The application Reminders of our iPhone, iPad or Mac offers us many more functions than we think. It allows us to remember errands to do, lists of books we want to read, purchases of items or simply jot down pending tasks. And, in addition, it allows us share lists with other people.
When we talk about shared reminders, we are always talking about reminder lists, never individual reminders. By sharing a list, the person (s) we share it with will be able to see and edit its content: reminders.
How to share reminder lists on our iPhone or iPad
- We open the app Reminders.
- On our iPhone, if we are in a specific list, we touch Lists at the top left to return to the view of all lists.
- We enter the list that we want to share.
- We touch the button in the form of three dots in the upper right part.
- We are pressing Share list.
- We choose with which application we want to send the invitation.
- We enter the name of the person (s) and choose them from our contacts, or we enter a phone number or email.
- We send.
How to share reminder lists on our Mac
- We open the app Reminders.
- In the View menu, we choose Show sidebar (if it appears).
- We click in secondary on the list we want to share and choose Share list.
- We choose with which application we want to send the invitation and click on Share.
- We enter the name of the person (s) and choose them from our contacts, or we enter a phone number or email.
- We send.
Now the other person will receive an invitation to accept our shared list. The notification will take you to the app Reminders Where can we accept or decline the invitation. Once the invitation is accepted, we will receive a notification: “[Alguien] joined your shared reminder list. “
From this moment, any reminder added, completed, modified or deleted in the shared list will be will sync for everyone share the list (and on all their devices).
The name of the list and its color, however, are individual for each person invited, so that everyone can choose the name or color according to our preferences without the changes being passed on to others.
Being able to share a list of reminders is very useful. From the shopping list to preparing for a trip, now we will know how to do it.
