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How to Delete a Reminder List in the iOS Reminders App

Thursday September 5, 2019 5:57 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple's Reminders app allows you to create a reminder for just about anything. Not only can you schedule and prioritize reminders, you can add notes and websites to them to give you more context. As with the previous version of the Reminders app, you can make as many lists as you need. You can have separate lists for family, friends, work, or for other custom categories. The redesigned interface also incorporates all of your reminders across all of your lists into four views – Today, Scheduled, All, and Flagged – with your separate lists listed below. When you've checked all the reminders in a list and you no longer need it around, you can easily delete it from the main Reminders screen at the top of the app. Simply swipe left across the list in question then tap the red trash button to remove it for
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How to Share Reminders in iOS

Thursday September 5, 2019 5:55 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple's Reminders app allows you to create a reminder for just about anything. Not only can you schedule and prioritize reminders, you can add notes and websites to them to give you more context. You can even share your reminder lists with other people. Keep reading to learn how. As with the previous version of Reminders, you can make as many lists as you need in the Reminders app. You can have separate lists for family, friends, work, or for other custom categories. The redesigned interface also incorporates all of your reminders across all of your lists into four views – Today, Scheduled, All, and Flagged – with your separate lists listed below. To create a new list, tap Add List at the bottom-right corner of the screen. You'll be invited to give your new list a name and select a color for it, to help distinguish it from any other lists you keep. Tap Done in the top-right corner, and your list is created. Your new list automatically appears in the Reminders home screen under My Lists. Tap its name to start working with it. With the new list open, you can tap the plus icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen to add reminders. To share the list with someone, tap the ellipsis button in the top-right corner. Select Add People from the pop-up menu that appears, and you'll be invited to enter the email address of the person(s) you want to share the list with. Once you've done that, tap Add, then tap Done
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How to Change Reminder Priority in the Reminders App for iOS

Wednesday September 4, 2019 2:19 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple's stock Reminders app can be used to create a reminder for just about anything. You can add notes and websites to provide a reminder for more context, and you can even prioritize your reminders to see at a glance how important they are relative to each other. Keep reading to learn how. Adding a reminder to a list can be done by tapping into a list and then tapping New Reminder, or by tapping into the Today, Scheduled, All, or Flagged categories at the top of the app and then choosing New Reminder or tapping the plus button. Once you've given your reminder a name, tap the info ("i") button next to it to open the Details screen. Further down the screen you'll find the Priority option – tap it, then select Low, Medium, or High, depending on the reminder's importance. Tap back to the details screen and then select Done to confirm. Note that flagging a reminder makes it appear in the default Flagged list and helps to highlight it in your own custom list, but making a reminder a priority adds exclamation marks to it and re-locates it higher up the list based on its priority level.
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How to Create a Location-Based Reminder on Your iPhone

Tuesday September 3, 2019 4:01 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS, Apple's stock Reminders app can be set to remind you about something specific when you arrive at or leave a location. It achieves this using a feature called geofencing, which triggers the reminder notification when your whereabouts change. A location-based reminder can come in useful in a range of contexts. Perhaps you need to remember to buy something for dinner when you leave the office. Or maybe you need a nudge to feed the cat or water the plants when you get home from work in the evening. Whatever your use case involves, here's how to set up a location-based reminder on an iPhone or iPad running iOS 13 and later. Adding a reminder to a list can be done by tapping into a list and then tapping on the the New Reminder plus button. If you don't have a list, tap into the Today, Scheduled, All, or Flagged categories at the top of the app and then choose New Reminder at the bottom of the screen. Once you've given your reminder a name, tap the info ("i") button next to it to open the Details screen, then tap the switch next to Remind me at a location to toggle it to the green ON position. Tap Location, then search for or enter an address in the search field at the top of the screen. Tap a location in the results, then select Arriving or Leaving above the map that appears. Alternatively, you can choose to be reminded at your predefined home or place of work in Maps, or when getting in or out of your car. Whatever you choose, tap back to the Details screen, then tap Done, and your location-based reminder is set up and ready to
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How to Create a Messages-Based Reminder on Your iPhone

Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:57 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13 and later, Apple's stock Reminders app includes a feature that enables you to be reminded you about something when you're messaging someone specific in the Messages app. This feature is particularly handy if you need to remember to do something for a friend or family member, like send them a birthday card, or pay them back some money using Apple Cash, let's say. Here's how to create a messages-based reminder in the Reminders app on iPhone and iPad. Note: The person you're messaging has to be in your contacts for the feature to work. Adding a reminder to a list can be done by tapping into a list and then tapping on the the New Reminder plus button. If you don't have a list, tap into the Today, Scheduled, All, or Flagged categories at the top of the app and then choose New Reminder at the bottom of the screen. Once you've given your reminder a name, tap the info ("i") button next to it to open the Details screen, then tap the switch next to Remind me when messaging to toggle it to the green ON position. Tap Person under that, then select the person from your contacts whom you'll be messaging. When you've done that, tap Done in the top-right corner of the Details screen and your reminder is ready. The reminder notification will now appear at the top of the screen the next time you chat with the person in the Messages
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How to Customize the Look of Your Reminders Lists in iOS

Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:55 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of its Reminders app and added some new functions that make it a lot more competitive with rival third-party to-do apps. One of the new features is a series of customization options, offering up additional colors to choose from for color coding lists and new identifying icons that you can assign to each list for a visual cue. There are all kinds of icons to choose from, including food, sports, work-related icons, shapes, and more. Customizing a reminders list in the Reminders app is a straightforward process. The following steps show you how. Launch the Reminders app and tap a reminders list you created under My Lists. Tap the ellipsis button (the three encircled dots) in the top-right corner of the list. Tap Name & Appearance in the pop-up menu. Tap a color circle to assign it to your list. Select an icon from the collection to assign to your list. Tap Done to apply your changes. You can also change these appearance options from the main Reminders screen. To do so, tap Edit, then tap the info ("i") button next to the list that you want to customize under My Lists. Whichever way you do it, the custom appearance you chose should make your list more immediately recognizable among any other lists you keep in the Reminders
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How to Flag a Reminder on Your iPhone and iPad

Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:53 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In the Reminders app for iPhone and iPad that Apple updated in iOS 13, there's a new flag feature that you can use to draw your attention to specific reminders. Adding a flag to a reminder automatically places it in the Flagged smart list, which you can access from the Reminders app home screen. This helps highlight the reminder for you so you don't forget it, without necessarily using a notification. In this way, flagging a reminder is different to giving it a priority, which adds exclamation marks to a reminder and reorganizes it in a list based on priority level. To add a flag to a reminder in a list you created, tap its name under My Lists. Tap the reminder. Tap the flag icon in the quick toolbar above the virtual keyboard. Tap it again to remove the flag. Alternatively, tap the info ("i") button alongside the reminder to open the Details screen, then toggle the switch next to Flagged to turn it on or off. Note that the flag feature only works if all devices signed in with your Apple ID have been upgraded to at least macOS Catalina and/or iOS 13 so that they have the new Reminders
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How to Add Notes and URLs to Reminders in iOS

Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:51 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple's stock Reminders app can be used to create a reminder for just about anything. You can add notes to provide a reminder with more context, and if your reminder is related to something you need to do online you can even attach a website link to it for convenience. Adding a reminder to a list can be done by tapping into a list and then tapping on the New Reminder plus button, or by tapping into the Today, Scheduled, or Flagged categories at the top of the app and then choosing New Reminder. Once you've given your reminder a name, tap the info ("i") button next to it to open the Details screen. Immediately below the name of your new reminder you'll see Notes and URL fields that you can fill in, either by typing or pasting text copied from elsewhere. When you've filled in the info and selected any other options on the Details screen, tap Done. Note that the Reminders app helpfully displays a small preview image in the list of the URL you added. Create a Website-Related Reminder From Safari If you come across a website while browsing that you'd like to create a reminder for, you can do that too. Simply tap the Share button at the bottom of Safari's interface, then tap the Reminders icon in the Share Sheet. Give your reminder a name and add any notes for it in the second field. You can access the Details screen at the bottom to select additional options. Tap Done when you've finished to generate the reminder and return to
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How to Create a Reminder in the iOS Reminders App

