't understand what you mean by "Then, if I am entering a reminder on my iphone, I go to Show More at the bottom of the Details page." iv done all the steps before this, still no syncing. but i dont seem to have any option for show more, and maybe that is the issue?
Hi Alexandra1211,
My 10/24/13 updated comment may help you.If you enter a reminder on your iphone, touch the blank space next to the reminder and an "i" in a circle will appear like wizardry. Touch it and you will get your Details page. Enter the day and time you want to be reminded and any notes. Toward the bottom, next to List you will see Reminders;click that and you will get a Change List page. Make certain that under icloud, Reminders is checked. I just did it before I wrote to you and it syncs perfectly with my Mac.
Hope this helps,
Robert8
Reminders needs to be activated in 3 places in your iPhone:
1: Settings > iCloud
2: In Settings> Mail, Contacts, Calendars>iCloud (scroll down and turn on Reminders)
3: In notification pull-down screen> Edit (at bottom) > Add reminders.
This worked for me and I hope it works for y'all
Strangest thing happened with my calendar this morning (i noticed, but it's been more than a few days that it's been misbehaving). My phone did not alert me to an appointment I had yesterday and I knew it was this week sometime so I went to look for it on my computer and it was not there. Trouble is, I couldn't find it on my phone either but I am SURE I put it in there. I also had another one that was upcoming that I was sure I had put in there on my macbook just the other day. So i redid that one, and it didn't show up on my phone and most of my month looked blank when viewed on the 'month' view. Until I went to view the 'day' view and then clicked "today" down in the lower right hand corner to see all the upcoming events. THEN they all were there in that view, but many recently added appointments hadn't been indicated as being on the calendar in any other view nor on my macbook. Now that I had viewed them as a list of upcoming events in the 'today' view on my phone, suddenly they all appeared on my calendar on macbook and iPhone. I did not change a thing except to look at a different view.
This is very strange to me. In addition my daughter's calendar kept not syncing but suddenly now started working again when she hasn't changed anything
Oh and yeah, I did miss my appointment yesterday because of this.
How can I sync reminders between mac and iPhone?