Logging Completed Reminders

iOS
1

As I move back to core Apple, I ran into one challenge with Reminders. It’s not easy to go back and see what you did. I considered may ways of logging it, Notes, Spreadsheet, Drafts (I know, not core Apple, but come on, it’d Drafts!) and landed on the Calendar as the best way to track.

I created a new Calendar, called “Completed” and this reminder logs all the completed reminders with their notes on the day they were completed. With Spotlight, I can easily search for any reminder and see when it was done. To make them stand out, I prefix each one with a :white_check_mark: which I can also search for to see only completed tasks over the last week.

Enjoy!

4 Likes
2

woah, wait, so how does the reminder log itself in the Calendar app?

3

That’s what the shortcut does. It processes all completed reminders and adds them to the specified calendar at that time of completion.

4

Have you posted the shortcut? If not could you share the link :sweat_smile:

5

I actually thought I had. Oops.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/da9f25d3172a4c44a318d011f927ecde

6

Okay, this is pretty legit. I had over 500 completed reminders (all completely forgotten about) and this shortcut put them into the calendar I specified without issue, with accuracy to the time I guess I completed them :man_shrugging: , and deleted the completed reminders :exploding_head: :exploding_head: :exploding_head:

I think I may tweak around with this so it only logs reminders from specific lists I have, but still delete all reminders that have been completed. then maybe automate it to run at the end of the week or something

One thing though is, I never used the logging feature in Things three, my current to do app, I guess my workflow doesn’t require me to know the things I have completed :thinking: or maybe that is preference? I don’t know yet

7

All of this, while on iOS 14 beta. No hiccups when running, figured the indexing step would have broke or something

8

Thanks very good,
just a question: have you tried with a big amount of data… 5000 reminders?

9

This is awesome! I edited it to have only one list run (because my grocery list is also in reminders), changed the name of the calendar and changed the logged calendar entry to the task and tag name, but otherwise kept it as it is. I have an automation the runs the shortcut every time reminders (app) closes and it’s working GREAT!! Thank you!!!

10

Hello,

I applied this automation and it is really great !

I can keep track of my progress and not overload the Reminders app.

The only problem I find is that each time the shortcut asks me for permission to delete the completed tasks. Could it be possible to do it with asking me for confirmation please ?

Many thank

Alice

11

In the Settings app, navigate to Shortcuts, then select Advanced. Here you should see a toggle - “Allow deleting without confirmation”. Try enabling that option.