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Posted by Luhmann
Jan 10, 2019 at 03:54 AM
I believe a large part of what makes GTD useful is the ability to hide what you don’t need to see, while being confident that your system will bring stuff to your attention when you do need to see it. So far, 2Do is the only app I’ve found that does this well. A big part of that is the existence of well implemented separate start and due dates. Some other apps have this (Things 3), but it always feels like an afterthought. In 2Do this is built into the system. Especially nice is the ability to do it by duration rather than a fixed start date. So if you have a repeating task that is due every so often you can have it appear in Today exactly 5 days before it is due! Another nice way of hiding things is the ability to “pause” tasks. Have a repeating task that isn’t relevant while you are on vacation? Just pause it (by adding a tag and pausing that tag) until you are ready to start using it again. The integration with Gmail is a bit clunkier than I like (requires the phone version), but it does work. I have become some accustomed to things like duration for starting tasks and the ability to pause tasks that every other task manager seems inadequate.
Posted by Hugh
Jan 10, 2019 at 08:50 AM
OmniFocus - because of its version of start dates (essential for the types of tasks I have), its flexibility and its “hinterland” of learning materials, AppleScripts and third-party inter-operative apps. Its latest UI I do not love, and I’m still waiting for it to be sync-able with OmniPlan (which seems a no-brainer to me), but in view of its other virtues, I’ll be patient.
Posted by Hugh
Jan 10, 2019 at 09:04 AM
One type of task manager that I think nobody has mentioned is the type that not only lists your tasks but also schedules them in the working day. When I used Windows, there were several available (the name “Above and Beyond” rings a bell), but I have seen none for the Mac. Do they still exist?
Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 10, 2019 at 11:28 AM
Pagico - one way, read only from the calendar side via iCloud (I think).
DropTask - two way, read and write from the calendar side via Google Calendar.
Curio - one way, read only from the calendar size via iCloud—syncs reminders and events on separate calendars.
Hugh wrote:
One type of task manager that I think nobody has mentioned is the type
>that not only lists your tasks but also schedules them in the working
>day. When I used Windows, there were several available (the name “Above
>and Beyond” rings a bell), but I have seen none for the Mac. Do they
>still exist?
Posted by Steve
Jan 10, 2019 at 01:14 PM
Yes it does! I still consider going back to A&B because there is nothing like it.
The challenge for me is I like all the customer work tracking in one place with Intellect.
Hugh wrote:
One type of task manager that I think nobody has mentioned is the type
>that not only lists your tasks but also schedules them in the working
>day. When I used Windows, there were several available (the name “Above
>and Beyond” rings a bell), but I have seen none for the Mac. Do they
>still exist?