Tuesday September 3, 2019 3:46 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
For iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of its Reminders app and added some new features that make it a lot more competitive with rival third-party apps offering similar reminder functions. As with the previous version of Reminders, you can make as many reminders as you think you'll need in the new Reminders app, and you can add them to dedicated reminder lists for specific projects. Your lists appear in the main Reminders screen under My Lists. But you don't need to have created a list to add a reminder, thanks to the app's new Today, Scheduled, All, and Flagged views. Tap the Today view, for instance, and you can tap the "+" icon next to New Reminder in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Similar plus buttons appear in the other views and you can likewise tap these to add reminders. When naming your reminder, a new quick access toolbar appears above the virtual keyboard that lets you add times, locations, and more to your reminders. A small info ("i") button will also appear next to your reminder. You can tap the info button to add notes to your reminder, opt to be reminded on a particular day and/or at a particular location, give it a priority level, and more. Tap Done in the top-right corner of the Details screen to
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How to Add a Reminder to a List in the Reminders App

Thursday August 29, 2019 9:44 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
For iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of its Reminders app and added some new functions that make it a lot more competitive with rival third-party to-do apps. As with the previous version of Reminders, you can create as many lists as you need in the new Reminders app, and add as many reminders to each as you like. Here's how it works. To add a reminder to a list you created, tap its name under My Lists. Tap the plus (+) button next to New Reminder in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Give your reminder a name. Tap the small info ("i") button next to it to add notes to your reminder, opt to be reminded on a particular day and/or at a particular location, and give it a priority level. To quickly move your new reminder to another existing list, tap the info button, tap List, then select the list you want to move it
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How to Create a Scheduled Reminder in iOS

Thursday August 29, 2019 9:35 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
For iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of its Reminders app and added some new functions that make it a lot more competitive with rival third-party to-do apps. As with the previous version of Reminders, you can make as many lists as you need in the new Reminders app, and add as many reminders to each as you like – including scheduled reminders. Here's how it works. To add a scheduled reminder to a list you created, tap its name under My Lists. Tap the plus (+) button next to New Reminder in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Give your reminder a name. Tap the small info ("i") button next to it. Tap the toggle next to Remind me on a day. Tap Alarm to select a date on which to be reminded. To be choose a specific time to be reminded on the date you selected, tap Remind me at a time. Tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen. To quickly move your scheduled reminder to another existing list, tap the info button, tap List, then select the list you want to move it
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How to Create a New List in Reminders

Thursday August 29, 2019 9:33 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13, Apple overhauled the interface of its Reminders app and added some new functions that make it a lot more competitive with rival third-party to-do apps. As with the previous version of Reminders, you can make as many lists as you need in the Reminders app. You can have separate lists for family, friends, work, or for other custom categories. The redesigned interface also incorporates all of your reminders across all of your lists into four views – Today, Scheduled, All, and Flagged – with your separate lists listed below. To create a new list, tap Add List at the bottom-right corner of the screen. You'll be invited to give your new list a name and select a color for it, to help distinguish it from any other lists you keep. Tap Done in the top-right corner, and your list is created. Your new list automatically appears in the Reminders home screen under My Lists. Tap its name to start working with it. With the new list open, you can tap the plus icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen to add your first reminder. Note the ellipsis button in the top-right corner as well. The ellipsis button provides quick access to options for changing the name and appearance of your list, adding people to make it a shared reminders list, deleting the list, editing your reminders, and showing completed reminders. Tap a reminder that you've created to edit it. A small info ("i") button will also appear next to it. You can tap this to add notes to your reminder, opt to be reminded on a particular day and/or at a particular location, and give it a
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How to Choose an Image Size When Uploading a Photo in Safari for iOS

