Set a default time for reminders

[Bart H]

Is it possible to set a default time of day for reminders?

Every time I create a new reminder a different time and am/fm value comes up and I always have to change it to 6 am.

 

[Apple_Robert]

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[0128672]

What you seem to be describing is the all-day reminders that will display at a specific time each day. For those, there is a default time in the settings.

 

[Bart H]

I don't have a reminders in settings, and under reminders>preferences it currently has 9 am, which does not come up each time.

Can you please be more specific?

 

[0128672]

I don't have a reminders in settings, and under reminders>preferences it currently has 9 am, which does not come up each time.

Can you please be more specific?

Sorry I meant Preferences. In the Reminders app Preferences, there’s a section for All-Day Reminders. What you see displayed as 9:00 AM can be changed. Change that to 6:00 AM.

Then create a new Reminder, tap on the purple i in the circle icon, and select Remind Me On a Day. It will use the time you set in Preferences. Don’t fill in the Time option.

You can also edit existing reminders using the same step.

 

[Bart H]

Thanks, I'll try moving my Home list from 9 to 6 am, but in the past the time and am/pm values would change for each new reminder I set. It is like throwing dice.

 

[0128672]

Thanks, I'll try moving my Home list from 9 to 6 am, but in the past the time and am/pm values would change for each new reminder I set. It is like throwing dice.

I’m not sure I understand what you’re describing. You wouldn’t be setting a time in individual reminders, only the date. If you have previously set a time in a reminder, you would need to remove it for the all-day reminder feature to work.

 

[Bart H]

I am setting a time in each reminder. That time is I want it to pop up on my screen. Otherwise how can I tell it when to remind me first thing in the morning. Am I doing the wrong thing to set a time which overrides the setting in the reminder prefs?

 

[0128672]

I am setting a time in each reminder. That time is I want it to pop up on my screen. Otherwise how can I tell it when to remind me first thing in the morning. Am I doing the wrong thing to set a time which overrides the setting in the reminder prefs?

If you set a time in a reminder, it won’t use the All-Day Reminder time you set in Preferences. If you want some reminders to notify you at the same in the morning, don’t set a time in the reminder. It will pull instead from the All-Day Reminder time you set in Preferences.

 

[Bart H]

Thanks! When I first began making reminders I set 'on a day' and got the 'at a time' option and set that as well, being ignorant of the global setting under reminders>pref

Case closed!