One of the oldest features of the iPhone, which not every owner of the gadget uses, is a reminder of birthdays and memorable dates. Proper notification will allow you to buy a gift for a loved one in advance or remember to congratulate a work colleague or acquaintance.

Unfortunately, this feature is disabled by default on new iPhones.

Entering birthday data manually

First, the smartphone needs to provide data about all memorable dates. If they are not fixed anywhere, you will have to drive them in manually for each contact.

1. Open the contact card in the application Telephone or Contacts and press Change in the upper right corner.

2. Scroll the list to the item add birthday, enter the date and press Ready.

Importing data from a Gmail account

If you've previously used an Android smartphone or simply kept an address book in Gmail, you can import birthday data from this service.

1. Let's go to Settings – Contacts – Accounts and choose Add an account.

2. After entering your login and password, check the boxes Contacts And Calendars. Your iPhone will download all the phones, emails, addresses, and birthdays from Gmail.

If the account you need has already been added to use mail in the standard Mail application, you just need to activate the switches Contacts And Calendars for this entry.

Setting up reminders

Now all that remains is to turn on birthday notifications. To do this we do the following:

1. Opening Settings - Calendar and go to the section Default reminders.

2. Click on the item Birthdays and select the appropriate type of reminder.

3. We check that system notifications are enabled for the Calendar application ( Settings – Notifications – Calendar).

iPhone can remind you about an upcoming holiday 1 or 2 days in advance, a week or on the day of the event. The entire list of dates will be displayed in the Calendar application.

For convenient viewing, you need to click on the Today button, and to hide other dates and holidays, you should go to the Calendars section and disable unnecessary ones.

We transfer data to all devices

When everything is set up on the iPhone, all that remains is to transfer memorable dates to other gadgets. An iCloud account will help us with this.

All you need to do is turn on calendar synchronization in the iCloud settings section. This must be done on all devices.

If you will use a different iCloud account on your computer, tablet or smartphone, and you need to duplicate birthday reminders, simply transfer the data using the method from the previous section.

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One of the oldest features of the iPhone, which not every owner of the gadget uses, is a reminder of birthdays and memorable dates. Proper notification will allow you to buy a gift for a loved one in advance or remember to congratulate a work colleague or acquaintance.

Unfortunately, this feature is disabled by default on new iPhones.

Entering birthday data manually

First, the smartphone needs to provide data about all memorable dates. If they are not fixed anywhere, you will have to drive them in manually for each contact.

1. Open the contact card in the application Telephone or Contacts and press Change in the upper right corner.

2. Scroll the list to the item add birthday, enter the date and press Ready.

Importing data from a Gmail account

If you've previously used an Android smartphone or simply kept an address book in Gmail, you can import birthday data from this service.

1. Let's go to Settings – Contacts – Accounts and choose Add an account.

2. After entering your login and password, check the boxes Contacts And Calendars. Your iPhone will download all the phones, emails, addresses, and birthdays from Gmail.

If the account you need has already been added to use mail in the standard Mail application, you just need to activate the switches Contacts And Calendars for this entry.

Setting up reminders

Now all that remains is to turn on birthday notifications. To do this we do the following:

1. Opening Settings - Calendar and go to the section Default reminders.

2. Click on the item Birthdays and select the appropriate type of reminder.

3. We check that system notifications are enabled for the Calendar application ( Settings – Notifications – Calendar).

iPhone can remind you about an upcoming holiday 1 or 2 days in advance, a week or on the day of the event. The entire list of dates will be displayed in the Calendar application.
For convenient viewing, you need to click on the Today button, and to hide other dates and holidays, you should go to the Calendars section and disable unnecessary ones.

We transfer data to all devices

When everything is set up on the iPhone, all that remains is to transfer memorable dates to other gadgets. An iCloud account will help us with this.

All you need to do is turn on calendar synchronization in the iCloud settings section. This must be done on all devices.

If you will use a different iCloud account on your computer, tablet or smartphone, and you need to duplicate birthday reminders, simply transfer the data using the method from the previous section.

This guide describes iOS 7 features for iPhone 4/4S/5/5c/5s.

The Reminders program will help you not to forget about those things that need to be done.

