iPhone Tips for Seniors: "Remember This" - An Awesome Shortcut
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
- The "Remember This" shortcut is one of the most practical shortcuts I've ever come across. It's simple to use and customize to your liking. This shortcut is all about remembering things as well as journaling or chronicling daily activities and events. In this short video I show you how to get it, install it and use it. It's worth a look!
If you'd like to jump around here are chapter markers:
Intro: 0:00
How to download the shortcut: 2:12
How to add a shortcut icon or widget to the home screen: 3:08
How to use the shortcut: 4:12
How to tweak the shortcut for easier use: 5:06
How to add a Notes widget tot he home screen: 7:22
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I'm old and I can't remember why I clicked on this video.😁😁😁😁😁
Thanks heaps Rich for explaining “ remember this “ its gold. I had a stroke a few years ago and im slowly coming right . remember this helps me remember stuff. If i want to remember something for later on i quickly put it in remember me . I go through my list every day and tick things off. It helps me to keep up with others. Thanks again Rich . My only advise , im pretty good with IT , and it can be a bit tricky. If you struggle setting it up get help. It is so worth it 😊
Wow, I am so pleased! This morning I knew nothing about widgets, and now I have completed all of your instructions and have both widgets installed and performing perfectly. Thank you so much, I feel like I am having one on one tutoring ❤.
I'm young, and I love this. I find that most things designed for people with accessibility issues seem to actually be great for people without them, haha. As someone who has a million "moving parts" to deal with at work and people constantly "changing the channel" on my brain, I find this incredibly useful even as a healthy-minded 37 year old without short-term memory problems. I work in IT support for a fairly big school district, and there is a lot of "paperwork" involved in filling out digital reports later on about many things I came across when solving issues or need to do later on when re-visiting a problem, inventory changes, etc.
Instead of opening my phone, finding a note app, pushing the icon, choosing the right folder or category, pressing write new note, typing things I need to say, pressing the option to add a new photo, etc., I can now do things EXACTLY as quickly as I need to and move on without losing my train of thought or screeching to an absolute halt. I like that it automatically categorizes it for you by tagging it so I can specifically focus only on these notes. The nature of my job is also having clients not exactly being very socially aware outside of themselves and hounding me to solve their problems while I'm clearly busy helping someone else, so this truly helps me stay on-task. Such an excellent discovery! As much as I know about multiple operating systems, I never play around in "shortcuts" too much. It's great this was brought to my attention, thanks!
Next time, just tell us your life story.
Wow another great video. Thank you Rich. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your videos.
Wow! Thanks for the kind words. There really is a bit of wrk in putting these videos together. I'm still learning how to film and edit. It's a pretty steep learning curve (at least for me!). So glad you found the video helpful.
Wow, thanks so much for the clear instructions showing how to set up a folder and/or widget on the iPhone and iPad to easily store notes created by this very efficient Shortcut. I use it most days, often as a tool to remind me to be present and notice what’s on my mind.
Ha! You're the reason I made this video. Did you notice I used your comment? I really appreciate you pointing mw to this shortcut. I learn more from folks comments than they learn from me! Thanks again Linda!
Love this and have been using it for a week. The thing that makes it even easier is that you can activated it using Siri! You don’t have to type at all. Siri will use dictation to take your note!
GREAT point! I should have put that in the video. I hope others see your comment! Thanks so much for watching!
Just ran across your channel. Your instructions were very clear. I’m excited to use “Remember This”. Thanks
I like the pace of your instructions. Very easy to follow.
I have just found your videos, Rich. I’m going to have to watch on my iPad so I can start and stop the video while following your instructions on my iPhone. You might recommend this for us old timers, as remembering several things in a row can be challenging for octogenarians. Now to practice a bit until I’m comfortable using these widgets! Again, thanks.
Worked great! I just followed along with my iPad to set up on my iPhone now I’ll set up the iPad the same way. Many thanks! 😊
This is a great find and could not have been explained better. Thank you!
Thank you Rich for an excellent note for us “forgetful older folks”, what a great app and I am using it as Journal as well. Always great watching your channel for useful tips on using my iPhone and iPad. 😊
Glad it was helpful!
This is so great ! Works super on Mac, Sonoma.
