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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> <title>Things Blog - Cultured Code</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,viewport-fit=cover">  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/global/shared/2024-02-20/shared.css?breakcache=ksy265hs"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/things/blog-sources/2023-01-01/blog.css?breakcache=aa2dw2h5">  <script> var queue = []; </script>  <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Things Blog" href="/things/blog/feed/rss.xml"> <link rel="index" title="Things Blog" href="/things/blog/">  <script> var _paq = window._paq || []; _paq.push(['setCookieDomain', '*.culturedcode.com']); _paq.push(['setDomains', ['*.culturedcode.com']]); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']); _paq.push(['enableHeartBeatTimer']); _paq.push(['trackPageView']); (function() { var u = 'https://thingsapp.matomo.cloud/'; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u + 'matomo.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']); var d = document, g = d.createElement('script'), s = d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.type = 'text/javascript'; g.async = true; g.defer = true; g.src = '//cdn.matomo.cloud/thingsapp.matomo.cloud/matomo.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s); })(); </script> </head> <body> <div class="page"> <div class="slice for-header"> <div class="container"> <div class="navigation"> <div class="navigation-bar"> <div class="navigation-logo"> <a class="navigation-logobutton" href="/things/">Things</a> </div> <ul class="navigation-list"> <li class="navigation-item for-features"> <a class="navigation-button" href="/things/features/"> <span class="navigation-icon"></span> <span class="navigation-title">Features</span> </a> </li> <li class="navigation-item for-support"> <a class="navigation-button" href="/things/support/"> <span class="navigation-icon"></span> <span class="navigation-title">Support</span> </a> </li> <li class="navigation-item for-blog"> <a class="navigation-button" href="/things/blog/"> <span class="navigation-icon"></span> <span class="navigation-title">Blog</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="slice for-post"> <div class="container is-compact"> <div class="post is-listed"> <div class="post-header"> <h3 class="post-date">October 31st, 2024</h3> <h1 class="post-headline"> <a class="raw" href="/things/blog/2024/10/writing-tools/"> Writing Tools </a> </h1> </div> <div class="post-body"> <p class="introduction">Apple has released a new feature called Writing Tools and you can use it in Things to edit your notes.<span class="tooltip" title="Writing Tools is part of <strong>Apple Intelligence</strong>, which is only available in some regions and requires modern hardware. Check <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/">Apple’s website</a> for more information."></span></p> <p>Things has become a great place to write longer-form notes, offering options to <a href="/things/blog/2021/08/remarkable-notes/">format text with Markdown</a> and <a href="/things/blog/2023/09/things-big-and-small/">adjust its size</a>. Apple’s new Writing Tools take it a step further, providing a quick way to edit your writing. Using AI, it can proofread, rewrite, summarize, or reformat your text. You can invoke this feature right inside of Things.</p> <div class="tabs"> <div class="tabs-frame"> <div class="tabs-pane"> <figure> <img src="/frozen/2024/10/writingtools-mac-io75.jpg" style="border-radius: 1em" width="680" height="454" alt="How to invoke Writing Tools on Mac and iOS"> <figcaption>Edit notes in your to-dos and projects with Apple’s Writing Tools.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="tabs-pane"> <figure> <img src="/frozen/2024/10/writingtools-ios-io75.jpg" style="border-radius: 1em" width="680" height="454" alt="How to invoke Writing Tools on Mac and iOS"> <figcaption>Edit notes in your to-dos and projects with Apple’s Writing Tools.</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="tabs-nav"> <div class="tabs-title">Mac</div> <div class="tabs-title">iPhone</div> </div> </div> <p>To access Writing Tools in Things on your Mac, simply select text and click the blue button that appears to the side. On iPhone or iPad, select the text and choose Writing Tools from the edit bar. The text you selected is then sent to Writing Tools for processing.