Tuesday August 27, 2019 6:09 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
When it comes to uploading an image to a website using your mobile device, you may be concerned about your data cap or the time the upload is going to take, especially if the original image is in a very high resolution. Happily, in the latest version of Safari for iOS 13, Apple has added an feature that lets you choose what size image to upload. The options include Actual Size, Large, Medium, and Small, and Safari provides the file size at the bottom of the display once you've selected one. Here's how it works. Select the option to upload an image on the website of your choosing. Tap Photo Library. Select the image in your library, then tap Choose Image Size at the bottom of the screen. Select Large, Medium, Small, or Actual Size, then tap to go back to your photo library. Tap Done in the top-right corner of the screen to upload the image.Safari in iOS 13 offers a whole range of useful updates, from an updated start page to a new download manager. Check out our dedicated Safari guide to learn more.
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How to Remove Annoying iOS Prompts Asking You to Finish Setting Up Your Device

Tuesday August 27, 2019 6:04 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
If you recently updated the software version on your iPhone or iPad, you may be receiving prompts from the Settings app to finish setting up your device. These alerts are usually the result of skipping steps during the iOS setup process, such as enabling Siri or setting up Apple Pay. If you don't plan to set up these features anytime soon, the settings prompts and notification badges can get annoying pretty fast. Fortunately, it's easy to get rid of them by following the steps below. Launch the Settings app. Tap the alert asking you to Finish Setting Up Your iPhone/iPad. Tap the settings suggestion that you skipped during the initial setup of your device. In our example, we're being prompted to Set Up Apple Pay. Tap the Set Up Later option on the next screen. That's all there is to it. You may need to repeat these steps for every feature listed in Settings' setup suggestions, but once done, you shouldn't be bothered by the prompts
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How to Delete Frequently Visited Sites From Safari's Start Page in iOS

Monday August 26, 2019 4:46 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In Apple's Safari browser for iPhone and iPad, every new window or tab you open automatically displays the start page, giving you convenient one-touch access to your favorite websites and any other sites you frequently visit, as well as Siri Suggestions and websites recommended to you by friends and family. Your Frequently Visited sites appear immediately below your Favorite sites. If there's a site showing up in Frequently Visited that you'd like to delete, no problem. Simply touch and hold the site in question to reveal the start page's preview mode and contextual menu. Tap the Delete option at the bottom of the menu, and the site will be removed immediately. If you don't want any Frequently Visited sites to appear on Safari's start page at all, you can turn them off completely. Here's how. Launch the Settings app on your iOS device. Scroll down and tap Safari. Under the General section, tap the switch next to Frequently Visited Sites to turn it off. To learn how to customize your Favorite sites in Safari's start page, click here.
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How to Save an Open Tab as a Bookmark in Safari on iOS

Monday August 26, 2019 4:42 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
Website bookmarks are a great way to build and organize a list of sites that interest you, so that you can refer back to them quickly in your favorite browser. In Safari on Mac, saving a tab as a new bookmark is as easy as selecting Bookmarks -> Add Bookmark... from the menu bar. In iOS, the option is a little more hidden, but once you know where it is, it's just as easy to use. In Safari, navigate to the website you want to save as a bookmark. Touch and hold the Bookmarks icon at the bottom of the screen. Tap Add Bookmark. Give the bookmark a title, and tap the icon under Location to select the folder where you want to save it. Tap Save when you're done.You may have noticed that there's also an option in the menu at step 3 to save multiple open tabs as bookmarks. Whichever option you choose, you can access your bookmarks with a simple tap of the same Bookmarks icon in the Safari interface.
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How to Customize Your Favorite Sites in Safari for iOS

Monday August 26, 2019 4:38 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
In Apple's Safari browser for iPhone and iPad, every new window or tab you open automatically displays the start page, giving you convenient one-touch access to your favorite websites and any other sites you frequently visit, as well as Siri Suggestions and websites recommended to you by friends and family. Your favorite websites appear at the top under Favorites, and you can customize these bookmarks right from the start page. Tap and hold a folder or an individual site's favicon to reveal the start page's preview screen and contextual menu, where you'll find options to Edit or Delete the item. If you tap Edit, you'll be able to change the site's name as it appears in your Favorites. You can also edit the URL (to point to a more specific part of the site, for example) and change the location of the bookmark. Note that if you move a site out of your starred Favorites folder, it becomes a regular bookmark and will no longer appear in Safari's start page. The only other thing to keep in mind is that if you have Safari turned on in your iCloud settings, any changes you make will be synced to any other Apple devices linked to the same Apple ID. If you don't want these changes to sync, launch the Settings app, tap your Apple ID banner at the top, then tap iCloud and switch off the toggle next to Safari.
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How to Turn Off Daily Cash Notifications on Your iPhone

