ToDo / Reminder

[pedz]

I have need to schedule ToDo's. The example today is I need to pay the state sales tax for my corporation. It is due Jan 20'th or so each year. What I want is:

1. The ability to check it off as completed
2. The ability to have it repeat
3. The ability to remind me multiple times before the date. e.g. two weeks before, a week before, two days before, and on the day its due

iCal has #2 and #3 but not #1. Reminders has #1 and #2 but not (that I can find) #3. I'm on 10.8 still. Maybe #2 and #3 are redundant but with Reminders I can't figure out when it will remind me (nor how it will remind me for each Reminder). All in all, I can't figure Reminders out. It seems about 40% of iCal.

 

[Satcomer]

Isn't Reminders part of 10.9? As you number 3 I can go into 10.9's Reminders and do click the little "i" button and set the repeat for certain times. Does that fit the bill?

 

[pedz]

The repeat I set for once a year (to satisfy #2). In iCal for example, I can set a list of "alerts" to go off. Each alert can be one of four things and a specified amount of time before the event.

On a slightly different topic, with Reminders, if it is just a simple thing like go to the dentist, how do I know when it will remind me? Can I specify how much lead time I need (e.g. it will take me an hour to drive to the dentist so alert me an hour before the appointment)?

 

[Cheryl]

No, in Reminders you can not set what time frame to remind you.

A work around would be to use Calendar, and reset the reminder timing when it comes up the first time.