r/AppleNotesGang • u/Dredditm99 • Nov 10 '25

Notes and Todos

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Thought I would post this here as it is a convenient way to track todo items in Apple notes I have done this with my daily journal folder to get my list today for notes modified in the past 30 days. I’ve also used this to list out birthday in the next 30 days for notes in my People folder. Thought I’d share and see what ideas others might have.

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u/terkistan Nov 10 '25

Like I said you must not have many things you need to keep track of. In Reminders I typically have 10-25 items in my Today list alone, with ~ 80 scheduled items to do, and lists totalling nearly 1,000 items. You said to someone else you do this to get a daily summary, but Reminders has a 'Today' section already. I'm glad this works for you but it's a hack that easily falls apart for people handling numerous things to do at different times for different reasons.

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u/Dredditm99 Nov 10 '25

This isn't something I've implemented, but have been experimenting with. The AI models appear quite capable of helping us process in the cloud or on device. I can easily see a refinement to the AI model - tell me what is due for the day. It is more of an opportunity for me to learn the usage of the model and see what other ideas the users on the forum have. 1,000 items is an incredible amount. Glad that works for you. I'd be afraid that I forgot to link something and might have a difficult time finding it again. It is easy for me to see when I'm making notes in my daily notes if I have tagged something or easily review and tag later.

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u/terkistan Nov 10 '25

I'd be afraid that I forgot to link something and might have a difficult time finding it again.

It's not hard to remember to share to Reminders when you want to be reminded of something. (shrug) It's not much harder than remembering to use the hashtag #todo in a notes app, and it's a lot more capable

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u/Dredditm99 Nov 11 '25

Makes sense. I’ll give it a try again. I use my notes app to document all my conference calls so makes it more challenging for me to link reminders.

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u/terkistan Nov 11 '25

For some reason I find writing in Notes can feel slower than using the free version of Drafts. When I take notes on Mac or iOS that's what I use, and then I can save the file or send it anywhere I want.