Things Mac Updates & Release Notes

February 21, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for Type Travel when a project’s When/Repeat fields have “hidden” focus.
• Added support for selecting the “Show/Hide later items” toggles via keyboard inside areas.
• Restored the old behavior for revealing a to-do after clicking a notification: it’s now revealed in Today instead of its parent list.
• Improved performance when pasting many rows into a checklist.
• Improved compatibility with macOS Monterey’s keyboard shortcuts for entering full screen mode.
• Tweaked the rules for scheduling items via the Ctrl+[ keyboard shortcut: if an item has a Deadline date but no When date, a When date will be set relative to the Deadline date.
• Sped up dismissal of the Quick Entry window so that focus is returned to the foreground app more quickly.
• Fixed some bugs where a list’s layout wouldn’t update correctly if a to-do’s location in the list changed after collapsing it.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Return key from selecting a date after expanding the When popover’s calendar view.
• Fixed a bug that prevented a to-do from being revealed from Quick Find search results if it was inside a collapsed view in its parent list.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the grammar check tooltip to vanish shortly after appearing.
• Fixed a bug where checklist items could remain selected after clicking into a to-do’s notes field. …

January 24, 2022
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Markdown improvements:
  • Added support for headings within quotes.
  • Improved behavior when formatting links.
  • Improved behavior when applying a bullet list via shortcut.
  • Fixed some issues with the behavior of multi-line spans on indented lines.
• Added an “Open in New Windows” option when right-clicking multiple projects at once.
• Added support to undo the manual logging of completed items.
• Restored support for using function keys in shortcuts for Quick Entry and Quick Entry with Autofill.
• Removed Inbox from the Move dialog when moving repeating items.
• Fixed a problem with incorrect sorting in the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed some UI glitches when collapsing to-dos.
• Fixed some UI glitches in Dark Mode.
• Optimized performance of initial syncs with Things Cloud.
• Various codebase improvements under the hood.

December 1, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved UI performance.
• Improved launch performance.
• Improved selection handling when interacting with items in search results.
• Restored the ability to search for dates after dragging an item onto the Upcoming list.
• Added the option to convert a heading (with its to-dos) into its own project (tap the heading’s ••• menu).
• Removed superfluous animations when converting a to-do or heading into a project.
• Removed superfluous animations when creating a project while viewing an area.
• Fixed a bug that prevented to-do completion via keyboard shortcut in the Quick Entry window.
• Fixed a bug where the Quick Find popover could display incorrect contents.
• Fixed a bug where, in some scenarios, the Calendar Events banner would not appear in the Upcoming list.
• Fixed a bug where the Inbox could erroneously display a red badge when it contained no items with deadlines.
• Fixed a bug where the selection state wouldn’t update after scheduling an item from inside the Anytime or Someday lists.
• Fixed a bug where, if a tag’s title was modified via the Tags window, the change wasn’t immediately reflected in the tag filter bar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur on launch if AppleScript collections are requested from Things before it’s running.

November 19, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved drag & drop behavior in the Tomorrow list.
• Restored the ability to drag a to-do onto the Trash list in the sidebar.
• Restored the ability to move tasks to the Trash list using AppleScript.
• Fixed a bug where a list’s Later section wasn’t automatically expanded to reveal to-dos when necessary.
• Fixed a bug where the Someday list’s Active Projects section wasn’t automatically expanded to reveal projects when necessary.
• Fixed a bug that caused the tag filter bar to appear in the wrong location in the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed a bug that caused the yellow “new in Today” dot to appear on items when viewed in other lists.
• Fixed a bug where the contents of the Trash list could be missing in some circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where context menu overlays weren’t removed when converting to-dos into projects.
• Fixed a bug where context menu overlays weren’t removed when switching between lists.
• Fixed a crash when trying to invoke certain commands while the When popover was open.
• Fixed a crash when editing a to-do in multiple windows at the same time.
• Fixed a crash when adding a new tag in an empty Tags window.
• Fixed a crash when pasting content into text fields.

November 13, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• The Clear button will now show in the When popover for mixed selections.
• The Enter key on extended keyboard layouts will now match the behavior of the Return key.
• Improved selection behavior when bumping the start date of a multi-selected group of to-dos into the past via Ctrl+[ in Today.
• Improved selection behavior when marking a multi-selected group of to-dos with yellow “new in Today” dots as Today via Cmd+T to remove the dots.
• Various smaller improvements for selection handling.
• Prevented dropping into lists where items are tag-filtered out of view if the dropped to-dos have inherited tags that won’t be stripped when dropping.
• Restored the correct sort-order for items in the Trash: most recently deleted items appear at the top.
• Fixed a bug where a tag filter wasn’t cleared when switching between lists.
• Fixed a bug where tags could be erroneously added to to-dos when reordering or dragging them into tag-filtered lists.
• Fixed a bug where setting a reminder on a to-do in Today could unintentionally cause it to appear in This Evening if it was in This Evening on a prior day.
• Fixed a bug where it could be impossible to set a reminder on a to-do that appeared in Today because of a deadline and still has its yellow “new in Today” dot.
• Fixed a bug where the interface wouldn’t update after dimissing a context menu that had been opened via Control+click. …

