How-to
How to move from Things 3 to TodoCity
Open TodoCity's Settings → Move in, click Find my Things library, check the preview and click Move in. TodoCity reads a copy of Things 3's database on your Mac and brings your projects, headings, to-dos, checklists, dates, deadlines, repeats, tags and Logbook. Things itself isn't changed, so you can keep using it while you try TodoCity.
Steps
- Open Things 3 on this Mac. Let it finish syncing. If you only use Things on iPhone or iPad, install Things 3 for Mac and sign in to Things Cloud first.
- Find your library. In TodoCity, open Settings → Move in and click Find my Things library. If macOS asks whether TodoCity may access data from other apps, click Allow.
- Check the preview. Untick any project you'd rather leave behind, and choose whether to bring the Logbook and cancelled to-dos.
- Click Move in. TodoCity backs itself up first (Settings → Backups & export → “before import”), so you can undo it.
Running it again later brings only to-dos that are new since last time.
What each Things item becomes
| Things 3 | TodoCity |
|---|---|
| Project | Project (a building) |
| Heading | Floor |
| To-do | Task (a home) |
| Checklist | Sub-tasks |
| Area | Its projects come as they are; to-dos right in the area become a project named after it |
| Inbox, loose to-dos | Tasks with no project |
| Today, This Evening, Upcoming | The same day (and evening) |
| Anytime / Someday | No day / Someday |
| Deadline, reminder time | Deadline, time of day |
| Tags | #tags |
| Logbook | Done tasks — lit windows in your city |
If TodoCity can't find your library
Click Choose the database myself…, then in Finder use Go → Go to Folder… with ~/Library/Group Containers/JLMPQHK86H.com.culturedcode.ThingsMac, open the ThingsData-… folder and pick Things Database.thingsdatabase. If macOS blocks it, give TodoCity Full Disk Access in System Settings → Privacy & Security, or copy that folder to your Desktop and choose the copy.