I spend the majority of my time in the Today view because it represents what I think can realistically be accomplished in a day. I like the flexibility of this workflow because I can plan specific tasks ahead of time by assigning due dates, but I can also add tasks to my Today view just by flagging them. I want a Today view to show tasks that are due (or overdue), but also tasks that are starred or flagged as important.
Because it’s an OS level feature, I won’t have to worry about 2Do requiring a future update to support it.Īs awesome as OmniFocus 2 is, I returned to 2Do for 2Major-er, two major reasons: My ideal is still to have both Night Shift and a night mode function in an app, but in the absence of the latter in 2Do, I take comfort in knowing that Night Shift will be baked into iOS from 9.3 onwards. I’m finding that the warmer tones are making night reading more comfortable, and so I don’t really feel the harshness of the light as much. However, with the advent of Night Shift in 9.3 (which warms the colour temperature of iOS screens in the evening), night mode is no longer paramount in the apps that I use. I’ve long enjoyed using 2Do for task management, but went back to OF2 for a while because of a months-long obsession with night mode. Federico Viticci of MacStories and Ben Brooks of The Brooks Review recently wrote about their reasons for switching over as newcomers to 2Do, but, to me, it feels like coming home.
Once downloaded, you’ll need to right-click this app to run it. Please note that only the Pro version of OmniFocus provides AppleScript support, so it will only work if you have that version installed.I can’t help but feel this is a bit of a “me too” move, but I’ve transferred my tasks from OmniFocus 2 back to 2Do.
They only take a few minutes, and they're super informative.ĭownload Importer from the Cultured Code website.Ĭontrol click the file to run it on your Mac.Īccording to CultureCode, this tool "imports projects and to-dos with due dates and notes, converts top-level folders to areas, and contexts to tags.
I highly recommend that you complete each of these. For iPhone, iPad and Mac, Cultured Code has included intro projects that walk you through the apps' features, help you create an account and set up sync with Things Cloud.
(If you want to do step 3, you'll need the Mac app.) Just like with Omnifocus, I find it really helpful to have both the Mac and the iOS apps. *Note: Ken from Omnifocus told me multiselect will be coming to Omnifocus for iOS later in 2017.įirst, buy Things 3. I love trying out new productivity tools. I am quick to support people who create high-quality apps. To make the same change to ten items is a huge, repetitive annoyance. Things 3 has multiselect on iOS, and Omnifocus does not.* This has been one of the most frustrating parts of Omnifocus for iOS. (As an example of its power, you can automate tons of stuff with their URL Scheme support but in my many years using Omnifocus, I've never taken advantage of that functionality.) Omnifocus Pro is still the most powerful personal organization tool out there, but possibly because of that additional power, it's more difficult to learn and use. Omnifocus feels like too robust of a tool for my needs.
For an app I use every day, this is important. Things 3 in my opinion does a better job of quickly displaying the information I want to see and reduces the number of taps/clicks to complete a task. Things 3 has a simpler, more sophisticated design. I've been using Omnifocus 2 for this purpose since it was released in 2014.ĭeciding to move my life to another app was a big decision for me. As I wrote in " How I Keep Track of My Life" (one of my most-read pieces), I follow the Getting Things Done methodology for staying organized and thoughtfully prioritizing.