Share calendars and to-dos

Set up your Calendar and Reminders apps to enable sharing

From setting up day trips through to arranging holidays and planning parties, we’d be lost without iOS sharing. The trick to getting more out of Calendar and Reminders is to set up sharing with family and friends. Once sharing is enabled, you can add events to Calendar, and they’ll appear on all the shared iOS devices. If you change an event, such as moving its time or location, it’ll automatically update on everybody’s device (including any alerts that you’ve set).

Sharing items in Reminders is even more useful. We often use Reminders to remember urgent tasks stuff, but it’s an excellent to-do list app. Reminders are ideal for DIY projects around the house, as well as for keeping track of all the chores that need doing. You can work on a project with somebody, and you can both add items to a list (and see them getting checked off).

There are a few different ways you can set up shared items in Calendar and Reminders. You can set up Family Sharing in iCloud. Family Sharing is mainly used to share Apple purchases, but has the useful second function of creating a separate calendar and list in Reminders, both called Family. Items added here are automatically shared with other members of your family.

Sometimes you just want to share items with friends or colleagues instead. No problem – it’s easy to create calendars and Reminders lists and choose who to share them with, too.

It’s a great idea to start using shared items on your iPad, so let’s take a quick look at all the different tricks available. We’ll show you how switching on Family Sharing enables quick access to shared accounts, and how to set up a shared calendar (or invite people to a single event,) and how to create a shared list.

Shared Reminders are ideal for projects around the house, and tracking chores