Things Mac Updates & Release Notes

April 11, 2023
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved performance when editing long to-do notes.
• Improved scroll positioning when collapsing a to-do with long notes, keeping it in view.
• Updated the URL scheme’s “update” command to support the “heading-id” parameter.
• Made the behavior of the 🌐/fn + ←/→ keyboard shortcuts consistent with the OS: scrolling to the top/bottom of the view.
• Restored support for dragging a project from the sidebar into a list that’s open in the right pane (Today, Upcoming, an area).
• Fixed a bug that could prevent some popover menus from disappearing when switching between lists.
• Fixed a bug that prevented filtering a list by a tag’s keyboard shortcut if that tag was visible in the filter bar but not directly applied to any of the to-dos.
• Fixed a bug that caused the wrong buttons to appear in the toolbar when cycling through multiple windows.
• Fixed a bug that caused the toolbar’s dimming to be in the wrong state when cycling through multiple windows.
• Fixed a bug where the app could crash after deleting an area from the sidebar.
• Fixed several drag & drop glitches in the sidebar.
• Fixed some issues with notifications on macOS 10.13 High Sierra.
• Fixed a crash that could occur at midnight when the Upcoming list was being updated for the new day. …

January 26, 2023
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Major upgrade for Things’ integration with Apple Shortcuts:
  • Rebuilt existing actions with the new App Intents framework:
    • Create To-Do
    • Open List
    • Show Items
    • Run Things URL
  • Added nine new actions:
    • Create To-Do with Quick Entry
    • Create Project
    • Create Heading
    • Find Items
    • Get Items
    • Get Selected Items
    • Edit Items
    • Duplicate Items
    • Delete Items
• Added a “New To-Do” command when right-clicking the app icon in the dock.
• Improved support for dragging and pasting third-party content (emails, files, website links) into a to-do’s checklist items.
• Set a 50 pt max width limit for a collapsed to-do’s “When” button.
• Disabled the “Convert to Project” command in a repeating to-do’s ••• menu.
• Fixed several minor issues when setting hotkeys for tags in the Tag management window.
• Fixed a bug where, when archiving a heading, the app would erroneously ask whether to complete an already-completed-but-still-expanded to-do.
• Fixed a bug where, when necessary for to-do insertion, the “# more items” section in Anytime would not expand.
• Fixed a bug where, when clicking a link to a completed to-do, a project’s logged items section would not expand to reveal it. …

November 10, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Restored support for dragging & dropping projects onto Upcoming in the sidebar.
• Tweaked some behaviors when filtering a project by tag.
• Tweaked what actions are available in a project when both to-dos and headings are selected.
• Improved detection of contexts where the “New Heading with Selection” command is available.
• Added a missing separator between the Logbook and orphaned projects when Quick Find is invoked via ⇧ Shift ⌘ Cmd O.
• Fixed an issue where, when using Stage Manager, an alert displayed in Things would force another app’s window to be removed from the current set.
• Fixed a bug that caused a “Login Item Added” notification to appear every time the user logged in to macOS.
• Fixed a bug that prevented project details in the sidebar from updating.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a tag filter from being dismissed when revealing a to-do.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Share command from working from a tag list’s ••• menu.
• Fixed a bug that prevented transition between tag-filtered states when clicking to-dos in different widgets.
• Fixed a bug where completed to-dos could continue to show in widgets and on the watch if Logging was set to Manual or Daily.
• Added support for project headings when sharing on older versions of macOS.
• Unified alert styles used for certain commands on macOS versions older than Big Sur.
• Added Quick Entry Autofill support for the MailMate app. …

October 24, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Full compatibility with macOS 13 Ventura.
• Fine-tuned window layouts, animations, and performance for Stage Manager.
• Added support for opening all links within a text selection at once via Opt+Cmd+Return.
• Added support for including a project’s headings when selecting to-dos.
• Added support for jumping from an area’s Title to Tags via Cmd+Shift+T.
• Improved performance when pasting into a list that’s filtered by tag.
• Improved performance for when displaying and pasting very long checklists.
• Fixed some broken animations.
• Fixed various UI problems that could occur when attempting to undo changes inside a to-do.
• Fixed some theming issues in the Things Cloud’s change password dialog.
• Fixed problems with scrolling when navigating from a to-do’s notes into a long checklist via arrow keys.
• Fixed incorrect cursor placement when hitting Cmd+down arrow to navigate from the bottom of a to-do’s notes to the end a checklist.
• Fixed a bug where collapsing the sidebar via two-finger swipe could trigger a horizontal scroll.
• Fixed a bug where stale auto-complete suggestions could appear in the Tags field when navigating with Cmd+arrow keys.
• Fixed a bug in Quick Entry where keyboard focus could break after interacting with the When popover while Things was inactive. …

