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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  2. Anonymous
    2020-09-13T10:49:17+00:00

    After reading all the replies - over so many months! - I am dismayed.  Synching issues from iphone X to PC here too.  This is terrible... I knew this app was doomed when Microsoft bought wunderlist.  Extremely disappointed, if not surprised.  Will be leaving microsoft to-do and finding new app for keeping us organized.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-21T21:31:58+00:00

    Eveything synced from PC to Iphone/ Ipad; between Ipad/ Iphone; but not from the Ipad/Iphone to the PC.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-02T01:43:27+00:00

    For those having issues with the iOS Reminders app, it appears that if the list is shared, it does not appear in the Reminders app. This is a confirmed issue. Please vote to add this feature at https://todo.uservoice.com/forums/597175-feature-suggestions/suggestions/39718585-shared-to-do-lists-don-t-appear-within-ios-reminde. Thank you!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-16T15:30:31+00:00

    I too use To Do on my laptop plus iPhone & iPad. On doing some digging I've discovered that all three apps have a "Sync" button under settings (which you access via your avatar). It appears that you need to manually sync the device you are using each time you open To Do on it, if you have updated tasks on a different device.

    Not ideal, but hope that helps.

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