iOS long press Reminders optionsįrom inside Reminders, you can add a new Reminder by choosing New Reminder in the bottom left side of the application. When you choose one of those lists you’ll be taken directly to the list with the new task interface ready to go. If you long press on the Reminders icon you will be given the option to add a task to some of your lists. On iOS/iPadOS you get some other nice options to make adding task faster. If you click the i icon now you’ll notice that the #chore tag does not show up in the tag field, though it does show in the Tag filters on the bottom left side of the Reminders interface. If you write take out the garbage tomorrow at 9am #chore then you’ll see that Reminders gives you some popup interface elements to select the due date and time for a task along with setting the tags for the task. You can also use the task title field to set a bunch of the parameters for a task. macOS Reminders information iconīut clicking around the Reminders interface is the slow way to add a task. Under the i icon on the right side you can also set more parameters for a task, like attaching a photo or a URL to the task. Reminders will create a new task and you can set the task title, notes, date, location, tags and priority by selecting the appropriate spot in the interface. Later on I’ll talk about some ways to work around this problem.įor now, select your default list and then press ⌘ N to create a new task. Every other task manager I’ve used does this in some fashion. One of the biggest drawbacks to Reminders on macOS is that Reminders doesn’t have a default Quick Entry method that you can trigger from a keyboard command. iOS Reminders default list settings macOS On iOS you need to go to the Settings app and then choose Reminders. Once you’ve created your Inbox list you’ll need to set it as the default destination for all tasks that don’t get set to a specific destination in Reminders. You’ll see here that you can create Templates and Smart Lists. This includes choosing from the emoji’s that are available on your devices. You can also choose a colour for your list and pick an icon that you want for the list.

You’ll want to use this list as the default spot for all new Reminders that are added. To do this click Add List at the bottom of Reminders and make the name of the list Inbox. Before we get started with adding tasks to Reminders, you really should set up an Inbox list.

Apple todo list app