Use the Reminders app

Don’t forget a thing with Reminders, writes Lou Hattersley

Using your iPad for reminders and to-do lists is 

a great idea. You’re likely to have your iPad 

with you at all times so it just makes sense.

The rather aptly named Reminders app is here 

to help you with all your to-do lists. The Reminders 

app has some neat touches. Integration with Siri is 

just one of the great features of Reminders. It takes 

merely a few seconds to set up a new reminder 

using just a push of the Home button and your voice.

Additionally, you can use GPS to activate 

reminders when you leave or arrive at certain places. 

So, for example, your iPad could remind you to pick 

up some milk on the way home as you leave work.

Naturally, you can set your own time-sensitive 

reminders, too, and if you have a lot of reminders 

you can easily search through them. Reminders
can be sorted in a list or by date and you can see
a calendar view of all your reminders a month at
a time. If you’re using the iCloud service all your
reminders can be synced across devices. If you set
a reminder on your iPad it will show on your iPhone
and vice versa. If you’re cursed with the forgetful
gene, have no fear, the Reminders app is here. You’ll
never forget your wedding anniversary again. Here
we show you how to use it.

Step 1: Reminders app Open the Reminders app to add 

a to-do item to your list. Here
you’ll see all your reminders
and, if you’re using iCloud,
the account name used to
synchronise reminders.

Step 2: New reminder Tap on an empty line to create

a reminder and the standard
keyboard pops up. Type the
reminder and tap Return. To edit
it further, tap on the reminder
again.

Step 3: Dictate reminder 

If you don’t want to type your reminder, you don’t
have to. Tap on the microphone icon next to the
spacebar and simply speak your reminder. Tap

Done to enter it.

Step 4: Remind me on a day

To change the details about a
reminder simply tap on it and
tap on the Info (‘i’) icon. Tap
‘Remind Me On A Day’ to set
a day when you want the iPad
to alert you.

Step 5: Location-based reminders

You can have a reminder pop
up when you leave or arrive
somewhere. The iPad uses
GPS to track you, and when
you’re at the right spot it sends an alert.

Step 6: See your month 

You can see all your reminders in the month by
tapping the Scheduled item in the sidebar. This
screen lists all your reminders using the ‘Remind Me
On A Day’ setting.

Step 7: Search reminders 

If you can’t see the reminder you’re after, use search.
Tap on the search field in the top-left and enter the
item for which you are looking.

Step 8: Completed tasks 

Once you’ve completed a tasks, you just tick it o by
tapping the circle next to it. The task will be removed
from the list, but you can view it again by tapping
Show Completed.