September 14, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Fixed a bug where holding down the Option key when clicking a checkbox failed to cancel a to-do.
• Fixed a bug where completing one to-do while editing another would unexpectedly complete the to-do being edited.
• Fixed a bug where commands to edit/remove links would appear in contextual menus of links detected inside a to-do’s checklist.
• Fixed a bug where a window’s contents wouldn’t be restored if the app was relaunched while the Preferences window was open.
• Fixed a bug where swiping with two fingers to collapse the sidebar could trigger the window’s main contents to scroll horizontally.
• Fixed a crash that occured when changing the Next Actions Steps via Anytime’s View menu.

September 4, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Quick Entry:
  • Fixed issues that could occur when using multiple displays.
  • Autofill: Added support for the Arc web browser.
  • Autofill: Improved support for DEVONthink 3.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent dismissal of the When popover.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some nested tags from appearing in the tag filter bar.
• Fixed a bug that could break keyboard input after setting a Deadline in an expanded to-do.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the show/hide later items toggle from updating properly in the Quick Find popover.
• Fixed a bug that could break the drag handle and scrollbar after expanding/collapsing the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where right-click menu commands could appear disabled while the app was inactive.
• Fixed a bug where certain menu commands weren’t appropriately disabled after including a project’s headings in a selection, or making a mixed selection of repeating and non-repeating items.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when adding a tag to an area via keyboard shortcut.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when a project’s notes were truncated.

July 30, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Fixed a scrolling problem that could occur after changing a to-do’s parent list while Today was in grouped mode.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the When button/field to stop responding to clicks.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Return keystrokes immediately after dragging a to-do onto the Upcoming list in the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug that prevented Quick Entry from appearing properly on an upcoming OS version.
• Fixed various crashes that could occur if keys were struck immediately after dimissing the Quick Entry popover.
• Fixed various crashes that could occur when performing operations on a multi-selection in the sidebar.

July 19, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved performance.
• Added explicit confirmation prompts when removing reminders in situations where their removal had previously been implicit.
• Added support for back navigation (left arrow) after clicking project/area headers in the Anytime and Someday lists.
• Improved back navigation (left arrow) after revealing a to-do via Cmd+L.
• Fixed a bug where, when revealing a repeating to-do from Quick Find, an area’s “later items” section would not automatically expand.
• Fixed a bug where, if a to-do was previously in This Evening, setting a reminder on it could move it back to This Evening.
• Fixed a bug with the AppleScript edit command.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when adding a new to-do above the “Show # more items” button in the Anytime list.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when moving the last to-do under a heading downward via keyboard.
• Fixed several compatibility issues with an upcoming OS release.
• Fixed a localization error in Simplified Chinese.
• Various other improvements under the hood.

April 19, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Enhanced the Add to Things share extension (e.g. in Safari): it can now grab a webpage’s title and text selection.
• Improved performance when duplicating to-dos and projects.
• Improved pasteboard content clean-up when pasting into lists.
• Fixed a bug where back-arrow navigation could fail after entering a project via Return/Enter.
• Fixed a bug where, in a rare circumstance, an orphaned heading could be created as a result of a sync merge.
• Fixed a bug where default tags could get out of sync.
• Fixed a crash that could occur if Things tried to sync while a repeating to-do was being configured.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when copying or dragging a to-do with no title.
• Fixed a crash that occurred in the popover management system.
• Various internal model improvements.

March 17, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved handling of line separator characters in bullet lists.
• Improved scrolling selected items into view in some scenarios.
• Unified the sort order of tags in the Tags popup menu (Cmd+Shift+T) and the tag auto-completion menu.
• Restored the previous Someday list behavior: to-dos from active projects are now expanded by default for new Things users.
• Fixed some on-hover focus issues with the reminder time field.
• Fixed incorrect placement of the drop target when dragging projects not assigned to areas in the sidebar.
• Fixed some visual glitches when dragging sidebar items while in Dark Mode.
• Fixed a bug where clicking a Things URL would fail to reveal a window if it was on a different macOS space.
• Fixed a bug that prevented navigation to an area when invoking the Show in Area/Go to Area commands on items in the Logbook.
• Fixed a problem with sync scheduling when the app was deactivated.
• Disabled date-related keyboard shortcuts for to-dos inside repeating projects.
• Various model improvements under the hood.