This week we talk about: - our productivity methods and systems! (fave topic of mine) - why Due is sooo good - doing less, to do more - Substack, SEO and more.. If there's other stuff you want us to cover, let us know! theweeklybuild.com/21

For those of you asking for a Mastodon account: indieapps.space/web/@due

Apple's system status is currently reporting an outage for receipt validation. Still investigating. developer.apple.com/system-status/

Due 23.2 for iOS is now available on the App Store. This should fix the unintended loss of access to features and prevent similar incidents in future: dueapp.com/download/ I’m still working on an update for Mac. Sorry for the inconvenience that this has caused all of you. 🙇🏻‍♂️

Now, you can selectively enable critical alerts for the reminders you can’t afford to miss. Selective critical alerts is now available in Due 23.3: dueapp.com/download

If you find that iCloud has stopped working suddenly, check for a notification to accept new terms and conditions for iCloud.

Due 23.7 brings a checklist-style widget to your iOS 17 home screen. You can now mark your reminders complete directly from your widget.

Happy Widgets Day! Due 24.1 on iOS brings larger-sized widgets. Due 24.1 on macOS brings widgets to your Mac for the first time.

NEW - How I Use Reminders To Stop Forgetting Things (And Why I Use Due) youtube.com/watch?v=CnzeVj…

Due 24.2 for iOS is now available on the App Store. Fixed keyboard access and introduces a new setting: dueapp.com/blog/notificat…

Due for iOS 24.4 now comes with 4 all-new shortcut actions—Start Timer, Find Reminders, Edit Reminders and Mark Done. We’re also finalizing the macOS update, which will come with these shortcuts too.

Here’s how you can postpone your Due reminders on iOS in bulk using the new ‘Edit Reminders’ action: youtu.be/OARZPE53rCc

Due it’ll be 14 years with the Due iPhone app on 1/28/25. Don’t know how I could get along without you. Thank you.

Been working on sync improvements for a while now. Looking for testers to ensure classic sync engine is working as before, and the incremental sync works correctly. If you’d like to help, contact me via iOS/macOS Due > Help > Email with the subject “Incremental Sync Testing.”

Due 25.2 is one of those updates that’s easy to put off—it doesn’t add fancy features but it takes a lot of work to get it right. It brings major improvements to sync speed and efficiency, especially for large databases. Update and try out incremental sync today.

Due macOS 26 build is ready and should be out by Monday. On iOS 26, the full redesign was too big for this summer—so an update is planned for October with refreshed icons + an option to fire alarms instead of notifications. The current iOS version already works great on iOS 26.