The Tips - Mac Kung Fu - page 76

Work. You can delete lists by selecting them and hitting DELETE (or right-
clicking any and selecting the Delete option on the menu that appears).
However, using multiple lists raises an issue: How does one see all upcoming
reminders at once, without having to click through each separate list?
Just hold down COMMAND and select each one of the lists. Just like when
selecting files, you'll be able to select multiple items, and any reminders
contained within them will be shown on the right in a unified task list. Or
you can select the first task list, then hold down SHIFT , and select the last,
which will select all the reminder lists in between.
In fact, the Reminders list works in a very similar way to a file list in Finder.
You can slow double-click to rename a list, for example, just like you would
a file, or you can click a list and then hit RETURN in order to rename it.
Another way to view all your reminder lists at once is to double-click each in
turn in the list. This will cause the list to pop out into its own window,
allowing you to see the contents of all lists at once.
Be Reminded When You Arrive (Or Leave) Somewhere
Here's a tip for those with MacBook computers. Reminders is location-aware,
which is to say you can set a reminder alert to pop up whenever your computer
senses you've arrived at a particular location or—conversely—when you're
no longer at a location (that is to say, upon leaving).
For example, you could create a reminder to buy some milk but be reminded
of it only once you've left your house. Or you could add a reminder to speak
to a colleague and be prompted about it only when you enter your workplace.
If your Mac is powered-down, as it almost certainly will be if you're traveling,
then you'll be reminded as soon as it powers back up again, although the
alerts will pop up on any iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad that you have with you
and that is signed into the same iCloud account as your Mac.
What You Need to Know About Location Alerts
There are a couple of caveats related to location alerts, as follows:
• For reminders to work on your Mac, Location Services needs to be enabled;
if you didn't enable this while installing OS X, you can do so in the
Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences (Apple menu→System
Preferences) by selecting the option on the Privacy tab. When you first set
a location alert in Reminders, you'll be asked to confirm that you want
the app to use the location service.