Using a feature called “geofencing,” they can also be set to trigger on your iOS device when the device is physically near a location, using your device’s GPS and Location Services. Unlike Events, you can also set a Priority (None, Low, Medium, High) for a Reminder. Reminders may have a date and time associated with them, but don’t have to. Reminders don’t appear in the calendar views you have to show the Reminders pane in iCal and the iCloud website to see them. They work differently than they did with MobileMe, in that Reminders “calendars” now appear in a separate Reminders section in the Calendar List in iCal and the iCloud website (as such, a group of reminders is now properly called a Reminder List, not a Calendar) and you work with them in the iOS Reminders app, rather than with the Calendar app. They always have dates and times associated with them (though sometimes the associated time is “all-day”). They will appear in the Day, Week, Month, and List views. Events are items that appear in the body of your calendar views.There are two kinds of items that iCloud deals with: There’s one important concept to get when you start managing your schedule and to-dos with iCloud.
The Calendar application on the iCloud website has a variety of calendar views. You can also create calendars on the iCloud website, which I’ll discuss later in this chapter. You begin with calendars in iCloud by creating them, either in iCal or in the iOS Calendar app.
So when your daughter adds her soccer practice to the family shared calendar, it appears on the rest of the family’s schedule as well. With the iOS 5 Reminders app, you can even set a reminder to appear only when you arrive at a particular geographical location.īut probably the most useful feature of iCloud calendaring is that you can share your calendars with family, friends, and colleagues. Similarly, iCloud can create synchronized reminders for things you need to do. Whipping out your iPhone, you enter the next appointment into the Calendar app, and in a moment, that appointment appears on the rest of your devices. Imagine you’ve just finished an appointment at the dentist, and the receptionist asks to set up your next date. One of the best-and incredibly useful-features of iCloud is its ability to keep your calendar events and reminders in the cloud, automatically synchronizing them among all your devices. Working with Reminders on Your iOS Device 88 Working with Calendars on the iCloud Website 65
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