</p> <p>We’ve already updated Things for smooth integration with Writing Tools, but you’ll need to enable Apple Intelligence in the Settings app and restart Things (requires macOS 15.1, iOS 18.1, or iPadOS 18.1).</p> <p>Have fun writing! ✨️</p> <p class="footer">Writing Tools is part of Apple Intelligence, which is only available in some regions and requires modern hardware. Check <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/">Apple’s website</a> for more information. No data from Things is shared with Apple Intelligence unless you choose to invoke Writing Tools.</p> </div>  <div class="post-footer"> <p class="post-author">Posted by Mick</p> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="slice for-post"> <div class="container is-compact"> <div class="post is-listed"> <div class="post-header"> <h3 class="post-date">September 16th, 2024</h3> <h1 class="post-headline"> <a class="raw" href="/things/blog/2024/09/things-for-the-latest-os-releases/"> Things for the Latest OS Releases </a> </h1> </div> <div class="post-body"> <p class="introduction">Today’s update fully supports Apple’s latest OS releases, introduces Control Center buttons, and adds support for the new Dark and Tinted Home Screen appearances. Plus, we’ve laid the groundwork for upcoming integration with Apple Intelligence.</p> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2024/09/ios18-hero-light-io75.jpg" width="900" height="470" alt="New dark and tinted home screen appearances"> </figure> <h3>Dark & Tinted Home Screens</h3> <p>Your entire Home Screen can go dark on iOS 18 and Things has a beautiful new app icon to match the aesthetic. To see how it looks on your device, simply switch to Dark Mode.</p> <p>Things’ app icon and widgets can also adapt to your color of choice in the new Tinted Mode. If you’d like to try it, just tap & hold on your Home Screen, then tap <b>Edit</b> → <b>Customize</b> → <b>Tinted</b> and pick a color.</p> <h3>Control Center Buttons</h3> <p>You can now add Things to your Control Center for quick access while using other apps. Simply swipe down from the top right corner of your screen, then press & hold to edit the view. You can rearrange the existing controls, or add new ones from the gallery.</p> <p>Things provides two types of controls: one to quickly <b>create a new to-do</b>, and another to <b>jump into any list</b>—Today, a project, an area, or even a tag. You can add as many of your Things lists as you like. To choose a list, flip the control over, just like you would when configuring a widget.</p> <figure> <img src="/frozen/2024/09/controlcenter-light-io75.jpg" width="600" height="437" alt="Control Center"> <figcaption>New controls give you quick access to Things from Control Center. On iPhone, you can also add them to the bottom of your Lock Screen.</figcaption> </figure> <h3>Larger Widgets</h3> <p>While customizing your Home Screen, consider trying the new <b>Large</b> setting. This hides the labels under widgets and app icons, providing a bit more room. The layout of Things’ widgets smartly adapts to the new size and shows more of your list in some configurations.</p> <figure> <img src="/frozen/2024/09/largewidgets-light-io75.jpg" width="600" height="255" style="margin-bottom: -3%" alt="Control Center"> <figcaption>Set your Home Screen to Large for slightly bigger widgets.</figcaption> </figure> <h3>Window Tiling</h3> <p>A great new feature on macOS Sequoia is Window Tiling, which neatly sizes and arranges your windows for you. We’ve adjusted Things’ layout and behavior to work smoothly with this feature. Things’ windows will stay constrained to your chosen tile size, even if you’ve disabled “Preserve window width when resizing sidebar” in Things’ settings.</p> <h3>Keyboard Language Recall</h3> <p>We’ve got a neat little improvement for our multilingual users on iPhone and iPad: If you write one of your to-dos in a different language, Things will now remember and switch the keyboard back to that language when you next edit the to-do.</p> <h3>Ready for Apple Intelligence</h3> <p>We’re very excited for <a href="https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/">Apple Intelligence</a>, which is expected to roll out gradually over the coming months. Today’s update for Things already lays the groundwork, with support for Writing Tools and better conversations with Siri. We’ll tell you more about these features once Apple Intelligence enables support for them.