I hate when KZfaqrs only talk about productivity that revolves around video content. THANK YOU for talking about productivity that has normal, family friendly ways to stay organized. I’m sure there is a lot more in this category.

Btw, thank you for showing us a “normal” use of this system. A lot of people give corporate or freelance examples of a productivity setup, and yours is about doing things like dethatching a yard or putting wipers on a car.

Thanks for sharing, I use it very similarly to you, but you have given me some new tips. It’s great to see it from the point of view of a family person rather than just a business person.

Quite possibly the best Apple ecosystem productivity video I’ve seen. Never knew Reminders did all of that. Thanks. Subscribing.

Great video! Thank you so much!

iPhone, iPad and Macbook Pro here. I keep thinking about abandoning my "outside" note and reminder apps and just using the built-in Apple utilities. You've pushed me along.

I’m 1 minute in and can already tell this is going to be a good vid. Same here, i figured out how to optimize the apple 1st party app rather then deal with subscription’s and other bullshit from 3rd parties

So real and so useful. I spent a year wasting my time trying all of the trendy productivity apps and just wasted time. Ended up going back to apples stock apps and, although it doesn’t have all the extra fancy bells and whistles, I eventually found that I never needed them in the first place

Thanks for the video. I like the style and atmosphere you created. I also benefited from your tip to create an inbox / today smart list as this really reflects the things I may need to accomplish or manage at any one time. Thanks again!

This is just a video that I’ve been looking for and wishing for excellent excellent content more more more. Please do more of this. I’ve already subscribed you are an inspiration.

SOLID video on how to really use the Apple ecosystem. Well done!

Long time user of Things3 and Bear. I decided to for first party apps and see how it works out. So far I like it for a lot of the things you highlight. One thing I do different than you, is that I use widget “stacks” to be able to swipe between Reminders lists. I have a ”today” list where I am tagged (smart list), and then a “today” list excluding me (mostly family or shared stuff). With stacks, you can use the same screen real estate which is nice! I’m pairing Apple Notes with the Bullet Journal style of daily logging which has worked out great so far!

Brilliant thank you!

I’ve needed other apps to add to my user experience while in grad school, but I really think this is the way to go once I graduate! Great video!

Really appreciate this video!

Great video Brandon. The two biggest items on my Apple Productivity wish list are 1) The ability to link Apple Notes to Calendar events, and 2) The ability to set Reminders recurrences based on completion of the current item.

Excellent Work. More people need to know about your excellent channel

This was what I have been looking for! I use Things 3 ,Fantastical and Notes right now, this video has helped me decide which combo of apps work for me. I’ve been using the past month or so. I really enjoy Things 3 tho I must admit. Subscribed

I wish Reminders could sync to Apple Calendar so I can see a timed task in one place without having to switch between apps to see what I should be doing. Fantastical seems to be the only one I’ve seen do this.

Great video!

Solid video

It’s good to see videos like this. There are always 3rd party apps that are slightly better than Apple’s, but I’ve learned over the years to stick with Apple’s software. The compatibility and connectivity is worth a few missing features.

Thank you for this overview and your work you put in. The main problem of all these available apps is collaboration. You can’t use this comfortably for your company to work with others together.

Wife and I both use iPad Pro’s and iPhones. Waiting for the rumored M4 chip-set Mac-Mini later this year or early 2025, and then I will once and for all get rid of my Windows desktop. I do not need an Apple Watch. What this video showed me is 1. I need to organize my stuff a little better. 2. I need to do this using the killer built in Apple apps. Good video!

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Excellent video! What case are you using on your iPhone? Is that the fine woven case?

Kids, when I was your age, we wrote things down on paper.....in cursive.

great vid - iOS has pre made shortcuts - ie: Today View to check your calendar - Add new event - and open Smart list reminder so you can check all reminders with the touch of an 1 icon. also they can be added to your Home Screen by going to 1.shortcuts long pressing 2.share 3. add to Home Screen BAM

Nice moose.