I am very old and very slow. And as you moved through your instructions, various links you directed us to press did not seem to exist on my iOS 17.2.1. I had to experiment. I repeated short chunks until I stopped floundering. Near the end I created the “Remember This” folder, having created a test note with several test entries. After creating the Remember folder nothing would appear there. Finally I deleted my test note with its entries. The new Remember This folder worked perfectly. Ah sweet success. I’m leaving you now for a well deserved nap.
So glad you got it working! And yes, a nap is well-deserved.
😂
Thought I’d got this, loaded a small BLACK APP WITH A WHITE HAND, All that did was allow names, addresses but, no note! I left it onscreen, went back to this video, got things done step by step and GOT IT! It collected all my other notes and that is exactly what I wanted.
I have misplaced lots of things by not remembering what I did with them, wires, medications, books etc., but now I religiously make a note!
I was 40 when I first used a computer, I used to help others but now, at 80, a lot of my knowledge has left home! Thanks for your advice, it is much appreciated!👍🤝
Thank you so very much. I love it.
Great job bringing this feature to light and explaining it thoroughly.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for you very clear explanation. You provide just enough information and not too much. I plan on using Siri dictation to make the process even easier for me.
Excellent idea, outstanding pace and delivery!
Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Brilliant. Thank you.
Rich Great short cut. This channel has become my favorite. I look forward to each new episode.
Wow! Thanks so much. I'm trying to improve with each video. I used a new overhead camera in this video that I think makes the picture sharper. Anyway, it's a process! Thanks for the kind words.
That was brilliant Rich-I've learned a lot watching your videos
Glad to hear it. This video should help a lot of people. Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for sharing this! I wasn’t aware this shortcut had been added by Apple!
This is so helpful for the ABI community who all struggle with short term memory issues
Yes! I think this will be a game-changer for a lot of people. Thanks so much for watching!
This is neat. Great idea for vacations. I’ll have to watch again in slow mo. LolThanks
Great shortcut. Downloaded it. Thanks
Glad it helped
I'm very impressed with the technology you have presented. Thank you.
Thank you too!
I appreciate your comprehensive descriptions, but, GOOD GRIEF, this one is a good illustration of how convoluted Apple filing management is! I will often just send a link to my messages to retain a note or address!
Thank you for this. Quite possibly the handiest shortcut I've seen. I've assigned it to the action button on my iPhone 15 pro max and it's destined to become my most used feature. Thanks again!!
I think I'll do the same. I've not played around with the action button too much yet. This will be a good test. Those for the tip!
Fabulous idea!!! Thanks so very very much!!
You are so welcome!
Great app & video! Thanks
Thank you!!
Thanks Rich, another clear "how to do"
Glad to help
Thank you very much for this very informative video. What a great way when you’re on a tour say a plant tour that I used to take when I was still working or on a vacation tour you can actually talk using your voice to give the description, and then take a picture to go along with the text.
Such a great idea. Thank you very much I have subscribed because hopefully I’ll find other tips as valuable as this one, have a good day.
Wow. Thanks so much!
Coolest tip I’ve seen in a long time. Thank you for your videos and tips. Well done.
Glad you liked it!
I love that red mini-fridge ❤️
It does distract me from what this guy is saying though 😂
Thanks!
Wow! Thanks so much. I appreciate it!
Thanks for this short cut. Let works great for me. I want to mention I use the microphone to dictate my notes. For us with shaky hands it really helps. Thanks again for making life easier
where is there a microphone?
@@debra13 when in notes look bottom right had corner of where you type on a iPhone.
Great tip!
This is really beneficial
Thank you, I always appreciate the tips. Can anyone tell me if there is a major difference between the new Journal app and Remember This? I'm going to experiment with both but I am just curious if there are differences?
Super useful shortcut. I’m 68 and just found your channel thanks to the UA-cam algorithm. I’ve watched a few already. Thanks for your style of presentation and the topics you chose. I find that tech is changing so fast it is hard to keep up and what you offer are excellent ways to try and keep up with the times. Even much younger people than myself struggle with the pace of change. I find that out, by asking them questions and realizing that often they know less than me about how the OS works and how to use it to make life easier. Many younger people i talk to seem to have adopted the attitude of technology is bad so they only reluctantly learn what they have too while hating the experience. My experience is technology has made my life amazingly easier and continues to do so although there is much of it i have to sort through to find what really works for me. You’re helping in a big way with that, so thanks.