Monday August 26, 2019 4:27 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
One of the perks of Apple Card's rewards system is "Daily Cash," where Apple pays out your cash back bonuses on a daily basis rather than making you wait weeks for it to show up on a credit card statement. There's no limit to how much Daily Cash that you can earn with Apple Card, and if you've set up Apple Cash, it's added automatically to the virtual Apple Cash card that lives in the Wallet app on your iPhone (otherwise it's paid on a monthly basis as a credit on your statement balance). Each morning you'll get a notification on your iPhone that tells you how much Daily Cash was added to your Apple Cash card the day before and how much Daily Cash has been added to your Apple Cash card so far in the current month. If you don't want to receive these Daily Cash notifications every morning, follow the steps below to turn them off. Just be aware that disabling them also means you won't get other Apple Card alerts like spending summaries and payment reminders. Launch the Wallet app on your iPhone. Tap your Apple Card. Tap the black ellipsis button (the three encircled dots) in the top-right corner of the screen. Scroll down to Transactions. Toggle the switch next to Allow Notifications to the OFF position.You can see all of the Daily Cash transactions from your Apple Card purchases any time you like. Click here to learn how.
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How to Set Up Scheduled Apple Card Payments

Friday August 23, 2019 4:19 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
While there are no fees or penalty interest rate hikes for making a late payment on your Apple Card, you still have to pay interest on any outstanding balance, and a late payment will impact your credit score. For these reasons, it's worth ensuring you make regular payments – and the best way to do that is to set up recurring scheduled payments. It's easy to arrange scheduled Apple Card payments that, once set up, take care of themselves. These payments are made automatically on the date you choose, and taken from the bank account that you linked to your Apple Card. Note that there is no option to make Apple Card payments over the web - everything is set up on your iPhone via the Wallet app, which makes managing your Apple Card quicker and easier than most other available credit cards. To set up scheduled payments, simply follow the steps below. Launch the Wallet app on your iPhone. Tap your Apple Card. Tap the black ellipsis button (the three encircled dots) in the top-right corner of the screen. Tap Scheduled Payments. Tap Continue. Tap Pay My Bill to pay your previous monthly balance, or tap Pay Different Amount to choose an amount, then tap Next. If you selected Pay My Bill, choose when you want the payment to be made. If you selected Pay Different Amount, choose a payment amount, when you want the payment to repeat, and when you want the first payment to be made. Tap Next. Authenticate with Face ID, or on older devices, via Touch ID or a passcode. Tap Done.To change your scheduled payment, you'll have to cancel your existing scheduled
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How to Make a One-Time Payment on Your Apple Card

Friday August 23, 2019 4:12 pm PDT by Tim Hardwick
Apple Card aims to make your online and retail transactions simple and secure. The same goes for making timely credit card payments – the process is taken care of right on your iPhone in the Wallet app, so there's need to go searching for online statements. You can make payments on your Apple Card in one of two ways. You can schedule a recurring payment, or you can make a one-off payment instantly or at a date of your choosing. This article focuses on the latter method, which really couldn't be easier. The steps below show you how. Note that there are no fees or penalty interest rate hikes for making a late payment with Apple Card, but you still have to pay interest on any outstanding balance. So if you're apt to forget to pay on time, scheduling a recurring payment might be the better option. Launch the Wallet app on your iPhone. Tap your Apple Card. Tap the black Pay button. Choose an amount to pay by sliding the circular dial with your finger. If the dial goes green, you're paying the total amount; if it turns red, you're paying the minimum amount. Your total balance will automatically adjust to reflect the payment you make toward your monthly balance. (Don't forget that if you pay your monthly balance in full each month by the due date, you won't be charged interest.) Tap Pay Now to make an instant payment, or tap Pay Later and then choose a date for the amount to be taken from your bank account. Press your iPhone's Side button to authenticate with Face ID, or use Touch ID or your passcode to make the payment.Did you know you can also use any Apple
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