Suggestion/Request

[Hedgepigthe1st]

Honestly my favourite shortcut to date.

Two requests:

Repeating reminders doesn’t seem to work. When marking as complete it just stays on original day.

Is it possible to have a reverse sync as I often use calendar to edit the task by moving them to other days?

Thanks

[xiwenc]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback.

Can you elaborate on this use case? Perhaps with screenshots if possible.

Xiwen

[Hedgepigthe1st]

This is my current set up. I have a tasks calendar. If I edit the date, time or name in here I would want it to update date, time or name in reminders. However with this shortcuts it realises I’ve changed something but just readds the original so I’ll end up with a duplicate event

[Hedgepigthe1st]

the other use case. See the example I have this scheduled to repeat every two weeks. If I move it (complete the task on a different day) then all future events get moved so it’ll remind me in two weeks

the same way that repeated reminders work when you mark it as complete.

with the shortcut I would have to manually reschedule it for two weeks time. So if I mark as complete it just adds it again for the original date and time not the two weeks future time.

[xiwenc]

Bidirectional sync would be a bit tricky. The rough idea would be:

• list all calendar events
• foreach event, find out if there is a matching incomplete reminder
• if so, update attributes

The tricky part is to know which of the two, calendar or reminder, is newer (last updated).

Regarding repeating reminders, that's indeed not supported yet. Will see if i can implement this.

[xiwenc]

I looked into the possibility to support repeating reminders. Unfortunately that will be very difficult.

That's because we use the reminder creation date as Identifier between reminder and calendar event. And when a reminder is repeated, the creation date does not change.

In above screenshots you can see what attributes can be used. I don't see a better stable Identifier or any other attribute i could use to construct an identifier.

I considered to combine with completion date. When a reminder is not yet completed, this value would be empty. And set otherwise.

So:

New reminder with daily repeats:

New event on day a with id=1
Reminder is completed: id=1A
Sync moment
Event id=1 is moved to day B
New event is created and marked as done on day A with id=1A
Sync moment until we reach end of repeat:
Event id=1 will remain unchanged because our new id=1Z does not match it
New event is created and marked as done on day Z

So this means we would need to have a clean up to wipe the dangling uncompleted event

Alternative solution is to use the deadline attribute. However, by doing so, updating the deadline of a reminder would yield a new event. Im pretty sure updating deadline is a common action. So that would not be ideal.

Perhaps the best way is that for your repeat reminders, you add a special tag. Say "recurring".

When we see "recurring" tag, we then use the deadline attribute in the identifier

Let me know if this could work for you. Will try to implement this.

[xiwenc]

Can you try this?

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0747cc2068be4a0ca5f04c8f62b23ccb

Usage is to add a tag to your recurring reminder with "Recurring".

[Hedgepigthe1st]

Hi,This could definitely work for me. Happy to change my use to make it work as it’s not all events since set up it’s all fine. Could use Repeat, Recurring in title or in notes. Whatever is easiest for you to implement I’m happy to go along with.Samuel07510 878 ***@***.*** 16 Dec 2023, at 08:14, Xiwen Cheng ***@***.***> wrote: Can you try this? https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0747cc2068be4a0ca5f04c8f62b23ccb Usage is to add a tag to your recurring reminder with "Recurring". —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Hedgepigthe1st]

Hi,That works perfectly 1 direction which is amazing.But if delete from calendar or move the date in calendar it doesn’t sync reverse to reminders.Samuel07510 878 ***@***.*** 16 Dec 2023, at 08:14, Xiwen Cheng ***@***.***> wrote: Can you try this? https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/0747cc2068be4a0ca5f04c8f62b23ccb Usage is to add a tag to your recurring reminder with "Recurring". —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[denniskoski]

WOW! I have been searchin about 6 months this kind of solution and thank god now i found it!! This is truly amazing and i have been thinking why Apple hasn’t done this already…

But one suggestion, is it possible to import one ”big event” which would move by current date and had in it all reminders that don’t have ending time?

Thank you very much already for this!

[xiwenc]

WOW! I have been searchin about 6 months this kind of solution and thank god now i found it!! This is truly amazing and i have been thinking why Apple hasn’t done this already…

Great you find this useful.

