{"id":196303,"date":"2021-03-07T14:23:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-get-automatic-birthday-reminders-on-your-iphone\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T14:23:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T11:23:05","slug":"how-to-get-automatic-birthday-reminders-on-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-get-automatic-birthday-reminders-on-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Get Automatic Birthday Reminders on Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#How to Get Automatic Birthday Reminders on Your iPhone&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iphone_calendar_hero_1.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone Calendar app icon on a blue background\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Have trouble remembering the birthdays of all your friends, family, and co-workers? Luckily, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le iPhone comes to the rescue with automated birthday reminders. All you have to do is add birthdays within the Contacts app and flip a switch in Settings. Here\u2019s how to set it up.<\/p>\n<p>First, for this to work, you must have notifications enabled for the Calendar app. To turn that on, visit Settings &gt; Notifications &gt; Calendar and set the switch beside \u201cAllow Notifications\u201d to \u201cOn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/calendar_allow_notifications.jpg\" alt=\"In iPhone settings, turn Calendar notifications on.\" width=\"650\" height=\"249\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Also, you\u2019ll need to have some birthdays defined in your Contacts app. To do that, open Contacts, then tap a contact from the list, select \u201cEdit,\u201d then tap \u201cadd birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Add Birthdays to Contacts on iPhone<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With all that settled, here\u2019s how to turn on automatic Calendar birthday reminders. First, open Settings and tap \u201cCalendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711917\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iphone_settings_tap_calendar.jpg\" alt=\"In iPhone settings, tap &quot;Calendar.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"336\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cCalendar\u201d settings, tap \u201cDefault Alert Times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tap_default_altert_times.jpg\" alt=\"In iPhone settings, tap &quot;Default Alert Times.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"313\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cDefault Alert times,\u201d select \u201cBirthdays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/default_tap_birthdays.jpg\" alt=\"In iPhone settings, tap &quot;Birthdays.&quot;\" width=\"650\" height=\"379\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On the \u201cBirthdays\u201d screen, you can pick a time when Calendar will alert you about upcoming birthdays. You can choose \u201cOn day of event,\u201d \u201c1 day before,\u201d \u201c2 days before,\u201d or \u201c1 week before.\u201d For the first three of those choices, Calendar will notify you at 9 a.m. on the day you selected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/birthdays_pick_one_2.jpg\" alt=\"In iPhone settings, choose a time to be alerted about birthdays from the list.\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After that, exit Settings. When the proper alert time comes, Calendar will send you a notification about the birthday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iphone_calendar_birthday_alert_example.jpg\" alt=\"An example of an iPhone Calendar birthday alert.\" width=\"650\" height=\"219\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Depending on your notifications settings, you can potentially see this alert on your lock screen or\u00a0Notification Center\u00a0as well as via pop-ups on your screen (To tweak them, visit Settings &gt; Notifications &gt; Calendar.). Very handy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to View Notification Center on iPhone and iPad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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