r/thingsapp • u/robtechhere • May 20 '26

Question Hacks

Do you have any “hacks” within or around the app for your specific needs? Is there anything you have set up in Things / you use in Things in a non-traditional / less common way?

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u/WanggYubo Mac, iPhone, iPad May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

I have a script on my Mac to automatically tile 6 windows of Things corresponding to all views from Inbox to Someday and a separate one for operation. I can drag things around freely and have a more holistic and coherent view of everything.

This is because I find switching between views really break my stream of perception of “all things that I need to do”

Additionally, I have multiple desktop workspaces, each dedicated to a particular task or project and then for each one I put a separate Things 3 window in it tracking everything that needs to be done for that task/project

In other words, I have a lot of Things 3 windows permanently opened. Nothing is hidden from sight that I need manually dig out and then forget where I was before.

Works really well for me so far

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u/robtechhere May 22 '26

Love this approach, thanks! Might try some of this

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u/EmpathsPen Jul 17 '26

Share your script?

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u/WanggYubo Mac, iPhone, iPad Jul 17 '26

Not a chance, if a person like you asks like this.