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01

First setup

1. Open JoinVia and allow Reminders access.
2. Choose Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook as the active destination.
3. Sign in through the provider's secure system-browser page and approve the calendar permissions shown.
4. Choose your completion behavior and whether calendar completion links are included.
5. Tap Sync Now. JoinVia creates or reuses a separate JoinVia calendar and never writes to the default calendar.

02

Choose lists and appearance

In Settings, choose Reminder lists and Dates under What to sync. Only reminders that match those choices are mirrored; undated reminders stay only in Reminders. Use Preview sync to review what will happen before syncing.

You can use Outlook categories or Google event labels per list, then override duration, alerts, availability, title markers and optional details. With JoinVia Pro and both destinations active, each list can go to Google Calendar, Outlook or both.

03

Set up Agenda with Pro

1. In Settings, open the Agenda option under Pro features and turn on the Home Screen widget.
2. Choose the iPhone calendars and Apple Reminder lists you want to see. Mark any JoinVia calendar copies so the same reminders are not shown twice.
3. Choose Compact or Roomy spacing and whether reminder checkboxes are available.
4. On the Home Screen, touch and hold, choose Edit → Add Widget, search for JoinVia and choose a supported widget size.

Larger widgets can show two or five selectable days from calendars available on this iPhone. To include original Google or Outlook events, add that account to iPhone Calendar and enable its calendar there. Signing in to JoinVia for reminder sync does not add those original events to iPhone Calendar.

Use the widget's day buttons and page arrows to browse. Refresh reads your selected calendars and reminders; the calendar button opens your chosen calendar app. The + button opens JoinVia to create a reminder or event for the selected day. New reminders can have a priority.

Current events can show a countdown and a draining time pill. Seconds are hidden by default. The Updated time shows when the agenda last refreshed; it does not confirm that every reminder has synced to a remote calendar.

JoinVia 2.0.3 will also add an optional scrolling Agenda inside the app and a choice of whether Agenda or Sync appears first. It is waiting for Apple's review and is not available yet.

04

Complete from the calendar

When completion links are on, each incomplete event includes a link. Tap it on the iPhone that has JoinVia installed.

The secure handoff opens JoinVia and shows the matching reminder. Nothing changes until you tap the confirmation button. JoinVia then completes that Apple reminder and runs a normal sync to the active provider.

After a successful online reconciliation, JoinVia attempts to return to the calendar app you came from. If the native app cannot open, it falls back to that provider's general web calendar; it cannot promise a deep link to the exact event.

If the link came from an old inactive provider copy, Apple Reminders and the current active provider update; that old copy is not maintained.

05

Set up both recommended automations

Automatic Sync lets you choose Frequent, Hourly, Daily or Off. These set the earliest time JoinVia may be eligible again; iOS still controls the actual timing, so it is a best-effort backup rather than a clock.

1. In JoinVia, open Settings → Shortcut Automations.
2. Create the recommended “After Reminders closes” automation for changes made on this iPhone.
3. Create the recommended “When your calendar app opens” automation so JoinVia catches up before you view that calendar.
4. For changes made on a Mac or iPad, you can optionally add a time-based personal automation at the times you choose.

Both named automations are recommended; a time-based automation is an optional extra. Apple requires you to create Personal Automations yourself. JoinVia can guide you but cannot add, inspect or verify them.

06

When you are offline

A sync attempt stops safely without building a retry queue or repeatedly waking your phone. The next app-open, Shortcut, background opportunity or manual Sync Now catches up when a connection is available.

If you confirm a completion link while offline, Apple Reminders changes locally. The active calendar catches up during the next successful sync.

07

Check or change anything

Home shows the active connections, last successful sync and any issue that needs attention. Settings → Sync Activity keeps privacy-safe results without reminder titles.

You can switch providers, change list rules, turn completion links off, disconnect, or erase JoinVia data from Settings. Need help? Visit Support.