I'm right there with you. I'm pretty sure I know more about the iPhone and iPad than many younger people even though I didn't grow up with such things. Still though, I learn a lot from younger people. At least I'm not too old to learn new tricks!
@@RichBowlin yea, keep learning and life gets better, that’s how I found your channel. Thanks again.
Just…Wonderful!
Thanks so much. Glad the video was helpful.
Thanks
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!
Awesome,🙏
Rich - Love your channel and your presentation and instruction style.
The remember this note creates a #remember tag in the note. From there a Smart Folder can be created using the #remember and the notes go into that folder without editing the shortcut!
In case someone is nervous about editing the shortcut!!
Great tip! I've started messing around with tags and find them very useful. I hope others see your comment as many have struggled changing the shortcut! Thanks so much for watching!
Nice tip 👍
That hero in Memento would definitely need this.
This has got Nerdspeak all over it!
It has taken me 🤨3 hours and multiple attempts to install this. And the note widget is huge! I haven’t found out how to change THAT yet. Thanks for your hard work doing these videos.
This has been a very popular video. But I kind of wish I'd not talked about tweaking the shortcut. I think I flew past some people on that. Kudos for sticking with it. By the way, you can change the size of the note widget.
Hi Rich - Just found your channel and I am enjoying the content. Your clean gray desk mat really helps me with the vision issues I have. Would you mind sharing the brand and where you bought it?
Thanks for introducing this shortcut. It also works with Siri when you say Hey Siri Remember This.
Thanks for this. I just found your channel and I subscribed. This is better than making reminders throughout the day to remind me about things. I created a stack of widgets that now include the Remember This note and the Remember This shortcut. I read the comments below and now I just say " Siri or Hey Siri....Remember this and she asks me what I want to remember. Great little shortcut.
It is a great shortcut. Thanks so much for the comment.
Thanks so much, Rich, for your simple presentation of helpful ideas! Question: can you search your “remember this” notes?
Sure. You can search for anything in any of your notes using the search bar. When iOS 17 is released later this year, the search will be almost powerful enough to do away with a detailed folder structure. For me, though, I'm a folder guy. Thanks so much for watching!
This is awesome.
It's a great little shortcut. Thanks so much for watching!
Thank you
You're welcome
Loved seeing a glimpse of your set-up, with cameras, lights, teleprompter, etc/ at ~ 9:45 in the video. Thanks! Someday, you might consider giving your followers a tour of the "studio."
Maybe one day!
I have now added this shortcut to my phone. I have trouble with meeting people and remembering their names later so I hope this helps. I also forget which brand name I want of whatever product I want to replace-my work-around for that has been to take a photo of it and keep those in the album ‘shopping’. I wonder if this might be a simpler way!
Very well done!
Thank you very much!
By the time you dig through all the steps you forget what you're trying to do.
I really try to keep things simple. But sometimes I get a little too complicated. My hope was that this video would be easy to follow and helpful. I'm always a little nervous when I finish a video like this! Thanks so much for watching!
This video is gold! I can’t imagine why I don’t already have it. You did an outstanding job presenting it.
😂😂😂‼️
Hi Rich, I am having trouble getting the remember this to the remember this folder in notes. Can you help?
He left out the most important component - use Siri to by-pass all the steps! Just say “Siri, remember this” and she will ask what you want to remember. You tell her whatever it is. Then she’ll ask if you want to attach a photo. If you say “no,” that’s it. No more steps.
I came across this shortcut in another video a few days ago, but he did not explain it nearly as well as you. The tip about adding the folder makes such a huge difference! You did leave out one thing though, and it is the most important part IMO - you can use siri to bypass all the steps, once the shortcut is setup! I use it all day long! Thank you for this video, you are great! ❤
Great tip! I hope others see your comment!
Thanks for the video! Is there a way to use voice memos instead of text? I looked but could not find a way. Thanks again,
I did everything exactly as you said, but nothing is in my remember this folder. I even checked it twice, but everything is just going into the Notes folder for today. Hmmm I have a brand new iPhone 15. I just tried it again, but nothing is going into my remember this folder. I really enjoy your channel by the way. I have been an android user for many many years and just recently switched to iPhone. I’m really liking it and your channel has helped me learn so much. Thank you. Dan. Update…… it’s working now! I guess it just needed a little time😂
I hope you’re having as much fun on your end as I am enjoying learning from you.
