![]() ![]() Cultured Code says they’re working on it. Talking about repeating tasks, there’s no way to create them now inside of projects in Things 3. However, I suppose you could schedule a Weekly Review in Things 3 as a repeating task. I’ve missed the Weekly Review. While Things has a handy placeholder for Someday/Maybe, it doesn’t have a built-in Weekly Review feature like OmniFocus does. OmniFocus doesn’t have a Someday/Maybe bucket, but Things does. I’ve missed Someday/Maybe. A ‘Someday/Maybe’ bucket is something that the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology suggests you use to keep ideas. It’s a nice way to see your progress, and I found it motivating to try and ‘close’ pies by the end of the day. ![]() Things 3 introduces ‘Progress Pies,’ a neat visual representation of how close you are to completing a project. It’s a quick and easy way to schedule dates when writing tasks. Natural language processing is fun. You can use natural language for dates in both Things 3 and OmniFocus, but I’ve sometimes run into bugs while using this in OmniFocus. Tasks jump between Things on macOS and iOS in seconds. I often have to trigger manual syncing for OmniFocus on my iPhone to get it up to speed, and even syncing on macOS takes a while when booting. Things Cloud is fast. Cultured Code’s syncing engine is fast. Both Things and OmniFocus let you organize projects into folders (Things calls them ‘Areas’), but Things 3 goes further and gives you Headings, another way to visually organize projects into clear hierarchies. Things 3 isn’t just designed to look good. ![]() It’s colorful, spacious and full of delightful animations that make using the app a joy, something I could never say about the staid OmniFocus. Things 3 is delightful. Things has always been more beautiful than OmniFocus, and version three is the loveliest one of all. But from a long-time OmniFocus user’s perspective, I don’t think I’ll be switching back. I’ve been playing around with it since it was released two weeks ago, and there are things about it that I really like. That’s why it’s a big surprise that Things 3 is finally here. I’ve been using OmniFocus for the past four years and had given up on Things 3 ever shipping. Some people waited, others (like myself), moved on. ![]() This app has a history: it was first released in 2007, won an Apple Design Award in 2009, and Things 2 was released in 2012.Īt the end of 2013, Cultured Code announced that they were working on Things 3, and then … it never came. OF3 Pro will be able to do that easily.Things 3 is the latest update to Things, a to-do list for macOS and iOS from Cultured Code. But they can’t save those settings in a smart list or smart search. I know some Things 3 users like to just go to their Tags perspective and click away to turn on/off the tags they want to see. I don’t know how to make an AppleScript from scratch but I can look at the script and figure it out because AppleScript is very readable. Like many folks, I can look at an AppleScript and try to tweak it just enough to fit my particular situation. I’m not a programmer but there are Applescripts available for download to help you speed up a routine task. I can clearly see anything assigned with a due date here. I can work on all the important and pending tasks that have due dates. In addition, I can sort any of these perspectives by due date. I can look at my computer perspective to work on those tasks. Or I might just want to spend time on my computer. I also have a Big Rock perspective that looks at the current active Big Rock projects that are running at the moment. Anything related to management and taking care of the office goes here. I can sort the same data to show tasks that are available to me now.Īt the office, I can look at just my admin tasks perspective. I can look at my tasks based on due date or by context (physical location, tool, person, energy levels). I have to echo Custom perspectives are awesome! The ability to tap a perspective shortcut and have it arrange your data automatically in a grouping/sorting that makes sense is quite easily the best feature. Maybe if your life isn’t so complicated, you can get away with OF Standard. ![]()
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