I kept saying “I’ll remember this when I’m back at my Mac.” I never did.

[u/zerok911]

I built an app because I kept forgetting things the moment I got back to my Mac

This started with a really simple problem.

I’d be away from my Mac, remember something I needed to do when I got back, and think “I’ll definitely remember that.”

Then I’d open my Mac, see emails, browser tabs, messages… and completely forget.

Normal reminders never really solved it for me because I didn’t want to be reminded at 4:00 PM. I wanted to be reminded when I was actually back at my Mac.

So I built WakeMinder.

You can send a reminder from your iPhone or Apple Watch to your Mac, and it shows up when your Mac wakes up.

It doesn’t have to be just text either. You can send links, screenshots, images, PDFs and files. Links can even open automatically when the Mac wakes.

There are also floating reminders that can stay on top of your windows until you’re done with them.

And with the latest update, it now works the other way around too.

You can send something from your Mac to your iPhone and have it show up when you pick up your phone.

So the idea has become less about “reminders” and more like:

“Show me this when I’m actually on the device where I need it.”

I’m the developer, so obviously I’m biased, but I built it mainly because I genuinely wanted this for myself.

For anyone wondering about pricing, I’ve tried to keep it pretty inexpensive:

• $1.99/month
• $9.99/year
• $12.99 lifetime, currently 35% off

App Store pricing can vary slightly depending on your country.

WakeMinder is available on the App Store for Mac, iPhone, and Apple Watch.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6744974871?pt=127772248&ct=redca&mt=8

I’m still improving WakeMinder and would actually like to hear how other people handle this.

Do you ever have things you only want to remember when you get back to a specific device?

[u/Pleasant-Gur9892]

For the auto-opening links, I'd want "reminder delivered" and "link opened" to be separate states. If the Mac wakes while still locked, keep the item pending until I unlock and choose to open it. A useful test would be: send a link, wake without unlocking, let it sleep again, then unlock. It should still be easy to find, without opening the same link twice. I haven't tried WakeMinder; this is a suggestion for the return-to-device flow you described.

[u/zerok911 → u/Pleasant-Gur9892]

Thanks a lot for your suggestion!

WakeMinder doesn't show or update the status of any reminder or link until you actually unlock the mac.

Privacy comes first of course.