微软终于发布了适用于macOS和iOS的(iOS)To-Do 应用程序(To-Do app)。在一个有许多待办事项列表应用程序的世界中，安装和使用Microsoft To-Do for MacOS意味着什么？macOS（直到Mojave）有自己的提醒应用程序，它与 macOS 的(Reminders)Microsoft To-Do 应用(Microsoft To-Do app)程序工作得非常相似。我们稍后将讨论提醒应用程序(Reminders app)。现在的问题是：用户是否会从 macOS Reminders转移到Microsoft To-Do应用程序？现在下定论还为时过早，但以下是微软待办的一些好的和坏的功能(Microsoft To-Do)适用于 macOS 的应用程序。
适用于 macOS 的微软待办应用
微软待办(Microsoft To-Do)应用的安装相当顺利。您无需手动将应用程序从DMG移动到Applications。该应用程序在安装时自动将自身写入应用程序(Applications)。
从Launchpad或Dock打开To-Do Microsoft应用程序后，您可能会大吃一惊。该应用程序已经有一些您尚未在待办事项(To-Do)应用程序上创建的任务。这是因为您已经将这些任务输入到Outlook.com 任务(Outlook.com Tasks)、Outlook 桌面任务(Outlook Desktop Tasks)或 macOS提醒(Reminders)应用程序中。它们现在在微软待办(Microsoft To-Do)应用上可见。
安装后， Microsoft(Microsoft)的待办事项(To-Do)应用程序会自动同步来自 macOS提醒(Reminders)、Outlook.com 任务(Outlook.com Tasks)和桌面 Outlook 任务(Desktop Outlook Tasks)的信息。这有助于您直接从安装在 macOS 上的应用程序开始使用它。您不必从提醒(Reminders)应用程序或 Outlook 桌面的任务(Tasks)中复制粘贴或键入以前的条目。
为了提供与 macOS 提醒和Outlook 任务(Outlook Tasks)的同步，待办事项(To-Do)应用程序会不断检查基于 iCloud 的提醒和基于 Web 的Outlook 任务(Outlook Tasks)。换言之，待办事项(To-Do)应用程序会不断检查 iCloud、Outlook.com 任务(Outlook.com Tasks)和Outlook 桌面任务(Outlook Desktop Tasks)。
它不是单向同步。如果您通过添加一些任务来更新待办事项(To-Do)应用程序，这些新任务将自动在 macOS提醒(Reminders)、Outlook.com和桌面 Outlook(Desktop Outlook)中可用。见上图。在上图中，“反向自动同步”任务已添加到提醒(Reminders)应用程序中，但它也出现在Microsoft 待办事项列表(Microsoft To-Do List)中。
单击任务后，窗口会在界面中添加另一列。此列包含用于设置截止日期、重复、提醒等的选项。因此，在待办事项(To-Do)应用程序的默认视图中可以看到两列（面板）。当您点击或单击任何任务时，会出现第三个。回到默认视图并不清楚那里。唯一的解决方案是单击“任务(Tasks)”列底部的“ >
创建新任务的选项是不言自明的。您只需单击任务列表底部的“添加任务”即可创建新条目。(Task)
不利的一面是，我在macOS的Microsoft To-Do应用程序中找不到任何对任务进行颜色编码的选项。每个任务(Task)显示的末尾都会出现一颗星。如果您单击该星号，相关任务将被添加到左侧窗格中的“重要”中。(Important)
当您右键单击添加到To-Do的任何任务时，将显示上下文菜单。它还包含设置截止日期、重复和删除任务的(delete the task)选项。
单击“我的一天”(My Day)选项会显示您当天的日程安排。这是一个方便的选项，您可以根据自己的时间进行调整：排序优先级、删除或重新安排任务等等。
微软待办(Microsoft To-Do)与 macOS提醒(Reminders)应用
微软待办(Microsoft To-Do)应用和 macOS提醒(Reminders)应用几乎相同。它们的功能相同，并且在某种程度上，两者的界面看起来相同；除了待办事项(To-Do)应用程序没有提醒(Reminders)应用程序具有的暗模式（当您在macOS Mojave中进入暗(macOS Mojave)模式(Mode)时）
右键单击提醒(Reminders)应用中的任何任务时出现的子菜单为您提供创建或删除任务、安排任务、添加提醒等的选项，就像Microsoft To-Do for MacOS一样。您可以通过单击每个任务旁边的信息符号来获得相同的信息和选项来自定义，当您将光标悬停在任务上时会显示该信息符号。
上述对Microsoft To-Do应用程序的审查得出的结论是，To-Do应用程序与现有的 macOS(To-Do)提醒(Reminders)应用程序几乎相似。这就是为什么我认为没有多少MacOS用户会用To-Do应用程序代替(To-Do)Reminders的原因。但是，如果您确实打算进行切换，您会发现它很容易使用。
你有什么看法？(What are your views?)