Pretty much! I try not to let the "business" side of all of this creep in too much. But, yes, making helpful videos that folks enjoy watching is fun.
Rich, thanks again for your helpful videos. I have a question. I recently got my first iPhone after being an Android user for many years. I used Gmail all that time. After migrating to IOS, I find that all of my Gmail folders are listed underneath my Apple mail folders. I just noticed this morning that when I "archive" an email, it is going into my "Important" folder. I'm just confused as to how I can integrate all of the old Gmail into Apple mail. Is there a way to do this? Is it advisable? I don't like having two email systems in there. Perhaps you might make a video about this. In any case, thanks so much for your helpful videos.
I had to go back through this several times, but I did get it to work! My next step is to ask Siri to do it!
The second thing that goes when you age is your memory. I forgot what the first thing is.
Ha! Best comment of the day. I think...
thanks for the video everything is clear, but my taken photo is not displayed in notes why?
😮my iphone se just does not seem to behave in the same way Rich. Just can't figure this one out Rich. Will try again when my brain has recovered.
Hi Rich, would you please make a new Shortcut for making a FaceTime call with iOS17? Thank you!
I installed this and love it (thank you) but now I get a "couldn't communicate with helper app" message. How can I fix it? I really enjoy this shortcut.
Id like to have seen this video start with using it both to add notes and search for notes, and then the install options at the end.
Thanks for pointing to this, but one possible heads-up concerning the setup and the order it’s done in.
That is:
1] I loaded the Remember This shortcut, and added a couple test entries. These were put into a new “What Happened Today” file in Notes, as expected.
2] I then went in and created a new “Remember This” folder in Notes.
3] I then went in to edit the shortcut to point to the new “Remember This” folder.
The problem is that it seemed to remember the old, original “What Happened Today” file.
That is, new entries went into the old “What Happened Today” file, and nothing was put into the new “Remember This” folder.
My quick fix was to delete the original “What Happened Today” file. After that, everything worked as expected.
To me, this seems like a solution looking for a problem.
Thank you, btw, I just created a Smart Folder to include the tag #remember, which the shortcut does.
Great Tip! Thanks for watching.
Hi Rich,
I find your videos most helpful, but sometimes hard to follow
That could be me though, getting old
I noticed that you made the, (remember this folder) in the iCloud section of notes not the (on my iPhone) section
Is this where Kerry McDonald is going wrong?
Great tips but some how I was following along and accidentally added an app I do not want on a short cut. How do I undo the shortcut without messing with the information I have in the app?
One other thing I discovered - the shortcut will not allow smart folders as options when you go to select a folder in the shortcut edit menu.. That’s weird, but it has to be a regular folder. Took me a while to figure out why I couldn’t see the Remember This smart folder I had just created - I created a regular folder instead and that one showed up in the drop down list in the shortcut.
What a pity!, but I couldn't find this specific shortcut in the Gallery. Perhaps it is only available in some regions. However it is an interesting video. I am also a "Senior" and it helps me to improve iPhone and iPad use. Thanks again.
Oh my. There's no indication from Apple that's it's limited geographically. I'll look into this to see what I can find.
I’ve yet to be able to add a single shortcut to either my iPhone or iPad following your instructions.
Nice explanation and easy to follow HOWEVER, entries to what happened today are not going into the newly formed "remember this" note. Any suggestions?
I'm not sure what's happening. Did you alter the shortcut to go into a specific folder as shown at the end of the video? If not, then the "Remember This" not will just be in your general Notes section. Look to see if it's there. Hope this helps...
@@RichBowlin I deleted everything and started over twice. So the second time, after I created the new folder in notes, and then went back into the shortcut to " create note with text in remember this folder" it still didn't work, so I went back into notes and MANUALLY MOVED the "what happened today" note ---into the Remember this folder. Now when I added entries, it's there (at least for today). I'll see what happens tomorrow. Thanks for replying, much appreciated.
Rich, my folder in notes did not work, I ended up deleting the remember this app from the Gallery in Shortcuts, as "Folder" option disappeared, how do I get the "remember this" app back in the Gallery to start the process over again? Thank You
I cannot get the notes to transfer from All on My iPhone to Remember This. I deleated and re-installed again. Note taking and keeping all good except notes will not load to Remember This folder. Could use some help! Thanks ;-) Chris
A BIG + for this shortcut, thank you very much.👍
You are welcome! Glad it helped!
