So at this point there were no reminders visible in Reminders.app in either iCloud or Exchange. However as I deleted the last list from iCloud, Reminders deleted all my lists from Exchange as well.
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Then I deleted everything from iCloud, expecting to be left with a full copy remaining on Exchange.
At this point I had two full copies of my reminders, both showing in Reminders.app (one on iCloud and one on Exchange). Then I copy/pasted all my reminders from iCloud to Exchange. I added Exchange as a backend to Reminders using System Preferences.
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I’ll have to figure out how to recover the data from TimeMachine tonight.
I don’t think there’s even a way to delete all of the lists and groups at once.Īs far as I can tell the data is now permanently gone from both locations with no option to undo or backup. I very very definitely did not accidentally delete the wrong thing. One moment there was only a single list remaining in iCloud (and everything as it should be under Microsoft) and then as I deleted the final list, everything under Microsoft disappeared as well. It happened very quickly so I’m not exactly sure what happened, but what I think happened is that as I deleted the very last list of reminders in iCloud (so nothing remained under iCloud reminders) it also deleted everything under Microsoft. The following day (today) I verified that everything had copied across successfully to Microsoft and then used Reminders.app to delete the iCloud copy of my reminders. I closed Reminders.app and left it over night, double checked that everything was safe in both locations (ICloud and Microsoft). I copy and pasted all my reminders from the iCloud section of Reminders.app to Microsoft. Using Reminders.app I created a matching set of Lists and Groups in the Microsoft section of Reminders.app. Using System Preferences I added a Microsoft account and enabled Reminders (no other services). This allows him to share reminders with me using Microsoft ToDo.
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I needed to share my reminders with someone on a Windows computer so decided to use the Microsoft reminders backend with the Apple Reminders.app. Use TimeMachine to recover ~/Library/Reminders & ~/Library//Containers/-do-macĭetails of what I think happened in bug report to Apple:.Use System Preferences to disable Reminders in iCloud and Exchange (to make sure nothing crazy happens with sync’ing).I have current TimeMachine backups, but I’m not sure how best to recover data back to Reminders.app or Microsoft Todo. The bug report I sent to Apple is below in case it’s interesting to anyone. Note that the flag feature only works if all devices signed in with your Apple ID have been upgraded to at least macOS Catalina and/or iOS 13 so that they have the new Reminders app.Arg! Reminders.app just ate 10 years of my accumulated brain. Alternatively, tap the info ("i") button alongside the reminder to open the Details screen, then toggle the switch next to Flagged to turn it on or off.Tap the flag icon in the quick toolbar above the virtual keyboard.To add a flag to a reminder in a list you created, tap its name under My Lists.In this way, flagging a reminder is different to giving it a priority, which adds exclamation marks to a reminder and reorganizes it in a list based on priority level.
This helps highlight the reminder for you so you don't forget it, without necessarily using a notification. In the Reminders app for iPhone and iPad that Apple updated in iOS 13, there's a new flag feature that you can use to draw your attention to specific reminders.Īdding a flag to a reminder automatically places it in the Flagged smart list, which you can access from the Reminders app home screen.