November 10, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved behavior of the Clear button in When popover; it now behaves the same as Cmd+R does on the keyboard.
• Improved handling of start date adjustments via keyboard shortcut when a deadline date is also present.
• Restored the ability to drag an active project onto a contact list in the sidebar.
• Fixed some bugs with detecting Markdown highlights that encapsulated URLs.
• Fixed a bug with the visual alignment of dates in Upcoming.
• Fixed a bug where incorrect month ranges could be shown in Upcoming.
• Fixed a bug where to-dos added via Quick Entry would not land at the top of the Inbox.
• Fixed a bug where inactive projects would be reactivated when dragged onto Areas in the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where the selection state would be lost if a selected item was removed from the Tomorrow list.
• Fixed a bug where the tag filter bar could become inaccessible after removing tags from to-dos in a filtered view.
• Fixed a bug in the Deadlines list where the year of a to-do’s deadline would be shown even in a section that already showed the year.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging Repeating To-Dos into the sidebar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to copy a tag while editing it.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when attempting to share a project while editing it.
• Fixed a sporadic crash that could occur when updating certain menus.
• Improved model performance.

November 1, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Restored Ctrl-based shortcuts within expanded to-dos on pre-Monterey versions of macOS.
• Restored support for dragging projects onto lists in the sidebar (Today, Upcoming, etc.).
• Prevented dragging project headings onto non-project lists in the sidebar.
• Fixed a bug where a completed to-do would be marked incomplete if moved to a different list or heading.
• Fixed a bug where a to-do would not be marked incomplete when moved to the Inbox if it had been completed but not yet logged.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when inserting a new to-do while editing the title of a project or area.
• Added workarounds for sporadic crashes caused by move animations on macOS 12 Monterey.

October 25, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for replacing text with an empty string via Find & Replace.
• Switched to using the standard macOS behavior for dragging text within text views (move the text when dragging within a text view, copy it when dragging from one text view to another).
• Fixed a bug that caused incorrect month labels to be displayed in the Logbook.
• Fixed a bug that prevented dragging tags from the Tag window onto to-dos.
• Fixed a bug with dragging items onto contacts in sidebar.
• Fixed a bug with the reording of to-dos in Anytime after changing a to-do’s start date.
• Fixed a bug with drag & drop of repeating to-dos in the Tomorrow and Upcoming lists.
• Improved handling of drag & drop in some edge cases.
• Improved process for undoing the application of new tags via the Tag popover.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when hitting return while a newline was selected.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating to Preferences from the Quick Find search results.

October 25, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Full support for macOS 12 Monterey.
• Apple Shortcuts integration.
• Major performance improvements in lists.
• Keyboard shortcuts improvements:
  • Support for non-US keyboard layouts.
  • Unification of shortcuts that differed on Mac & iPad.
• Widget customization: You can now choose which list the “+” button saves to.
• Time-Sensitive notifications: Things’ notifications always get through, even in a Focus mode, so you never miss anything important.
• Quick Note integration: After viewing one of your lists in Things you can link to it from Apple Notes via the “Add Link” button.
• Import from Reminders: the new Tags are now imported (if a tag doesn’t exist in Things, it will be created).
• System Services: To-dos and list contents are now passed to the Services menu as text.
• Many fixes:
  • Improved the ordering of logged to-dos in projects.
  • Fixed a bug where to-dos duplicated in Today could appear in an unexpected order.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented moving a scheduled to-do to a different heading via keyboard.
  • Fixed a bug where the interface wouldn’t immediately reflect changes to tag hierarchy.
  • Fixed a bug where tag search results could be out of order.
  • Fixed a bug where some lists might not immediately reflect changes after trashing a project. …

August 19, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Find in Text now supports Cmd+G and Cmd+Shift+G to find the next and previous matches, respectively.
• Applying the numbered list shortcut (Cmd+Opt+L) to a list that isn’t ordered correctly will now re-order it (rather than remove the numbers).
• Hashes can now be used to “close” a Markdown heading (e.g. “### Test ###”).
• Improved compatibility with iPadOS 15.
• Improved support for numbered lists in certain languages in iPadOS 15.
• Improved handling of pasted RTF bullets.
• Fixed a bug where some placeholder text in notes and checklist items was laid out incorrectly.
• Many more changes under the hood.

August 11, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for Bullet Lists:

  • Supported bullet characters are: -, *, +, or •
  • Text that wraps to a new line is neatly indented for better readability.
  • Return now inserts a new bullet. Return again escapes the list.
  • Added support for nesting lists. Simply insert spaces before a bullet to indent it, or use the keyboard shortcut: Cmd+]
  • Copy/paste automatically removes accidental “double bullets”.
  • Support for pasting bullets from “Rich Text” editors.

• Added support for Markdown:

• Things detects a wide range of commonly-used syntax and renders it in a unique blend of proportional and fixed-width fonts (SF Pro & SF Mono).

• Supported syntax includes *italics*, **bold**, # headings, `code` etc.

• Added many keyboard shortcuts for applying the Markdown syntax.

• Find & Replace:

• Added a new search function for Find & Replace within a to-do’s note.

• Added a keyboard shortcut: Shift+Cmd+F

• Things Cloud “Fractus”:

• Instead of syncing an entire note, Things now only syncs the smaller edits. This improves the speed & efficiency of sync, and allows for smarter conflict resolution.

• Changed the Log Completed shortcut from Cmd+L to Shift+Cmd+Y.