We have just released new versions of our Things Cloud beta apps. These updates will allow you to import your to-dos from the regular version of Things into
the beta.
If you haven’t done so already, now is a great time to try our Things Cloud beta for yourself. All the data you import and enter during the beta will continue
to be available once the final version of Things Cloud is released.
How to Import Your To-Dos
First, update your beta apps to the newest versions on all platforms.
Now use either your Mac or iOS device to import your data. On the Mac, go to File → Import Database… and follow the on-screen instructions.
On iOS, make sure that beta mode is enabled, then go into Settings and tap Import Regular Database.
For more detailed guidance on the import process, please view this page.
Today, the Things Cloud beta goes public – an invitation is no longer required. If you're interested in trying it out, just visit the page below and follow
the instructions:
Since we announced the beta, more than 35,000 people have signed up to become test pilots. Over the past months, we’ve gradually been inviting more and more
people. Today, we sent out the final batch of invitations. All applicants now have access to the beta on both Mac & iOS.
Our next milestone is to enable the import of existing databases into the beta. Until then the beta continues to use an extra database, leaving users’ existing
data untouched.
We’ve had incredible feedback from our users, telling us that Things Cloud is proving to be both fast and stable. Some of our users have adopted the beta entirely
and created exceptionally large databases. In the coming weeks we are going to work out some kinks and performance bottlenecks related to such large databases.
This is an important final step towards enabling the import of existing data. Once the import feature is ready, we’ll post another update.
Thank you all for your continued support, and for your help in testing Things Cloud.
Today we have released our first iOS cloud sync beta to a core group of testers. As before, we'll increase the testing pool gradually as we go.
If you already signed up for the original Mac beta – but haven't been invited to the iOS testing yet – there is no need to sign up again. You will eventually
receive an email with instructions.
Thank you for your patience, and thank you for your help.
Many people have been asking about the progress of our cloud sync beta – particularly in light of Apple's recent iCloud announcement. We are very excited
about iCloud, but it doesn't change our plans for Things.
iCloud is a great step forward for Apple's desktop and mobile platforms. There is no doubt that users and developers will benefit greatly – it’s easy
for developers to adopt and powerful enough for most tasks. Having said that, there are certain enhancements we hope to bring to Things in the future, which
iCloud in its current form will not support.
In addition, iCloud will be limited to OS X Lion and iOS 5. We know from past experience that it takes a considerable amount of time for many users to migrate
to a new OS. Restricting cloud sync support to Lion and iOS 5 is not an option for us.
Fortunately it is also not necessary, since our own solution has been performing so well in the beta. Everyone who subscribed by the end of last week should
have received an invitation by now, which – to date – means we’ve invited just shy of 20,000 people.
It turns out that the hard work of making our solution scalable has paid off – our sync service has gracefully handled this increasing traffic –
and with usage data on hand from this large group, we can also now confirm that there will be no need to charge for the service. Our cloud sync service will
be free for all users of Things.
Internal testing of our iOS versions is also underway. Our approach to the iOS beta testing will be the same as with Things Mac: we’ll start with a small group
of testers and then scale it up. This will begin on August 22.
If you want to participate in the cloud sync beta, please use the link below.