But one suggestion, is it possible to import one ”big event” which would move by current date and had in it all reminders that don’t have ending time?

Isn't this similar to a recurring reminder? If not please start a new issue and explain it in more details. Ideally with example.

[xiwenc]

Hi,That works perfectly 1 direction which is amazing.But if delete from calendar or move the date in calendar it doesn’t sync reverse to reminders.

Two-way sync would need some foundational changes. Will think about it.

Another enthusiast has created it. Will ask if it can be shared.

[yoavlai]

Hi,That works perfectly 1 direction which is amazing.But if delete from calendar or move the date in calendar it doesn’t sync reverse to reminders.

Another enthusiast has created it. Will ask if it can be shared.

Enthusiast here! Here's my version with a two-way sync., with inspiration from Reminder2Calendar.

• It creates Reminders for Calendar events and vice versa
• Edits on Calendar update the associated Reminder and vice versa (based on the latest edit)

Re: Recurring items

• Shortcuts can't automatically create recurring Events or Reminders
• This one can't turn recurring Reminders into recurring Events
• It turns each instance of a recurring Calendar event (within the next 7 days) into an individual Reminder
• E.g. if you have a daily recurring event "Check e-mail", instances over the next 7 days will become 7 single events, each with their own single Reminder

Please read the documentation! And do let me know if it works for you.

Be kind, I'm new to Github.

[Hedgepigthe1st]

Hi, Unfortunately not - it has an error but I don’t know where. Events sync from calendar to reminders as described with tags. And changes in calendar sync across. Repeats do mess it up which are crucial for me. It also doesn’t sync from reminders to calendar in any way.

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On 2 Jan 2024, at 01:31, yoavlai ***@***.***> wrote: Hi,That works perfectly 1 direction which is amazing.But if delete from calendar or move the date in calendar it doesn’t sync reverse to reminders. Another enthusiast has created it. Will ask if it can be shared. Enthusiast here! Here's my version with a two-way sync. <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b9054cc30bce429e8c0e9fd3eab29c87>, with inspiration from Reminder2Calendar. It creates Reminders for Calendar events and vice versa. Edits on Calendar update the associated Reminder and vice versa (based on the latest edit). Please read the documentation! And do let me know if it works for you. Be kind, I'm new to Github. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BB25G5AVKHHFHQZGAJEHRMLYMNPNTAVCNFSM6AAAAAA4S6GMIOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQNZTGU2TKMJRGE>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[yoavlai]

Ok, I just tested the Shortcut (added a fresh link here) and it seemed to sync scheduled Reminders to a Calendar just fine. Make sure you're running the Shortcut each time you open/close Reminders and/or Calendar.

Like I said, you can't set up repeat events or Reminders using Shortcuts. This is a hard limitation.

For better repeat features, I would suggest trying out Google Tasks, Fantastical, Todoist, or other task management apps with calendar integration. They all should have free tiers, and if it fits your budget, it seems like premium tiers would be a worthy investment.

[Hedgepigthe1st]

Hi, Unsure what the issue was before - it’s working fine now. I appreciate the suggestions but I’m a classic stock app fan so just wanted something to link between the two. Without the repeat not sure it’ll work for me but thank you for trying to help.

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On 3 Jan 2024, at 12:00, yoavlai ***@***.***> wrote: Ok, I just tested the Shortcut (added a fresh link here <https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/87a5d8d792da48ed8b433680b80f2019>) and it seemed to sync scheduled Reminders to a Calendar just fine. Make sure you're running the Shortcut each time you open/close Reminders and/or Calendar. Like I said, you can't set up repeat events or Reminders using Shortcuts. This is a hard limitation. For better repeat features, I would suggest trying out Google Tasks, Fantastical, Todoist, or other task management apps with calendar integration. They all should have free tiers, and if it fits your budget, it seems like premium tiers would be a worthy investment. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BB25G5GGEQQUGC2SDUNFKSDYMVB7LAVCNFSM6AAAAAA4S6GMIOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQNZVGI3DINBTGM>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.