</p> <hr> <p>Things 3.21 is out now and available as a free update on the App Store for <a href="/things/mac/appstore/">Mac</a>, <a href="/things/ipad/appstore/">iPad</a>, <a href="/things/iphone/appstore/">iPhone, Apple Watch</a>, and <a href="https://culturedcode.com/things/vision/appstore/">Apple Vision Pro</a>. Remember to update your OS to take advantage of all the new features!</p> </div>  <div class="post-footer"> <p class="post-author">Posted by Mick</p> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="slice for-post"> <div class="container is-compact"> <div class="post is-listed"> <div class="post-header"> <h3 class="post-date">February 2nd, 2024</h3> <h1 class="post-headline"> <a class="raw" href="/things/blog/2024/02/things-for-apple-vision-pro/"> Things for Apple Vision Pro </a> </h1> </div> <div class="post-body"> <p class="introduction">We’re delighted to announce an exciting new version of Things, designed and built to run natively on Apple Vision Pro.</p> <figure class="figure is-ultrawide"> <img src="/frozen/2024/02/things-vision-large-1-io80.jpg" width="2800" height=" 1575" alt="Things for visionOS"> <figcaption>Things running on Apple Vision Pro</figcaption> </figure> <p>With Vision Pro, Apple has introduced an entirely new computing platform. Your apps inhabit the space around you and offer entirely new ways to interact. This opens up exciting new possibilities. Apple sees productivity apps playing a central role on Vision Pro, and we’re excited to have Things there on day one.</p> <p>We recommend watching Apple’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/guided-tour/">Guided Tour</a> of the device first. Then come back to let us walk you through <b>8 great things</b> about Things on Apple Vision Pro.</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #2eb84e;">1</span> Made for Vision Pro ✨</h3> <p>We’ve adapted and refined every corner of Things to make full use of Vision Pro and to fit in beautifully with your environment. A sidebar made of glass, menus and popovers that float above your lists, resizable windows, controls that light up to acknowledge your gaze, refined interactions, and more. A native app for the new platform, through and through.</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #01b77e;">2</span> A canvas for your thoughts</h3> <p>Things lets you open many windows so you can spread yourself out. Arrange them around you however you like as you create a space for your thoughts to roam. Your Today list in the center, scheduled to-dos to the left, and a few projects to the right – it’s great for getting a bird’s eye view.</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #00b59f;">3</span> A slim companion</h3> <p>You can neatly hide Things’ sidebar to focus on a single list. Place it next to your other apps and get things done. Another great setup: bring your Mac wirelessly into Vision Pro as a virtual display, then float Things in slim mode next to it as you work through your list.</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #00b3b8">4</span> Navigate with your eyes, hands, and voice</h3> <p>Things’ new interface is made for your eyes, hands, and voice. Pick up to-dos and drop them where they need to go. Glance at the search field and start speaking what you want to find. Swipe your to-dos for quick actions. Dictate your notes. All interactions are smooth and effortless.</p> <div class="gallery is-normalized" style="margin-top: 3em;"> <div class="gallery-frame"> <div class="gallery-pane"> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2024/02/things-vision-small-2-io80.jpg" width="1800" height=" 1012" alt="Things for visionOS"> <figcaption>Arrange multiple windows around you and reflect on your to-dos.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="gallery-pane"> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2024/02/things-vision-small-3-io80.jpg" width="1800" height=" 1012" alt="Things for visionOS"> <figcaption>Hide the sidebar and make the app slim – a perfect companion throughout your day.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="gallery-pane"> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2024/02/things-vision-small-4-io80.jpg" width="1800" height=" 1012" alt="Things for visionOS"> <figcaption>Focus on your to-dos and get them done.</figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="gallery-pane"> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2024/02/things-vision-small-5-io80.jpg" width="1800" height=" 1012" alt="Things for visionOS"> <figcaption>Things puts powerful tools at your fingertips.