Task Notifications#
FoldNotes can send you reminders when tasks are due. Notifications are scheduled automatically whenever you save a note or launch the app.
Important
Task notifications are off by default. To enable them, go to Settings > Notifications and turn on the toggle. You'll be prompted to allow notifications the first time you enable the setting.
Make notifications stay on screen
By default, notification banners disappear after a few seconds. To make them stay on screen until you dismiss them:
- macOS: System Settings > Notifications > FoldNotes > change alert style from Banners to Alerts
- iOS/iPadOS: Settings > Notifications > FoldNotes > Banner Style > change from Temporary to Persistent
How It Works#
When a task has a due:YYYY-MM-DD date and notifications are enabled, FoldNotes schedules a local notification. Only active tasks (not done or cancelled) receive notifications. Notifications are rescheduled whenever you save a note or launch the app, so changes to due dates or task status are picked up automatically.
Notification Content#
- Title: "Task Due Today" or "Task Due Tomorrow"
- Subtitle: The note title containing the task
- Body: The task text (first 150 characters)
Timing Options#
| Option | When |
|---|---|
| Morning of due date | 9:00 AM |
| Afternoon of due date | 2:00 PM |
| Evening of due date | 5:00 PM (overdue cutoff) |
| Day before | 9:00 AM the day before |
Configure timing in Settings > Notifications.
Tapping a Notification#
Tapping a notification opens the note and scrolls to the task.
On macOS, if the task is in a different collection, FoldNotes will switch to that collection first (with a confirmation alert if the app is already running).
Notification Actions#
Every task reminder carries three action buttons:
- Mark Done — completes the task in your note directly, with a
done:date — no window opens, nothing to dismiss. It works even when the task belongs to a collection you're not currently viewing, without switching. If the task can't be found (it changed or was deleted), you get a "Couldn't Complete Task" notification rather than a silent failure. - Snooze 1 Hour
- Snooze Until Tomorrow (9 AM)
To reach them:
- macOS: right-click the banner, or hover over it and use Options. A reminder that has already slid away is still waiting in Notification Center — the action buttons work from there too, so a missed banner is never lost.
- iOS/iPadOS: press and hold the notification.
Snoozing re-delivers the same reminder at the new time — including its tap-to-open link — and a snoozed reminder can be snoozed again. Snoozing one task multiple times replaces the earlier snooze rather than stacking duplicates, and if the task is completed some other way in the meantime — Mark Done, the editor, the Task Board, or another device — its pending snooze is cleaned up automatically.
The actions use the standard notification permission you already granted — no extra prompts or system access.
Foreground Notifications#
Notifications display as banners even when FoldNotes is in the foreground, so you see reminders while editing.
Cross-Collection Support (macOS)#
On macOS, notifications are scheduled across all collections, not just the active one — so you won't miss a deadline in a collection you're not currently viewing. Each notification carries the collection ID so it can route to the correct collection when tapped.
iOS uses a single collection, so all task notifications come from your iCloud Drive collection automatically.