Nice little app ! I had surgery earlier earlier this week. That will be nice to remember to take my antibiotics! Lol
Hi Steve. I hope you're recovering well. Good to hear from you.
Yes I’m recovering nicely. Back to work on Monday!👍 I had urethroplasty done.
I just put things like that in my calender. I didn't understand this video at all. And I don't know how to make a folder on laptops or on phone. I''ve only had a phone a couple months and barely use it because I don't get it.
On an Apple iPad how do I get rid of items under setting that I put in there by accident and I can’t get them out someone must know
Just discovered this and love it. I'm using it for daily journaling. BUT!!!! How do I get my iPad AND my iPhone to BOTH display the same notes. Those created on my phone do NOT show on my iPad and vice versa.
Are you signed into the same Apple ID on both devices? If you are, make sure Notes sync is enabled on both devices. It should be in Settings>Apple ID>iCloud>Show All>Notes
My goal was to use this shortcut to Remember if I took my AM & my PM meds-which I would add to the note when I actually took the meds.. I also wanted to use SIRI to ask if I did-evidently it does not tie into SIRi good enough.
I've not tried using Siri with the shortcut but that's a great idea. I'm going to work on this...
Hi there Love your videos. Is there a way to organize photos?
Just made a video on that. Here's a link: ua-cam.com/video/n3rS6E-OY38/v-deo.html
I've added a Remember This folder in Notes. I'm following your directions but my 'comments to remember' don't go into that folder in Notes. Help!
I have found what is happening to people who the shortcut is not creating new notes in the “Remember This” folder in notes. I was following along with you in the demonstration. The Remember This shortcut finds the note to update based on the name of note regardless of where it is located. Because there is a note created with a matching name in a different folder it updates that note. So this behavior will fix itself the next day, or you can just delete note and when it creates a new note it will be in the correct folder.
Did they do away with this app? I can’t find it in my shortcuts or on the App Store.
Excellent video. Where is the best place to store the notes…on phone, email (yahoo, etc), or iCloud? Thank you
I store most of my notes in the Notes app. Though I use iCloud for some things. Every time I stick notes in different places I end up getting confused and can never find anything. But then again I do have a lot of gray hair. Well, not a lot.
I’ve followed your video steps but I can’t get the shortcut to automatically put my text into my “remember this” folder. Help !
Love your videos! Just wondering, wouldn’t it be easier to just use”Hey Siri take a note” and then search for it with a keyword? Thanks
Good question....I guess I need to test it out. But yes, it might be easier.
Mine keeps going into a gmail note and not the iCloud note. I don’t even know how or why a gmail notes is on there. Plus I get an error message about imap. Any suggestions??
Question: I just updated my iPhone and now I get an Error trying to use Remember This. It seems that there is a now a problem with Notes integration. Is anyone else having this problem or is it just me?
I have looked at every icon in shortcuts for 'remember this' and it's not there. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the shortcuts app and my iPad is running the latest update. No 'remember this.' I have 3 devices and it's the same for all. What's going on?
Hi Rich, another great video - thanks. I've tried to make the note go into the right folder as you describe by setting the app to send it to Remember This but it will not. I've tried sending it to another new folder I created but no luck. The notes appear in my Notes but just under the general latest note. Have I done something wrong or do you have any ideas? Many thanks, Kerry
Hi Kerry. Not sure what's going on. I tested this method on a couple of devices before making the video to make sure I had things down correctly. If your note continues to go into the general notes area my guess is that somehow the folder you chose in the Shortcut just didn't save when you closed it. Not sure if this is much help...
I discovered that you can’t use a smart folder - it has to be a regular folder. Go in to Notes and see if the icon for your Remember This folder is a pic of a folder, or if it looks like a gear wheel. If it is a gear wheel, it is a smart folder and won’t work with the shortcut. You’ll need to create a new folder and make sure you don’t check “make a smart folder.” The other possibility is that you accidentally made your folder a sub-folder in a Notes folder, rather than having it be on the dame hierarchy level as Notes. You can drag the folder to the left until it shows in the same level. Hope this helps!
I don’t see the same screen when I open shortcuts. Cannot find remember this
I am getting an error message saying- “couldn’t communicate with a helper application”. Kindly help.