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Setting up syncing with system-wide to-dos

If you are using Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or later, you can set up Things to sync your to-dos with the system-wide to-do service. You can either set up Things to sync the Today or Next list with a certain calendar, or you can set up a more advanced syncing scheme where to-dos have to match different criteria in order to be synced.

After you have set this up, you can access your to-dos from other applications that support the system-wide to-do service, such as iCal and Mail. To-dos that you enter in those applications will then show up in Things as well.

To sync your Next or Today list with a specific calendar:

Step 1

Choose Things > Preferences… from the main menu and click the iCal pane.

Step 2

Choose either Today or Next from the Sync pop-up menu.

Step 3

From the Calendar pop-up menu, choose the calendar you want the to-dos to be synced with.

Step 4

Click Apply.

To sync to-dos that match custom criteria to one or more calendars:

Step 1

Choose Things > Preferences… from the main menu and click the iCal pane.

Step 2

Choose Custom from the Sync pop-up menu.

Step 3

For each calendar that you want to turn on syncing for, choose the list you want to sync in the "Sync with" pop-up menu. Optionally, you can specify that the synced to-dos need to have certain tags or need to belong to certain projects or areas of responsibility.

Step 4

Click Apply.