</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> <div class="gallery-nav"> <div class="gallery-button"> <div class="gallery-dot">1</div> </div> <div class="gallery-button"> <div class="gallery-dot">2</div> </div> <div class="gallery-button"> <div class="gallery-dot">3</div> </div> <div class="gallery-button"> <div class="gallery-dot">4</div> </div> </div> </div>  <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #00b1cf;">5</span> The Magic Plus</h3> <p>This one is pure fun – and great functionality! Grab the + button with a pinch, make it float across the list with the wave of a hand, then release to create a new to-do on the spot. It feels like magic. 🪄</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #02aee7">6</span> Keyboard maestro</h3> <p>Connect a wireless keyboard and unleash the power of Things’ outstanding keyboard support. Navigate the app like a breeze, create to-dos, rearrange lists, and <a href="/things/help/keyboard-shortcuts-ios/">so much more</a> – all at the stroke of a key. And of course, Things also provides excellent trackpad support.</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #4ca8fa">7</span> Feature rich</h3> <p>All the features you enjoy in Things on iPhone and iPad are here: projects, areas, tags, alerts, repeating to-dos, Siri integration, sharing from other apps, importing reminders, Shortcuts support – you name it!</p> <h3><span style="display: inline-block; width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; margin-right: 0.25em; text-align: center; color: #fff; border-radius: 3em; background: #859dff">8</span> Things Cloud</h3> <p>Of course, Things on Vision Pro is fully integrated with Things Cloud. Everything you do is instantly synced across your Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Watch. Reliable as ever – a system you can trust.</p> <hr> <p>That concludes our quick tour of what makes Things great on Apple Vision Pro — a native app, fully integrated with visionOS, and designed to look stunning in every environment. We’re very excited for you to try it out!</p> <p><i>Things 3 for Vision</i> is available now for $29.99 USD.</p> <figure class="figure" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"> <a href="/things/vision/appstore/"><img src="/frozen/2024/01/appstore-redirect-things-visionos-large.png" width="220" height="220" alt="Things for Vision"></a> </figure> <p class="actions is-centered"> <a href="/things/vision/appstore/"><img src="/frozen/2024/01/appstore-badge-ios-black.svg" width="150" height="50"></a> </p> </div>  <div class="post-footer"> <p class="post-author">Posted by Werner</p> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="slice for-post"> <div class="container is-compact"> <div class="post is-listed"> <div class="post-header"> <h3 class="post-date">September 26th, 2023</h3> <h1 class="post-headline"> <a class="raw" href="/things/blog/2023/09/things-for-macos-14-sonoma/"> Things for macOS 14 Sonoma </a> </h1> </div> <div class="post-body"> <p class="introduction">macOS 14 Sonoma is out and Things is ready to go, with three great improvements for your widgets: they’re interactive, on your desktop, and available in two new formats. 🙌</p> <figure class="figure is-extended"> <img src="/frozen/2023/09/hero-sonoma-io65.jpg" width="830" height="552" alt="Things’ widgets on macOS Sonoma"> <figcaption>Things’ interactive widgets on the desktop in macOS 14 Sonoma.</figcaption> </figure> <p>The interactive widgets that <a href="/things/blog/2023/09/interactive-widgets-and-more/">recently came to iPhone and iPad</a> are now available on your Mac. This means you can complete to-dos directly in your widgets without having to open Things.</p> <p>In the past, widgets were confined to your Notification Center. Now you can place them right on your desktop. Extra Large widgets are now also supported and Things provides two: one that can show any list you like, and another that shows your schedule for the coming days.</p> <p>To add a widget, simply right-click on your desktop, choose <b>Edit Widgets</b>, and search for Things in the <span class="tooltip" title="If you have Things installed on your iPhone, macOS will <em>also</em> show you those widgets. Make sure that you’re adding the widgets for the Mac app!">gallery</span>. Also note that you can change how the widgets look by going to <b>System Settings</b> → <b>Desktop & Dock</b> → <b>Widgets</b> → <b>Widget Style</b>.</p> <p>Don’t forget that you need to update to macOS 14 Sonoma before you can try the new widgets. 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