1. Things 3 Review The Best Productivity App For Mac
2. Things 3 Review The Best Productivity App For Macbook
3. Things 3 Review The Best Productivity App For Macbook Pro

Things for iOS and Mac is a delightful and easy set of apps to use. My daily life is built around tasks and to do lists. I hand write them, make notes in email programs, use iOS lists – you name it. I’ve used different forms of lists for nearly everything I do. And, as much as I use lists, I haven’t seemed to find just the right one for me.

When I researched Things, I hoped it might be perfect to suit my need. Things is a productivity app built for iOS and Mac.It’s designed to help you keep things off your mind. The concept is actually quite creative. When you have a thought about an activity or project that starts consuming your time, you grab your iPhone or start up the app on your Mac and make a quite list item.

You then sort that into one of many lists that are preset into the app – Inbox, Today, Next, Scheduled, or Someday. There is also a list specifically set aside for projects that have many tasks. It’s a really nice way of grouping tasks together. So, how does it work?

Things 3 Review The Best Productivity App For Mac

When you first open the app, you have the option to create a task by tapping on a plus sign that is located in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. I actually missed it at first because I expected to be on the top of the screen. Task creation is very easy. All you really need is a title to create the task. This is great when you think of ideas because you can just type something out quickly to get it off your mind and then you can come back to it later.

Besides the title, you can also fill in notes, add tags, or a due date. By default, items will appear in the Inbox. From here, you are supposed to filter your tasks into the various lists that are provided. You can’t change the lists that are built-in, but you can create projects and areas to store your tasks in for a more customized feel to the app. Even though the default list for tasks is the Inbox, you can change that during the creation process by tapping on the ‘create in’ field. Once you have tasks created and organized, you simply start working through them. Like most to-do lists, it’s a continual process with shifting through lists and moving tasks around, but with Things, it’s much easier to keep up with it all.

I’ve used apps like Things before, but with the same level of integration between mobile and desktop applications. The user experience between the two interfaces is seamless and enjoyable even. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with to-do lists, but Things makes it so that you can keep checking items off your list thus remaining productive and on task. One other thing to note about the interface is that it’s nearly the same if you are looking at it on the Mac or your iOS device. Things syncs through their own cloud service.This means if you prefer to use iCloud to keep your stuff in sync, you’re out of luck.

Things Cloud is a free service, but you will need to sign up to use it. That being said, the syncing process was painless and very much like an iCloud set-up. Once I had my account set-up, the lists updated almost immediately. I have very little to complain about with Things. I’ve used many apps like it before, but Things is definitely one of the best around. A couple of features I’d love to see added include a Web App, because sometimes you aren’t near your phone or main computer and you want to add an item to your list. The other feature I’d love to see is the creation button at the top of the screen.

It may not be aesthetically pleasing, but it would be a lot more productive to open the app and have that front and center. Things for iOS does include iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch support as well as the Today Screen in the Notification center. In the Mac version, I would love to see a quick add option in the menu bar. There is an option for a quick key combination on the Mac, but Things has to be open in order for it to work. All in all, Things is a great set of apps. It takes some getting used to and a shift in the way you think about your lists, but having access to it wherever you go is wonderful. – Things – $49.99 – Mac – Things – $19.99 – iPad – Things – $9.99 – iPhone For more information, visit.

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By on in, Things 3: The Return of the Delightful To-Do App from Cultured Code If my memory serves me correctly, Cultured Code’s Things was one of the first 3rd-party apps I’d spent serious money on. I first came across the app when — my favorite source of app recommendations back then — wrote on his blog. I was new to the whole “GTD” concept, but there was something very peculiar and attractive about how Things looked and worked. I was instantly hooked.

And so were several others, as the app became an instant hit with the masses. It has now been eight years since I discovered Things.

The app has gone through several major and minor versions since then — including. Things 2 brought along — the powerful & robust sync service that just worked and Mikhail had sung high praises about it. One of the core features of the entire Things suite — available for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch — has been its delightful UX. No matter how big or small the screen-estate or the kind of tasks you’re looking to get done, Things always managed to delight you. Using the app was a lot of fun and at the same time, it kept you productive.

Today marks the launch of — a completely rebuilt suite of apps from the privately funded company based out of Stuttgart, Germany. I’ve been using and testing Things 3 for Mac and Things 3 for iPhone & Apple Watch for over a month now and this is, by far, the most refreshing and polished change I’ve seen an app update launch with. Design One quick glance at the new UI is all it takes to fall in love with it. The design team at Cultured Code have worked their magic all over the app, and every individual bit and pixel has been redesigned and crafted to perfection. I’ve been using Todoist for my tasks over the last few months and ever since I set my eyes on Things 3, everything else looks terrible in comparison. It doesn’t help that Todoist on Mac is still essentially a web-app inside a wrapper, and Things 3’s refreshing UI eviscerates it. Things 3 is the most beautiful set of apps I’ve ever seen, and could very likely go on to win an Apple Design Award.

Interactions Things 3 ships with some of the most delightful interactions I’ve seen in any app. They’re simply marvelous, and I’m going to fall short of words to describe how amazing they are by the end of this post. You’re treated with the same level of polish and finesse in both the Mac and iOS apps. Every view, every element, every animation, every transition is slick. I especially love the way the developers have crafted the ‘Magic Plus’ button on iOS. A simple tap on it lets you create a new To-Do, Project or Area. However, you can tap and drag the button anywhere on the screen to create a new To-Do at that line.

If you’re in a project, you can drag the button to the left and create a new To-Do directly in the Inbox. Multiple Windows on Mac If you’re a heavy user, Things 3 for Mac supports opening multiple windows with a different view in each.

A tiny glyph at the top right of the main window will open that view in a separate window, and you can use the dropdown in the title bar to change the view to anything you want. As someone who uses multiple displays, this is immensely helpful. You can also resize or hide the sidebar completely. The Upcoming View I love the Upcoming view in Things 3, as it lets me view what I should be ready for — including my Calendar events. You’ll be spending a majority of your time in either the Today view or the Upcoming view.

Things 3 is a remarkably big update from Cultured Code and there’s a lot of functionality offered by the app that has to be tried first-hand rather than reading about it. Chances are, you’re already accustomed to your current To-Do app, but Things 3 is so good, you owe it to yourself to at least give it a try. Headings Believe it or not, this little thing in Things 3 is also one of my favorite features. Things 3 supports headings, so you can visually separate your tasks under any view. This sounds like a minor thing, but goes a long way is staying focused and organized. Pricing Things 3 will be the first paid update for the app since its debut in 2007 and Cultured Code is launching the suite of apps at the same pricing that the previous version launched at: — Things 3 for Mac is priced at and is available via the Mac App Store. — Things 3 for iPhone and Apple Watch is priced at.

Things 3 Review The Best Productivity App For Macbook

— Things 3 for iPad is a separate app and is priced at. The company is offering a 20% discount on the regular pricing mentioned above till May 25th, so make sure you grab the deal soon. If you’ve never tried Things before, there’s a Free 14-day trial of Things 3 for Mac.

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Of course, Things 3 isn’t perfect and I do have a small list of quibbles with it. For example, I sorely miss that the ‘Repeating To-Dos’ feature doesn’t have a keyboard shortcut on the Mac, so you have manually click on File New Repeating To-Do every time you have to create one. It also lacks the powerful API and automation features that Todoist offers. That said, Things 3 is still a very powerful and feature-rich app for most users and the incredible UX it offers makes it a joy to use.