have been better off sticking with a third-party app
such as Things 3.
With iOS 13, though, Reminders should rank among
the operating system’s standout features. The changes
are breathtaking. You can make groups with multiple
lists, you can set morning notifications that give you a
rundown of what you have to do for the day, and you
can add checklists to reminders. It doesn’t even take
that long to make a reminder anymore because Apple
lets you enter them with natural language commands
instead of fiddling with multiple fields.
Better yet, since you can use the same data
between the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch,
there’s no need to buy separate
versions for each app as you might
with a third-party alternative. It
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