MacBook For Dummies, 9th Edition

Chapter 7

Using Reminders, Notes, Notifications, and Maps

IN THIS CHAPTER

Setting reminders

Making notes

Using Notification Center

Navigating with Maps

As I’ve said many times before in my books, “If it works in one place, it’s likely to show up in another.” In this case, four popular time-saving (and headache-preventing) apps crossed over from the world of Apple’s devices — the iPhone and iPad — and have securely landed on your Big Sur Desktop. These apps are Reminders, Notes, Notification Center, and Maps, all taken from the iOS world.

That’s not the only good news, though: These four Mac applications work seamlessly with an iCloud account. So if you also use an iOS device (with the same Apple ID), much of the data you store — such as the notes you take and the reminders you make — is automatically synchronized among all your Apple computers and devices.

Because all four of these new applications have a similar goal — keeping you in touch with the information, daily tasks, locations, and digital events that matter to you — I decided to cover them in one shiny chapter. Consider ...