Microsoft closes Wunderlistthe well-known app for organize and plan pending tasks that the company acquired in 2015: at the same time, the company has released a new version of its tool, Allwhich will be its substitute and which in else describes as an improved version of the app about to disappear. Its main advantage? In addition to incorporating new functionalities, it stands out because it is integrated into Office 365, Microsoft’s cloud productivity platform.
To-Do: the new Wunderlist
wunderlist, officially closed on May 6, 2020allowed both personal and professional use, helping the user to create and organize to-do lists, reminders with due dates, notifications of pending tasks, from the list to go shopping to the agenda of a work meeting.
For its part, All, built on the same foundations and available for , , and , stands out because it is part of Office 365, your data will be encrypted and therefore can be used both corporately and personally with the same level of security as the others applications integrated into the Microsoft productivity suite.
What novelties does To-Do offer?
Microsoft introduces To-Do as a new smart task management app that makes it easy to plan and manage day-to-day tasks, describing it as a “more personal and intuitive” app. Its strengths, as we said, are integration with Office 365, synchronization with Outlook (already available) and an intelligent algorithm (whose operation is still unknown) that offers suggestions based on planned and pending tasks.
With To-Do the user can plan your day according to different categories (Home, Work, Movies to Watch, Travel, etc.), make use of smart suggestions to get ideas of the most important things to do; keep track of deadlines and to-dos by adding reminders, due dates and notes, and customize each list with color themes. Plus, you can access your lists from anywhere with to-do apps for iPhone, Android, Windows 10 mobile devices, and the web.
With the new version you can also increase the number of smart lists with one that groups, as Wunderlist used to do, all your classified tasks, in addition, for the personalized lists that you have. In addition to these changes, the latest update has also reached the applications for macOS, Android and iOS, fix various errors display and operation.
How to move your lists and tasks from Wunderlist to To-Do
To switch between apps and import your tasks and lists, you need to download the new app on Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, and sign in with your Microsoft account (if you don’t have one, you can create one with an existing email account) from Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo) and, in the pop-up window select the importer.
You will need to log in with your Wunderlist account and import all the data. and while During the import you will be able to continue using Microsoft To Do. In the end you will have to check that everything is still in order and put it to your liking.
And you, did you use Wunderlist? Are you going to try To-Do?
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