Full disclosure - We are not Apple Experts! We are a group that is interested in creatively and productively using Apple mobile devices. We rely on YouTube videos and Apple User Guides to learn about apps and updates. Take a break from this website and read about how to make a grocery list in Reminders.
iPhone 15 Plus iOS 17.0.3 for demonstration today. The Reminders app is a great list maker (but Carol also uses Notes for list making). A little red circle badge indicates a new item on Reminders (and other apps).
What NAGS at you? What tasks or events do you want to remember? Monthly bill pay, annual property taxes, handyperson tasks, subscription renewals, books to read, new restaurants > movie recommendations, reaching out, groceries ... These things could be Calendar app events or pages in Notes. So why use a different app?
- Ask Siri to add an item to your Reminders Grocery List
- Reminders can notify you to pick up a trinket at Home Depot when you approach location
- Create a Reminder that will repeat on a schedule
- Create a Reminder for when you are Messaging a contact
- Reminders can collect various tasks from many lists based on a #tag
- Review Reminders for Scheduled, Flagged or Completed tasks
So why use a different app than Notes and Calendar? Maybe you hare helping someone else with tasks and do not want them mixed in with your own details. Reminders is there for you. Or for them.
Open Reminders app. Look around to identify buttons for what you think this app will do. There are Lists and Tasks. Tap Add List to create your first grouping of tasks. Let's play! Give your practice list a name, set the type, set the color and add an icon to make it memorable. Tap Done. Tap the + New Reminder to begin. Type a brief title, tap Add Note to expand the description as needed. Tap (i) to see menu options (you will want to tap every menu item and explore the possibilities). The Share button has possibilities, including Collaboration! Add more reminders to this exploration list. Fumble around, make mistakes. Correct mistakes. Delete a reminder. Delete a list.
Create a smart list - a Grocery List and set the type to be Groceries. (Siri awaits your command ...) Set the color to Red and the icon to the Shopping Cart then tap Done. Did you see the note that Groceries will be sorted by Sections? Wait for it. Go to your Home Screen and invoke Siri. Ask Siri to "add Milk to my grocery list." Look at the screen for her responses and suggestions. Ask Siri to "add coffee and wine to my grocery list." Add other items as you think of them. Open Reminders to review the presentation of items in sections. Edit your list as appropriate. My list presented 'Coffee and wine' as one item under Wine, Beer & Spirits. Create a new Coffee item and assign it to the Coffee & Tea section. Edit the 'Coffee and wine' to just be 'Wine' for now. When asking Siri to add items to my Grocery List, adding the word "and" between three items kept the list neat.
Your lists come with circles to mark as "Completed" and the item will hide automatically. Tap the ( ... ) button for the menu and tap 'Show Completed" to see your full list.
When shopping, you might not want the list displayed in sections, tap ( ... ) > Show List Info, > List Type > Standard.
Experiment with the other features in Reminders app. Like the Column View and Sub-tasks; use #tags to gather tasks from various lists into
Thanks to Barb for being scribe for Reminders sessions today.