How do I get my reminders back on my Mac?

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How do I get my reminders back on my Mac?

How do I get my reminders back?

OK, I have MacOS 12.6.2, a iPhone 14 with iOS 16, and an older Mac on HS. I just upgraded Reminders on the Monterey Mac. All my reminders are GONE. I read above, not very satisfying saying I should have:

If you create new iCloud reminders on a secondary device that's running iOS 13 or later or macOS Catalina, but you haven't yet opened the new Reminders app on that device — for example, if you used Siri to create reminders — those reminders will be lost when you open the app for the first time. To avoid this, open the Reminders app once before you create any new reminders on an updated device.

NOT GOOD, I should have read everything before upgrading Reminders? Not Good Apple.

SO HOW DO I GET MY REMINDERS BACK?

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Posted on Mar 27, 2023 07:10 PM

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John Galt

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Mar 27, 2023 07:31 PM in response to phillman55

You don't. They are gone.

Excerpted from Upgrading the Reminders app in iOS 13 or later - Apple Support: (emphasis added):

If you create new iCloud reminders on a secondary device that's running iOS 13 or later or macOS Catalina, but you haven't yet opened the new Reminders app on that device — for example, if you used Siri to create reminders — those reminders will be lost when you open the app for the first time. To avoid this, open the Reminders app once before you create any new reminders on an updated device.

FYI you are not addressing Apple on this site. To contact Apple, Contact Apple.

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Owl-53

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Mar 28, 2023 04:00 AM in response to phillman55

I have an Ancient Mac Mini from 2011 stuck on High Sierra 10.13.6

I also have 2 Machines running Ventura 13.3 and an iPhone on iOS 16.4

Whatever Reminders that appeared in macOS 10.13.6 in High Sierra are Gone and Never to be returned - period

FYI and for the benefit of the Computer and iPhone

Monday March 27, 2023

Apple released an update to Monterey bringing it to version 12.6.4 and also released an update for iOS bring it to version 16.4

links below on this very topic

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support (CA)

About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.4 - Apple Support

About the security content of iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 - Apple Support (CA)

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Mar 28, 2023 02:44 PM in response to phillman55

I called Apple and gave them a piece of my mind, yet we got disconnected, they called back but that got disconnected. So I called back and luckily got a top engineer that was filling 'on the phones' as they were short handed. He helped restore the Reminders on my Monterey MBP.

1) go to languages & region, on right make sure you are on Region: United States.

2) go to Apple ID, on left select 'iCloud'

3) on right make sure Reminders is checked. Mine was, and on reboot, Reminders re-downed all my reminders. He mentioned un-checking and re-checking but I didn't have to do that.

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phillman55 Author

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Mar 28, 2023 02:44 AM in response to John Galt

Oh, wait, they are still on iPhone 14/iOS 16. Whew! So how do I get them back to Monterey Mac?

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