MacLife - UK (2020-04)

Image rights from left: Culture Code, Corked Labs.

Things is one of the most popular productivity apps on the

Mac for a simple reason — it works really well. Now version

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and, without doing anything else, call up a search box to

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example, start typing “deadline” and you’ll see a list of

tasks with upcoming deadlines. Other new lists include

“repeating”, “tomorrow”, “all projects”, and “logged

projects”. Starting to type any of those will display its name

in the search suggestions list. Choose the list and you’ll see

the tasks that fall into that category. Also new: if you invoke

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display the lists you’ve accessed most recently. Those lists

now include project headings.

Other improvements include the ability to see the date

and time a task was created, better Touch Bar support, and

you can now open links in the background by Command-

clicking them. One of the best just got better.

THE BOTTOM LINE. Things isn’t cheap, but it is brilliantly

useful for task management. KENNY HEMPHILL

Corkulous is a virtual corkboard for your Mac

that you can use to collect, organize, and share

ideas. The free version has a ten–item limit;

a subscription is $1.99 a month (Buying a Mac

subscription doesn’t cover iOS and vice–versa.)

It’s based around collections, each of which is

a dedicated board to which you can add sticky

notes, shapes, web links, note cards, emoji,

sketches, and to–do lists. You can also pin PDFs

and contacts, and sticky notes and note cards

enable you to use Markdown to embed links or

code. These items are fully searchable and you

can restrict your search to specific items such as

sticky notes or labels.

If you have a subscription you can also pin

boards to boards, effectively creating a visual

equivalent of nested folders. You can sync with

the iOS app via iCloud, and you can also sync and

share with other users via DropBox or export

boards as board files, text, PDF, or PNG.

It’s a fairly niche app, but useful for those who

prefer to organize ideas or research visually.

THE BOTTOM LINE. A fast, fun and vivid way

to organize your content. CARRIE MARSHALL

Things 3.11

Finding lists of tasks is now quicker

$49.99 From Culture Code, culturecode.com

Needs macOS 10.13 or later; 64–bit processor

Corkulous

Organize all your ideas by

pinning them to cork

Free (IAPs) From Corked Labs, corkulous.com

Needs macOS 10.15 or later

THINGS 3.11

Find makes it easy to locate tasks

Can now see date and time of task creation

Improved Touch Bar support

Expensive to use on Mac, iPhone, and iPad

GREAT

CORKULOUS

Very fast

Very easy

Subscription is Mac–only

Very limited free version

GREAT

Tough testing, trusted ratings

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