Things Mac Updates & Release Notes

June 14, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added sections for Logbook and Trash in the search results view.
• Fixed an incorrect color in the Things Cloud password prompt.
• Fixed several issues when printing from search results.
• Fixed a bug that prevented deadline dates from updating in the sidebar when changed.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when pasting content into checklists.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when editing tags in the Tags window.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when removing a tag from a to-do while the list was filtered by that tag.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented to-dos from appearing in Today.
• Fixed a bug that prevented some users from changing the shortcut for Quick Entry with Autofill.
• Fixed a bug that prevented autocomplete for tags with umlauts.
• Improved app launch performance.

April 28, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Made the global search UI more responsive and added a spinner while search is underway.
• Improved the UI for setting the Quick Entry shortcut in Preferences.
• Improved searching for tags that contain diacritic characters.
• Stopped showing the “New Tag” suggestion when a tag search returns an exact match.
• Fixed a bug that caused repeating items’ templates to show in the Deadlines list.
• Fixed a bug that prevented repeating items’ instances from showing in the Deadlines widget.
• Fixed a bug that could prevent the search bar’s text from updating correctly in some cases.
• Fixed a bug where the wrong option could be pre-selected when completing a project or heading with incomplete to-dos.
• Fixed a bug where a project’s to-dos could continue showing in the Logbook independently after the project itself was logged.
• Fixed a bug where the New Heading and New Heading with Selection menu options weren’t disabled when not applicable.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when interacting with long popovers.
• Updated the contents of the tutorial project.
• Improved Russian translations.

March 29, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for Cmd+click on a Quick Find result to open it in a new window.
• Added support for the macOS “add period with double-space” shortcut.
• Fixed a bug where projects’ glyphs could be invisible in the Move popover.
• Fixed a bug where Reminders with dates were not captured in the “moved out of the Inbox” section during import.
• Fixed a bug where a project’s deadline countdown wouldn’t update at midnight.
• Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause due/overdue items to be removed from Today when changing their deadline date.
• Improved the alignment of window controls while in full screen mode on macOS Big Sur.
• Improved the Italian and Simplified Chinese translations.

February 23, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for creating a new tag from the Tags popover (hit Cmd+Shift+T on a selected task, then type your new tag).
• Added support for opening a new window by Cmd+clicking a project or area heading when Today is grouped (enable grouping in Things > Preferences > General).
• Decreased the font size in macOS Big Sur widgets.
• Improved the reliability of the Things Cloud connection.
• Fixed a bug that used the wrong date format for start dates that were 6 days ahead.
• Fixed a bug that could cause checklist or tag content to be invisible after editing a to-do.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the wrong options to be pre-selected when completing a project or project heading that contained incomplete to-dos.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when creating to-dos inside a Repeating Project.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting items in the sidebar.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when deleting tags.
• Fixed some memory issues.

January 7, 2021
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added support for “fuzzy” tag search.
• Added support for Cmd+click in checklists to open links in the background.
• Added Quick Entry with Autofill support for Keep It app.
• Added Quick Entry with Autofill support for canary builds of the Microsoft Edge browser.
• Improved the behavior when dragging to-dos with different start dates across headings.
• Fixed an issue with the text selection color when Things’ light/dark mode differs from the System’s light/dark mode.
• Fixed an issue where a to-do’s parent list label could appear in the wrong light/dark theme color.
• Fixed an issue where the selection in a list could jump to a different to-do when completed items were manually moved to the Logbook.
• Fixed a bug where to-dos (or the Quick Entry popover) could lose focus while tabbing quickly between fields.
• Fixed a bug that caused Things to launch when dismissing a notification.
• Fixed some sporadic crashes that could occur on macOS Big Sur when launching the app by clicking a widget.
• Fixed some sporadic crashes when dragging to-dos if the action necessitated a change in the tag filter’s visibility.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in the Inbox when hitting Ctrl+[ or ] inside a to-do’s expanded When field.
• Fixed some Italian translations.
• Updated the crash reporting SDK.

November 12, 2020
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Full support for the new Apple M1 chip.
• Full compatibility for macOS 11 Big Sur.
  • Remodeled the app icon.
  • Adapted the window layout.
  • Designed new icons for Preferences panes.
  • Designed a new Things Cloud switch.
  • Many other small interface tweaks.
• All-new widgets for viewing to-do lists in the Notification Center.
• Rich notifications.
  • Variable snooze durations (10 min, 30 min, 1 hour).
  • A new option to mark complete directly from the alert.
• Added Quick Entry support for Airmail app.
• Added support for assigning tags via drag & drop inside the Upcoming list.
• Added support for seamless navigation between title & notes fields via Left-arrow and Right-arrow keys.
• Added support for Cmd+click to open a Things URL in a new window.
• Added support for Cmd+double-click to open a project in a new window.
• Added support for Cmd+Return to open a project in a new window.
• Tweaked the icon for Someday items in Quick Find.
• Improved full keyboard navigation for alerts and project/heading completion dialogs.
• Improved navigation from Quick Find to reveal Today items in the Today list instead of their parent list.
• Improved the Select-All (⌘+A) behavior in grouped lists (e.g., Today grouped by project/area, Upcoming grouped by date, etc.).
• Improved handling of right-clicks inside checklist items. …

June 29, 2020
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Changed the default shortcut for marking an item complete: it’s now Cmd+K (the old Cmd+. still works).
• Changed the default shortcut for marking an item canceled: it’s now Cmd+Opt+K (the old Cmd+Opt+. still works).
• Added support for the Cmd+. shortcut from iPadOS to dismiss dialogs (Quick Find, Move, etc.).
• Disabled the Shift+Return and Ctrl+Return shortcuts inside titles, notes, and checklists. Use Command+Return to collapse to-dos instead.
• Changed the Empty Trash confirmation button label from “OK” to “Empty Trash”.
• Fixed an interface glitch that could occur when adding a deadline in an expanded to-do.
• Fixed a bug where, when pasting a to-do that was copied from under an archived project heading, that archived heading would become active again.
• Fixed a bug where the Inbox’s badge would be incorrect due to Apple Reminders that were awaiting import.

June 3, 2020
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Added Quick Entry Autofill support for the Vivaldi web browser.
• Empty rows are now removed when pasting multi-line text into checklists.
• Reminders awaiting import in Things’ Inbox are now included in the app icon’s badge count (if that preference is enabled).
• Fixed some issues with background colors for selected text.
• Fixed some issues with clicking to reveal recurring calendar events for some locale configurations.
• Fixed a bug where an alarm time could be set unexpectedly after interacting with a to-do’s When popover.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when trying to edit a project’s settings across mutliple windows.
• Fixed some crashes that could occur in Quick Find.
• Updated translations for non-English languages.
• Removed the Wunderlist importer.
• Updated the crash reporter.

April 27, 2020
Requires macOS 10.13 or later

• Improved launch performance for users without Apple calendars/reminders integration enabled.
• Added Quick Entry with Autofill support for the beta version of the MS Edge web browser.
• Adjusted the date formats used in the When and Deadline fields of expanded to-dos.
• Fixed an issue where to-dos dragged into the Today list would always land at the top.
• Fixed some issues when running System Events scripts from Things’ scripts menu.
• Fixed an issue with pasting links copied from the Twitter app.
• Fixed an issue that caused a long checklist to scroll when clicked.
• Fixed an issue where a pasted rich-text URL would appear twice if the page’s title was also the same URL.
• Fixed an issue where selection could be lost while selecting a group via Shift+Up Arrow in a project.
• Fixed a crash caused by missing fonts on some Macs.