Adding a reminder. Tap a list, then tap a blank line. You can choose which mail, contacts, and calendars account you want to save the reminder in.

Delete a list. While viewing a list, click Edit, then click Delete List.

Edit or delete a reminder. Swipe the reminder left and tap Delete.

Changing the order of lists. Touch and hold a list name, then drag the list to the desired position. To change the order of entries in the list, click Edit.

What list was it on? Scroll up to see the search field. The search occurs in all lists by reminder name. You can also use Siri to find reminders. For example, say “Find the reminder about milk.”

Do not disturb. You can turn off reminder notifications in Settings > Notification Center. To temporarily mute reminders, turn on Do Not Disturb.

Scheduled Reminders

Scheduled reminders appear as scheduled.

View all scheduled reminders. Click to show the Scheduled list.

Do not disturb. You can turn off reminder notifications in Settings > Notifications. To temporarily mute reminders, turn on Do Not Disturb.

Reminders by location

Receive a reminder when arriving at or leaving a specific location. When editing a reminder, tap , then turn on Remind by Location. Tap Location, then select a location from the list or enter an address. Once you've identified a location, you can drag the slider to change the size of the geofence on the map, which determines the approximate distance from where you want to receive a reminder. You can't save reminders to a location in Outlook and Microsoft Exchange calendars.

Add frequently visited places to your contact card. When you create a reminder for a place, the addresses from your personal card in the Contacts program appear in the list of available places. Add your home, work, and other addresses to make them easier to access in Reminders.

Reminders settings

Selecting a notification sound. Go to Settings > Sounds.

Update reminders on other devices. Go to Settings > iCloud and turn on Reminders. To keep reminders updated on your OS X computer, turn on iCloud on your computer as well. Some other types of accounts, such as Exchange, also support reminders. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and turn on Reminders for this account.

Set the default list for new reminders. Select Settings > Reminders.

It is impossible to remember everything, and it is much more logical to write down a significant date and not forget about it than to rely on memory and miss an important holiday for a loved one or acquaintance. Of course, you can assign this task to reminders on social networks, but it is much more reliable to use standard iOS and . In this article we will tell you how to add birthday reminder to anyone on iPhone, iPad or Mac.

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Apple's proprietary Calendar application can track not only all your events and meetings, but also the birthdays of your favorite friends. But by default this feature is disabled. How to enable it?

Calendar in iOS has a special, separate “calendar” for the birthdays of everyone you know, added to the iCloud Contacts app. It also stores similar information from friends on Facebook and contacts at Google, Microsoft and similar sources.

The calendar can do more than just show dates and birthdays. It will also notify you about how old your buddies are and send you a reminder about this significant event.

You can enter a memorable date through the application Contacts or Telephone(in the corresponding tab). Find the contact you are interested in and click the button "Edit".

In field " » add information and click the « button Ready».

1. Open the app on your iPhone or iPad Calendar Apple.

2. At the bottom of the screen, click on the inscription Calendars.

3. Scroll down the screen and check the box next to the inscription Birthdays.

4. Click Ready in the upper right corner of the screen.

Your friends' birthdays will now appear in the iOS system calendar (age in parentheses).

Note: if you wish, you can add other sources there as well - for example, official public holidays in Russia (or the country where you live).

After using any convenient method to add data about birthdays, it is necessary to activate the notifications that we will receive when a memorable date arrives (otherwise, why bother at all and enter unused information).

1. Open Settings → Calendar → Default Reminders → Birthdays.

2. Specify the desired reminder interval:

• On the day of the event (9:00);
• For 1 day (9:00);
• 2 days in advance (9:00);
• During the week.

If you do not need notifications, check the box next to the inscription No.

3. Go to the section Settings → Notifications → Calendar.

4. Enable system calendar notifications and configure the display type.

Let us remind you that if in the standard program Calendar Memorable dates are not displayed, go to the " Calendars" Make sure that opposite the item “ Birthdays" is checked.

Enable Contacts and Calendars synchronization in iCloud

To your Contacts And Calendars never get lost, be sure to set up synchronization of events for these services via iCloud. To do this, go to Settings → iCloud and activate the switch opposite the item and Contacts and Calendars.