5:54 The adding a website or email directly to an app is amazing… but it doesn’t work for me 😮 When I open a note the link doesn’t appear.. just a blank note

lol just wondering if you would ever make one of these videos

2:47. It seems from other comments that I should refrain from commenting at this time. The point I was going to make was about KZfaqrs making productivity videos for KZfaqrs. I will amend this comment later and keep watching….. 4:23 good tip about using the kanban view as a todo by day for a vacation! 🙌. I’m planning my summers vacation that for some reason contains 2 confused older ladies as travel companions apart from my family, and I use the maps feature Guides to collect stuff to do, but this is really a cool way of planning it by day… 6:39 YES! Continuity copy/paste continue on other device, move calls and video calls between devices, including Apple TV is totally amazing as is universal control. I don’t have a modern desktop mac anymore so I have a question: I suppose it does but can you confirm that universal control works between a Mac Studio and an iPad Pro? 7:15 I use 1Password for saved passwords instead of a locked note simply because it offers superior integration but so does iCloud Keychain. So why not use it for this? End Overall good video! Keep it up and you have earned a sub 👍🏼

Loser brain, you’re funny bro😂 Thanks for all the great tips you’ve shared. Fortunate for me to stumble upon your video ✊🏾💯

Please do an in depth video on the reminders app

This was a great informative video! However, I’ve found that my Mac desktop lags pretty much all the time. I’ve updated it and there is plenty of memory available. It’s so slow that I no longer use it.

This is very good. Would you mine creating a video where you’ve tested using Google Drive and its services for a similar setup to this? It’s cross platform and is more friendly to people who may need to collaborate.

Great Video - thank you! You have a new subscriber… can I ask the lamps in the background (light globe? ) where did you get them? I love them - thanks looking forward to more videos

Quick tip: you can start typing >> in notes to build a link to other notes without using the menus

How do you work with hard deadlines in reminders? In Things 3 there is a Start Date and a Hard Deadline. I really want to start using reminders again but hard deadlines are a must for me.

How do you create the Smart list today/inbox? What filters have you used?

Bro, new to your channel and subscribed . Thanks for sharing productivity tips for apple ecosystem. In future, if possible kindly make a video , sharing tips and tricks for your apple watch ultra2 , how you use that as your productivity tool in apple ecosystem. I use things3, but cannot able to enter tasks properly using siri with apple watch ultra2 . Issue is instead of tasks going to things3 inbox, it goes to apple reminders. Feels so confused, dont find any tutorial in youtube.

hello Brandon, how is it going? I wanted to tell you that I’m trying to buy the lake backdrop but it won’t accept payment even though the money is on the card so I don’t understand. can you help me thx, have a great day!

Please, how can I create a meeting in apple calendar and activate teams instead of FaceTime as meeting app? That is the only thing keeping me from using this calendar as default.

How do you view the lists in combon view? (Is that how you spell it?)

Are you in the garage or if not what’s the rationale of having a tool cabinet in your house?

Do you use Apple Mail as your default mail

"in conjunction with iCloud and my NAS" With the way you said it, I heard a different word than NAS

Is that a 5K iMac 🖥️ behind you?

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disappointed to not see the field notes from the thumbnail be part of the ecosystem. Not sure why to include it in the thumbnail then other than clickbait me lol

Sub ultimate, ultimate would be cross platform… but nice try

Siri is extremely worse than any other assistant. I have stopped using Siri on my mac. Whereas Google assistant on my android is waayyy better with any info I want.

Combined view in reminders???? How did you get to that view? You’re only showing the results of your setup….not how you got there. Very frustrating. You get 5 out of 10

You need to take the background music out of the video. It is very distracted to try to focus on what you’re saying when you hear this little tinkling going on on the back ground. CNBC does this all the time and I routinely delete the videos as soon as I hear it, it is and it does not increase my attention to your video

background music... is really.... really... annoying. it's probably just me, tho.

3:38 don't bother seeing barbie. trash movie

Alternate Title: How to be iSheep

Great video !!!!