How to solve the"last" issues (Deadlines especially)

Hi.

Hope this is the right place to get assistance.

I have been using Thinsg3 since five years or so. Before that I used 2Do-which had major issues back then.

Since I am moving away from third party apps and try to use as many of the Apple built in solutions as possible - Passwords instead of 1Password, Notes instead of any of the myriad and so on.

As for Reminders I find a lot of pluses in it for me, mostly

  • - Priorities
  • - Smart folders

What I find annoying with Reminders is:

The notes section, where you can't close the note but you see it all the time. So if you have a long note it needs a lot of scrolling. One solution I am trying now is to actually put all the notes in - you guessed it - Notes. And then link that note to Reminders.

The plus with Things3 is in my mind:

  • Duedates AND Deadlines
  • Collapsable note fields
  • UI

I am not using the GTD system. Since I didn't really understand it. I just ended up with a long list of unfinished tasks.

The way I hope I will manage to use Reminders is to make me actually do the important stuff and not have a zillion tasks in the Today-list.

This is my plan:

  • Prioritised (All tasks due today that has a priority)
  • Unprioritised (is that a word? Tasks due today that have no priority)
  • Later (I have a tag "later" and the tasks with that tag ends up here, regardless if they have a date or not. My try to replicate "Sometimes" in Thinhgs 3)
  • Undated. (All tasks without a date and no tag "later". Which means they are 'do if you want or just delete them). Once a week I check these two -later and Undated-and see if I should put a priority, a date or both.

I just can't leave Things3 because of the Due date/Deadline. But there MUST be a way to solve that issue? Maybe just put a deadline in the Calendar, and add it as a part of the task title (send to editor, deadline 30 May). Or how would you solve it?

Other wise I think Reminders will fit me better since I don't use GTD- if anything I probably more use a confused version of PARA.

Thanks for any help.

/TA

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u/TomasComedian — 11 days ago
▲ 33 r/macapps

Alternatives to Day One

Hi.

Many years ago I found a critical issue with Day One and informed them. As a thank you I was granted a lifetime Premium subscription.

Now after all these years they have downgraded it to Silver (whatever that is).

I don't really mind, they must of course make their business choices, even though it wouldn't cost them much to honour their promise.

But the good thing is that I now get a chance to try any other application or service.

I don't really need the functions in Day One. I am on MacOS, and Apple Journal works in iOS and iPadOS aswell.

I also have heard of other alternatives, among them Dearly, Diario (which has no MacOS app) and Diarium. There is also Moleskin Journal and you can build a journal in Apple Notes with Forever Notes.

Now, to me a solution that is native (non-Electron) and can import from Day One would be great, but if there isn't one that is OK aswell. But more than one journal (one for personal and one for work at least) "On this day" (not important but nice) and possibility to add images and coordinates and such. It does not have to be free, but preferably currently developed and updated to new OS:es

There is Apple Journal of course.

So what is your recommendations to try out to begin with?

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u/TomasComedian — 15 days ago

Mac alternatives to Day One

Hi.

Many years ago I found a critical issue with Day One and informed them. As a thank you I was granted a lifetime Premium subscription.

Now after all these years they have downgraded it to Silver (whatever that is).

I don't really mind, they must of course make their business choices, even though it wouldn't cost them much to honour their promise.

But the good thing is that I now get a chance to try any other application or service.

I don't really need the functions in Day One. I am on MacOS, and Apple Journal works in iOS and iPadOS aswell.

I also have heard of other alternatives, among them Dearly, Diario (which has no MacOS app) and Diarium. There is also Moleskin Journal and you can build a journal in Apple Notes with Forever Notes.

Now, to me a solution that is native (non-Electron) and can import from Day One would be great, but if there isn't one that is OK aswell. But more than one journal (one for personal and one for work at least) "On this day" (not important but nice) and possibility to add images and coordinates and such. It does not have to be free, but preferably currently developed and updated to new OS:es

There is Apple Journal of course.

So what is your recommendations to try out to begin with?

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u/TomasComedian — 15 days ago
▲ 0 r/iPadOS

IPadOs 26.6 or 27?

Using 26.6pb2 now, but am thinking I may update to 27 Db1.
However zi will not update my iPhone or Mac, will run 26.6 on those.
So:
Is it going to disturb syncing between them if my iPad is 27 and the others 26.6?
And (less important though) will I be sble tp play Diablo Immortal on iPad with 27?
( I’m an old guy so I msinly use my MacBook pro for things that younger peopke use the iPad gor. But am trying to learn to use it gor more than Diablo and podcaster 😂)

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u/TomasComedian — 20 days ago

[iOS26.6 PB1] Beta software program unavailabe

Trying to install beta on my iPad and iPhone. All of a sudden it says Beta updates is turned off.
And no way to change it to any other option.
When opening the webpage for Beta software program it says the site is unavailable due to rebuilding.
Could that be the reason for the missing update options?
I am on iPhone 25 Pro with iOS 26.6, and iPadAir fifth gen on 26.6

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u/TomasComedian — 27 days ago

[iOS26.6 PB]Beta software program unavailabe

Trying to install beta on my iPad and iPhone. All of a sudden it says Beta updates is turned off.
And no way to change it to any other option.
When opening the webpage for Beta software program it says the site is unavailable due to rebuilding.
Could that be the reason for the missing update options?
I am on iPhone 25 Pro with iOS 26.6, and iPadAir fifth gen on 26.6

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u/TomasComedian — 27 days ago

How to open linked posts in the project folder and not in All iCloud

Hi.

When I click on a link from a post in Notes to another post, it opens in the main All iCloud folder, and not the project folder.

Is there a way to change that?

(Sorry if I use wrong terms, English isn't my main language)

What I mean is:

Example: in a post in project "Writing" I have a link to a post in project "Editors". When I click that link it opens in the top folder "Allt på iCloud (All on iCloud?) instead of in the project folder for "Editors". The same is for links from Reminders to Notes.

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u/TomasComedian — 1 month ago

How to add category posts in a page

Hi.
All my posts are in the Blog page, but I have some short stories that I want to display in the menu. So far I have done this by adding tje category in the menu, but I would rather havevit on a page, just as the blog entries.
Mainly because of layout. I have a full page header on each page, but I can’t figure out to get one in the short stories menu so I guess this is only possible on a page?
Can I show the posts from category ”short_stories” on a page without making changes in the funcions.php? Is there maybe a shortcode solution?

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u/TomasComedian — 1 month ago
▲ 4 r/PasswordManagers+1 crossposts

i have deleted a lot of old passwords that I iimported from another app. On iPhone they are deleted but not on iPad.

Also passwords Ihave changed are different.

anyone knows if there is a time delay in the update ?
it is the same iCloud account.

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u/TomasComedian — 2 months ago