If you don't have an iPhone or just want to add a birthday to a contact directly from your Mac (it's just as convenient, if not more convenient), open the " Contacts».

Use the search form to find the contact you are interested in.

If it does not exist yet, then click plus sign and select " new contact».

To add birthday information to the selected contact, click the " Change"or click on the plus sign and select " ».

In field " » specify the day, month and year, and then click the « button Ready».

If you are an active iPhone user and have been adding birthdays to additional contact fields for a long time, then on Mac you will only have to enable the display of a special calendar " Birthdays”, in which these dates will be noted.

1. Launch the application " Calendar"and in the menu bar, through a similar tab, go to Settings(keyboard shortcut Command (⌘) + comma).

2. In the tab " Basic"Tick the box next to " Show birthday calendar».

3. In the sidebar on the left, check the box next to calendar "Birthdays".

Note: If you don't see a list of calendars in the sidebar, open the calendar, select from the menu bar at the top View → Show calendar list.

If you want to receive birthday notifications, select from the menu bar Settings → Alerts and specify the desired interval.

Now, when an event occurs, you will receive a system notification in advance and directly on the person’s birthday.

How to add a birthday to Contacts on iPhone, iPad or Mac via iCloud.com

You can also change contact information through the cloud service iCloud.com, for this:

2. Find the contact you are interested in or click on the plus sign and select “ new contact».

3. In the selected contact, tap " Edit».

4. Scroll to the end of the list of available fields to fill in and click the button link "Add field".

5. In the menu that appears, select

6. Add information in the appropriate form and click the " Ready».

Not all active users of the standard "" program on iPhone, iPad and Mac computers know that it is possible to share lists of reminders with family members and friends. The problem is not that users are inattentive, but that Apple has made the feature rather unobvious, although it is definitely popular.

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How to create reminder lists?

This is quite easy to do. On the main page of the Reminders application, simply click on the plus sign next to the search in the upper right corner of the display, then select "List".

Sharing support and user rights

You can share reminder lists with people who have access to iCloud. iCloud technology works on all devices that support iOS 5 and newer versions of the operating system.

The person sharing the reminder list can:

• view, edit and delete the list;
• view, add and remove list members;
• block access to the list;
• delete list.

A person who has access to the reminder list can:

• view and edit the list;
• see list members.

1 . Launch the application on your iOS device.

2 . Select the list you are interested in.

3 . In the upper right corner, click "Edit".

5 . Click the button "Add Member".

6 . Tap the button «+» and select a contact from the list.

7 . Click the button "Add", and then - "Ready".

The inscription “ Common for: ..."indicates that the operation was successful. The contact you add must confirm your invitation.

1 . Launch the "" app from the Dock or use Spotlight search.

2 . In the left side menu, select the list you are interested in and move the cursor to the area to the right of the list name. The sharing icon will be displayed there. Tap on it.

4 . Click the button "Ready".

2 . Open the application "".

3 . In the left side menu, click on the sharing icon opposite the list you are interested in and add a participant.

4 . Click the button "Ready".

How do I remove contacts that have access to the reminders list?

On iOS: select list → "Edit" and swipe left on the contact → "Delete" or open a contact and click the button "Close access".

On OS X/iCloud: click on the sharing icon → select a contact → "Delete".

How do I accept an invitation to access my reminder list?

This action can be performed by answering yes to a question in the Reminders app itself on iOS or OS X, or by opening a notification sent to your inbox.

Reminders app limitations

The iCloud service has the following limitations:

• total maximum number of calendars, lists and reminders - 25,000;
• the maximum total number of calendars, lists and reminders is 100;
• maximum data size - 24 MB;
• the maximum number of characters in the reminder name is 100;

Questions and answers

Question: Is it possible to specify a default reminder list?

Answer: Yes, you can. On iOS, open Settings → → Default and select a list. On OS X, open menu → "Default List" and select the list you are interested in.

IN: Reminders are not displayed on other devices. How to fix?

ABOUT: It's simple! On iOS, open Settings → iCloud and opposite the item, put the switch in the active position. On OS X, open  → System settings... → iCloud and check the box next to the item.

IN: Are notifications general?

ABOUT: No. If you set an alarm for a certain period of time, it will only sound on your device.