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Is it possible to create repeating reminders for weekdays only? I don't see this option, but I can't believe something so basic would be left off.

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If you need to be reminded of something every weekday, you may be better of with setting an alarm. Reminders are more like a task list kind of thing. – patrix♦ Oct 24 '11 at 16:31
The thing is, the reminders already have a way to repeat everyday. I just can't believe repeat "every weekday" isn't also an option. That seems to me much more useful. – Adam Rackis Oct 24 '11 at 16:59
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bugreport.apple.com is just a few mouse clicks away... – patrix♦ Oct 24 '11 at 17:07

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How about creating a reminder on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday, with each one repeating weekly? You'll have to make five edits instead of just one whenever something changes, but maybe the event details won't change enough and this workaround will suffice.

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The only way to create custom reminder time is by Siri. I managed to created an event to remind me every 3 days. I haven't figure out how to create one on weekdays only. In the mean time, I just create an alarm as above post suggested.

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If you have an iPhone 4S, or newer, ask Siri to create the reminder for weekdays. She can do it.

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I am an app developer working with Reminders, and this kind of this is possible on the underlying APIs. The Reminder app is quite bare bones in its functionality. I think this is intentional.

I realize this may not help your immediate situation, but the more I work with Reminders, the more I think that apple has intentionally made Reminders pretty basic, because they are hoping app developers will create the kind of functionality you are looking for, in custom apps.

Unfortunately, at this stage not many developers seem to be taking up that challenge, each preferring do do reminders/timers/todo list in their own separate universes.

What you want could be done, but someone would need to make an app to do it.

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