Microsoft To Do app for Mac - Comparison with Reminders app
Microsoft, finally, released To-Do app for macOS and iOS. In a world where there are many To-Do list apps, what does it mean to install and use the Microsoft To-Do for MacOS? macOS (until Mojave) has its own Reminders app that works pretty well the same as Microsoft To-Do app for the macOS. We’ll talk about the Reminders app in a bit. The question now is: will there be any shift of users from macOS Reminders to Microsoft To-Do app? It is too early to give any verdict but here are some of the good and bad features of Microsoft To-Do app for macOS.
Microsoft To-Do App for macOS
The installation of Microsoft To-Do app is fairly smooth. You don’t need to manually move the application from DMG to Applications. The app writes itself to Applications automatically while installing.
Once you open the To-Do Microsoft app from Launchpad or the Dock, you may be in for a surprise. The app already has some tasks that you haven’t yet created on the To-Do app. It is because you had already entered those tasks into your Outlook.com Tasks, Outlook Desktop Tasks, or the macOS Reminders app. They are now visible on Microsoft To-Do app.
The To-Do app from Microsoft automatically synchronizes information from your macOS Reminders, Outlook.com Tasks, and the Desktop Outlook Tasks as soon as it is installed. This helps you in using the app straight from the point it is installed on your macOS. You do not have to copy-paste or type previous entries from Reminders app or Outlook Desktop’s Tasks.
To provide sync with macOS Reminders, and Outlook Tasks, the To-Do app keeps on checking iCloud-based Reminders, and web-based Outlook Tasks. In other words, the To-Do app is constantly checking iCloud, Outlook.com Tasks, and Outlook Desktop Tasks.
It is not one-way sync. If you update the To-Do app by adding some tasks, these new tasks will automatically be available in macOS Reminders, Outlook.com, and Desktop Outlook. See the image above. In the above image, the task “Reverse Auto Sync” was added to Reminders app but it also appears on Microsoft To-Do List.
Once you click on a task, the window adds another column to the interface. This column contains options to set due dates, repetition, reminders, etc. As such, two columns (panels) are visible in the default view of To-Do app. The third one appears when you tap or click on any task. To go back to the default view is not clear there. The only solution is to click the ‘>‘ character towards the bottom of the Tasks column.
The options to create a new task are self-explanatory. You just click on “Add a Task” towards the bottom of the task list to create new entries.
On the downside, I could not find any option for color-coding the tasks in the Microsoft To-Do app for macOS. There is a star that appears towards the end of each Task display. If you click on that star, the related task will be added to Important in the left side pane.
A context menu displays when you right-click on any task added to To-Do. It too contains options to set a due date, repetitions, and to delete the task.
Clicking My Day option shows you your schedule for the day. It is a handy option that you can tweak according to your time: sort out priorities, delete or reschedule the tasks and things like that.
Microsoft To-Do vs. macOS Reminders app
Microsoft To-Do app and macOS Reminders app are almost the same. They function in the same way and to some extent, the interface of both look same; except that the To-Do app does not have a dark mode, which the Reminders app has (when you go Dark Mode in macOS Mojave)
The submenu that appears when you right-click on any task in Reminders app gives you options to create or delete tasks, schedule the tasks, add reminders, etc., just like Microsoft To-Do for MacOS. You can get the same information and options to customize by clicking on the information symbol next to each task, presented when you hover your cursor over tasks.
The above review of Microsoft To-Do app concludes that To-Do app is almost similar to the existing macOS Reminders app. This is why I think not many MacOS users will substitute Reminders with To-Do app. But if you do plan to make the switch, you will find it easy to use.
What are your views?
