Set a Reminder on an iPad

With so many tasks and errands pulling you in umpteen directions at once, you need a way to stay organized. Through the Reminders app on Apple's iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices, you can set reminders for important tasks like picking the kids up from school or organizing your notes for tomorrow's meeting, and for menial stuff that tends to slip your mind, like picking up milk from the store on the way home.

Steps

Creating a Reminder

  1. Tap the Reminders app to open it. [1] The Reminders app resembles a sheet of notebook paper with colored circles on the left-hand side. Tapping the app takes you to its notebook-style interface.
  2. Create a reminder by tapping a blank line. Tapping anywhere on the notebook interface brings up an on-screen keyboard that lets you name your reminder. After you name it, tap the Return button or the Done button.
  3. Fill in the reminder's date and time in your reminder's options menu. Tap your reminder, then tap the information icon to its right to bring up the options screen. Here, you can tap Remind me on a day to set a date and time you want to be reminded.
    • If your iPad has 3G or 4G connectivity, you can add location-based reminders that issue alarms when you draw near a place you specify[2]. In your reminder's options menu, tap Remind me at a location, then enter the details of the location. Your iPad will chime when you near the location.
  4. Set the reminder's priority level. By default, your reminder has a priority of None. For tasks you absolutely cannot forget, tap one of the exclamation-point icons to set the reminder's importance.
  5. Tap the circle next to a reminder to cross it off. The reminder will remain on your list, so you can always uncheck it to use it again. To remove it permanently, tap Edit, then tap the minus icon next to the reminder, followed by Delete.

Dictating a Reminder

If you have an iPad mini or an iPad with Retina display, Siri, Apple's built-in assistant that responds to your voice, can jot down your reminder for you. Use Siri to take reminders when you're in situations where you cannot manipulate your iPad with your hands.

  1. Activate Siri by holding the home button on your iPad until a chime sounds. [3] Siri waits patiently for you to give it instructions. Once you hear the chime, your iPad will translate your speech into commands.
  2. Say, "Set a reminder." By saying this command, Siri will ready itself to take down information such as the date, time, and place of the task you need to perform.
  3. Speak the details of your reminder. For example, you can say "I have a board meeting on February 20th at 5 PM." Siri will ask you to look over the details and confirm the reminder.
    • Siri is remarkably adept at translating any sentence into text. For example, you could activate Sir and say, "Siri, remind me to call Robert on March 1st," and Siri will take all the information down at once.

Creating Lists of Reminders

Lists give you an easy way to organize several reminders of a certain type. For example, you could create one list called "Home" and another called "Work" to make reminders of those types easier to find.

  1. Tap the Reminders heading. [4] Open the Reminders app by tapping it. After touching the Reminders heading, you should see an option to create a new list.
  2. Tap New List and name the list. You can also give lists different colors to make them easier to recognize. Tap Done when you're finished naming your list and optionally giving it a color.
  3. Change lists by tapping the paper at the bottom of the screen. Tapping the paper lets you view all of the lists you've created. Tap the list to which you want to add reminders by tapping it.
  4. Add reminders to your list. Creating a reminder in a list is as easy as tapping a blank line and typing in the list's name, date, time, and other relevant information.

Saving Reminders to iCloud

Saving your reminders to Apple's Set Up iCloud storage syncs your reminders across all of your Apple devices, letting you pull up any reminder on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

  1. Open the Settings menu. [5] Look for a gray wheel on your iPad screen labeled Settings. Tap it, and you'll be greeted by a screen that lets you change every conceivable facet of your iPad's operation as well as the apps you have installed.
  2. Tap the iCloud icon to view apps that can sync with iCloud. Not every app pushes its data to iCloud by default. Apple only gives you so much storage space on the cloud, so you have to give apps permission to stake out space there.
  3. Scroll down to the Reminders app and tap its slider. When prompted, give your permission to merge your reminders on iCloud. All of your reminders created on all of your Apple hardware can now be viewed and edited on any Apple device.
    • After you've pushed your reminders to iCloud, you can share them with other people who may need access to them, such as your spouse or work colleagues. Open the Reminders app, select a list, and tap Edit. The Sharing option should appear. Tap it, then tap Add person to share the list.

Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202335
  2. ↑ http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-set-up-reminders-on-your-ipad.html
  3. ↑ https://www.apple.com/ios/siri/
  4. ↑ http://www.macworld.com/article/1164792/how_to_use_the_ios_reminders_app.html
  5. ↑ http://www.macworld.com/article/1163482/share_reminders_with_icloud_add_them_with_siri.html
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