Microsoft To-Do Sync Issues

Anonymous
2019-12-14T01:18:52+00:00

I've finally made the switch from Wunderlist to Microsoft To-Do, but it hasn't gone as smoothly as I had wanted.

I am signed into three devices using To-Do: Web client in browser, iPhone and iPad.

I have successfully imported all my tasks from Wunderlist to To-Do, but my reminder notifications aren't showing on my iOS devices. They have successfully synced, but the web client is the only device showing reminder notifications. I have tried closing apps and signing out and back in again, to no avail.

After a little experimenting, the notification will only show on the device where I change the reminder notification time. For example, changing the reminder notification time on the web client results in the notification showing only on that device. The same applies to each iOS device.

Not sure if this is a bug or by design, but I rely on these reminder notifications on different devices to get my things done. I simply can't use it without this ability, which worked perfectly on Wunderlist.

Any suggestions as to where I might be going wrong, or simply some general advice would be greatly appreciated.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-08T13:14:38+00:00

    I also have a sync problem. When I make a chance in the list, my friend (owner of the list) sees them all without any delay. When she makes, no change in my app, no added items... We both have Android phones.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-02-20T02:59:18+00:00

    A year later and I'm experiencing the same thing and can't figure out a solution anywhere.

    Not through my work's tech support, or through Microsoft help.

    I went on to Microsoft Teams and saw that there is a Tasks by Planner and To Do option.

    It seems like it may have the same options. Has anyone else tried this option?

    I wanted to ask before I re-type, ONE BY ONE, all of the tasks I had before they all disappeared.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-02-22T00:37:53+00:00

    Don't do it. I tried To do in teams and it was terrible. They did an upgrade on the backend and lost all of my work tasks, with no ability to get them back from backups.

    I'm having the same issues with to do on IOS between my wifes phone and mine. She has written the shopping list (50+ items) and they just will not sync between her and mine list. Shared list, been working for months. Now all of a sudden not working.

    Microsoft products are garbage. They seem to think everything they upgrade is in some kind of beta program, who cares if it affects there customers.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-04-03T08:31:06+00:00

    I'm having issues syncing shared lists with my wife. I first thought the issue was with the iPhone app, but no. To test, I opened each account with the web version of To Do in the browser and also the phone apps. (So two browser tabs and two phones.) When a list invitee adds an item from web or phone, it's propagated to both accounts (web and phone). But when the list owner adds an item, it's only propagated to that user (web and phone). So definitely the issue is on Microsoft's servers.

    I would qualify this as a critical issue. If you can't reliably sync lists, then the app is no good. One needs to have trust in the syncing, and it's been failing too much lately.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-04-06T16:37:04+00:00

    Just installed ToDo to see if it would be a good replacement for Apple Tasks.

    Create tasks on macOS and expect them to sync to my phone automatically.  Doesn't happen.  I have to open the app on iOS and refresh before they will show up.  If tasks don't sync what's the point? Makes the "new" widget in iOS pretty useless.

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