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Did You Know You Can Sync Tags in Apple Reminders & Apple Notes?

Jordan Robison
4 min readMay 26, 2022

Every week, I try to improve how I organize everything.

I become obsessed with managing everything I want to do or need to do under the false impression the existence of tasks will motivate me to get them done.

What I have learned is that is never the case. But I have also known I enjoy organizing things and trying things out. Call it a hobby, or call it what you want.

Recently, I found myself inspired by Federico Viticci’s decision to update how he uses Reminders. Instead of having many lists for everything he is working on, he has opted to put everything into the single Reminders lists. Opting instead to use the available tags to create smart lists.

The “smart” feature is the ability to create lists by a single tag or many tags.

How to Make a Smart List

To make a “smart” list, you are by creating a standard list. Name the list, and choose a color and icon. You need to check the boolean titled “Make into Smart List.”

After clicking the “Smart List” checkbox, your options expand from not only choose…

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