Urs Beeli

So far I have been using ToodleDo as a Task App on my iPhone4 and synched it
with my Outlook Tasks using a separate ToodleDo-Synch app:

Outlook <-> Synch App <-> ToodleDo Web Account <-> iPhone ToodleDo App

After upgrading to iOS5 I found a new App on my iPhone called "Erinnerungen"
(I'm running a German version of iOS), I guess it is called something like
"Reminders" in english.

I haven't found any settings in iTunes to sync my Outlook Tasks to this new
App. Is this something that is possible? Or only using iCloud sync? Or am I
totally misunderstanding what these reminders are about?

Looking forward to any hints.

Cheers
/urs
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Urs Beeli
"Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." R.C. Gallagher

Wes Groleau

On 11-03-2011 09:57, Urs Beeli wrote:
> I haven't found any settings in iTunes to sync my Outlook Tasks to this new
> App. Is this something that is possible? Or only using iCloud sync? Or am I
> totally misunderstanding what these reminders are about?

If it is "reminders" then apparently you get it automatically just by
putting in the Exchange server. At least that's what happened for me.
I sync'd to Exchange before IOS5 came along. When it did, Reminders
showed tasks from work with no additional effort on my part.

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Wes Groleau

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Urs Beeli

On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:00:33 -0400 Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 11-03-2011 09:57, Urs Beeli wrote:
> > I haven't found any settings in iTunes to sync my Outlook Tasks to this new
> > App. Is this something that is possible? Or only using iCloud sync? Or am I
> > totally misunderstanding what these reminders are about?
>
> If it is "reminders" then apparently you get it automatically just by
> putting in the Exchange server. At least that's what happened for me.
> I sync'd to Exchange before IOS5 came along. When it did, Reminders
> showed tasks from work with no additional effort on my part.

Thanks for your answer (and sorry for being slow to respond to it).

Unfortunately I am talking about a home installation of Outlook, so no
Exchange for me. I am synching my contacts, notes, calendar and mail
settings through iTunes but did not find a setting for the reminders.

I guess I'm out of luck then?

Cheers
/urs
--
Urs Beeli
"Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine." R.C. Gallagher

Wes Groleau

On 11-10-2011 10:54, Urs Beeli wrote:
> Unfortunately I am talking about a home installation of Outlook, so no
> Exchange for me. I am synching my contacts, notes, calendar and mail
> settings through iTunes but did not find a setting for the reminders.
>
> I guess I'm out of luck then?

Perhaps someone else will answer, but in case not, I'll offer the
dubious courtesy of saying I don't know. However, I can make a
_guess_ that since reminders formerly were part of the calendar,
_maybe_ it will still take care of them.

--
Wes Groleau

The Blind Dog Leading
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Seasidepeter

On 11/11/2011 07:14, Wes Groleau wrote:
> On 11-10-2011 10:54, Urs Beeli wrote:
>> Unfortunately I am talking about a home installation of Outlook, so no
>> Exchange for me. I am synching my contacts, notes, calendar and mail
>> settings through iTunes but did not find a setting for the reminders.
>>
>> I guess I'm out of luck then?
>
> Perhaps someone else will answer, but in case not, I'll offer the
> dubious courtesy of saying I don't know. However, I can make a
> _guess_ that since reminders formerly were part of the calendar,
> _maybe_ it will still take care of them.
>
In my own case, Reminders I enter on my iPhone synch successfully via iCloud to
Outlook. But you don't see them unless you click Tasks in the main Outlook menu,
then click Reminders in iCloud under the iCloud menu in the left hand pane. You
also have to make sure Active Tasks is selected, or you may see nothing.

I don't think Apple talked to MS much during the programming of this facility....

Todd Allcock

At 11 Nov 2011 10:35:43 +0000 Seasidepeter wrote:
> On 11/11/2011 07:14, Wes Groleau wrote:
> > On 11-10-2011 10:54, Urs Beeli wrote:
> >> Unfortunately I am talking about a home installation of Outlook, so
no
> >> Exchange for me. I am synching my contacts, notes, calendar and mail
> >> settings through iTunes but did not find a setting for the reminders.
> >>
> >> I guess I'm out of luck then?
> >
> > Perhaps someone else will answer, but in case not, I'll offer the
> > dubious courtesy of saying I don't know. However, I can make a
> > _guess_ that since reminders formerly were part of the calendar,
> > _maybe_ it will still take care of them.
> >
> In my own case, Reminders I enter on my iPhone synch successfully via
> iCloud to Outlook. But you don't see them unless you click Tasks in the
> main Outlook menu, then click Reminders in iCloud under the iCloud menu
> in the left hand pane. You also have to make sure Active Tasks is
> selected, or you may see nothing.
>
> I don't think Apple talked to MS much during the programming of this
> facility....


They didn't have to. Outlook has an API so developers can add extensions
and plugins.

What Apple did was play it safe. Rather than sync the default folders
for contacts, calendar, and tasks, it created separate folders for iCloud
synced items. This prevents "cross-pollination", meaning the same set of
data won't be synced by different methods (iCloud, iTunes, Exchange, etc.)
which can be very problematic, by creating duplicates, creating
conflicts (editing different fields from the same item on different
devices preventing proper syncing).

If iCloud is your only sync method, you might try setting the iCloud
folders as your default data folders in Outlook.