Q: For personal use on my home computer, I use Outlook and I
have an iPhone 4S. I sync Outlook with my iPhone, but there appears
to be no way to sync Outlook Tasks with Reminders on the iPhone. Is
there a way to do this?
Michael Isaacs
A: If you use Microsoft's Exchange server for your email
account, syncing your tasks with your iPhone's Reminders app is
easy.
Go into the mail settings on your iPhone and turn on the
reminders sync under your email account. It will automatically load
up your Outlook tasks in the Reminders app.
If you don't have Exchange, you can use Apple's iCloud to sync
your Outlook to-dos with Reminders. On a Windows PC, you'll want to
download the iCloud Control Panel. Log in and there will be an
option for syncing Reminders with Tasks.
If that doesn't work for you, you can use iCloud.com on your
computer, click on Reminders and put your to-dos in there. They
will now show up on your phone. Macs have a dedicated Reminders
app.
However, I much prefer a third-party to-do list app called
Wunderlist over Outlooks tasks. The beautifully designed, free app
is available for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Android and the
Web. Create an account, start putting your list in and you'll be
able to access it on all those devices. You can also create shared
to-do lists with others.
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