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To-do Task Reminders Not Always Working
I love using Microsoft To-Do to set up tasks and routines, but often the reminders do not always work. Example: I have a routine set to remind me to give my puppies their morning snack everyday at 6:...
JFranz88 I understand, completely. Can I ask you what you ended up considering and what you used? I don't think the fix I listed works; I am getting random notifications on my new Android phone. I think it must be related to Android, as on my old Android phone it worked perfectly. But then again, you said you're having this issue on your iPhone, so maybe that's not correct either. Just so incredibly frustrating. To Do is part of the Office365 suite, and yet it doesn't work. It seems Microsoft just abandoned task management development, several years ago. It's awful.
I switched to google tasks. However, I never miss a reminder with G Tasks. It works well with iOS notifications. If I accidentally "dismiss" a notification, it doesn't send my tasks into an unrecoverable tailspin. It simply picks up with the next scheduled reminder of that task. If I go into the G Tasks app itself and mark a number of tasks as completed, that is also reflected on my main notification screen - they just stay in sync, period.
I do prefer To Do's integrated My Day and Planned views - Google Tasks does not seem to have this (I need to look at each list individually which is annoying). I would also prefer the desktop application (outlook) integration... if only it worked.
But, bottom line, I'll choose notifications, synchronization, and reliability over the other supposed bells and whistles. Again I'll ask myself, why am I paying for 365?
I do prefer To Do's integrated My Day and Planned views - Google Tasks does not seem to have this (I need to look at each list individually which is annoying). I would also prefer the desktop application (outlook) integration... if only it worked.
But, bottom line, I'll choose notifications, synchronization, and reliability over the other supposed bells and whistles. Again I'll ask myself, why am I paying for 365?
- Thanks!! Since Chrome is running in the background most of the time anyway I'll give G Tasks a try.