Notenik Project # 3: Create a To Do List

This post is the third in a series designed to gradually explain the use of the Mac App Notenik for increasingly complicated and sophisticated tasks.

Before proceeding, you might want to review some of the basics covered in earlier projects, if these aren’t already fresh in your mind:

1. Create a Simple Collection of Notes
2. Create a Collection of Bookmarks

Motivation

I like to keep a “to do” list to help remind me of various tasks I’d like to perform. However, I don’t want to invest a great deal of time or money in a specialized tool that is overly fiddly. So I use Notenik to track these sorts of things.

Step 1: Create a New Collection

Name the folder ‘To Do’ or ‘Tasks’ or something similar. Locate the new folder in your Dropbox folder or in iCloud drive if you’d like to sync this Collection to the cloud and/or to other devices. Or put it in your Documents folder: anyplace that makes sense to you is fine.

Step 2: Configure with Additional Fields

Once you’ve selected the folder for the Collection, Notenik will present you with the Preferences for this Collection. In addition to the usual four fields (Title, Tags, Link and Body) you’ll want to select the Status, Date and Recurs fields by checking the boxes next to these Field names. You might also wish to include the Seq field if you’d like…