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alexbaker

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About alexbaker

Tasks: Astrid To-Do List Clone

https://github.com/tasks

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    Comment #48206689

    It is half-baked. I'm migrating the Android app to Compose Multiplatform to target Android + desktop, and eventually iOS. There is a mountain of work left to do! If you used the in…

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    Comment #23725137

    Sorry for the late response! Tasks supports infinite depth subtasks for offline, CalDAV, or EteSync tasks. Google Tasks are limited to a single level

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    Comment #23639810

    As far as I know you cannot disable this protection. Even if you sideload F-Droid itself, it can't install other apps.

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    Comment #23621963

    Tasks exports json backup files, but editing these and importing them would not be convenient. You could synchronize with CalDAV or EteSync and look for a CLI client (e.g. https://…

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    Comment #23620165

    Tasks has two features you might be interested in One is the ability to schedule a repeating task based on the completion date rather than the due date. The other is to hide a task…

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    Comment #23619378

    You should be able to have all three installed at the same time Open up your device's settings, click on apps, and make sure Tasks.org is not there. If it is, tap on it, tap on the…

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    Comment #23619233

    Hey Tom! Cool, maybe I'll have to buy an iPhone

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    Comment #23619157

    That is bizarre, and now that you mention it, perhaps this is related to https://github.com/tasks/tasks/issues/971

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    Comment #23618673

    The F-Droid version is built by the F-Droid build machine, not me, so it has a different signature. If you have the Google Play release installed then Android will only allow upgra…

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    Comment #23617673

    I use Apple Reminders on my desktop, but the Apple Reminders app is fairly basic and doesn't support things like subtasks or tags. And unfortunately the app abandoned the CalDAV pr…

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    Comment #23615519

    Sorry! I meant down further in the HN comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23613234

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    Comment #23614334

    Currently the Nextcloud Tasks (web) app offers the greatest feature parity with the app. Thunderbird + Lightning + TbSync is another option. There are some others but I haven't use…

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    Comment #23614199

    I'm in the same boat! You can download the F-Droid APK and sideload it with adb

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    Comment #23614140

    The app supports infinite-depth subtasks, but there is no way to link two tasks at the same level Subtasks are themselves tasks, so their priorities can be set separately from thei…

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    Comment #23614056

    $4k USD + escrow.com fees

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    Comment #23613892

    When you edit an existing task there is a big button on the app bar with a checkbox that completes the task. The button is not visible on a new task. Since you toggled on the "hide…

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    Comment #23613836

    Yes it does! The CalDAV URL is https://caldav.fastmail.com/ . If you have 2FA enabled you will need to set up an app-specific password. E-mail support@tasks.org if you have trouble…

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    Comment #23613742

    There is a brief explanation buried a little further down

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    Comment #23613668

    I haven't looked too deeply into this, but I believe there are a few features supported by Tasks.org that aren't currently supported through DAVx5

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    Comment #23613586

    Nextcloud supports list sharing, you can find some free providers at nextcloud.com/signup. EteSync also supports list sharing. The app itself doesn't include any sharing functional…

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    Comment #23613474

    Tasks handles synchronization itself (using libraries released by the DAVx5 developer). There is a request for DAVx5 integration on the issue tracker ( https://github.com/tasks/tas…

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    Comment #23613392

    When Yahoo originally shut down Astrid I re-released it the same day under the namespace "org.astrid" without changing the name or graphics. It was predictably yanked for infringem…

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    Comment #23613019

    Thanks for the feedback! This is one of the more frequently requested features, so I am planning to add this

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    Comment #23612933

    I would love to work on an iOS app, but I'm not sure if I'm able to (legally)? Perhaps someone could weigh in as I really don't know what I'm talking about... This app is based on …

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    Comment #23612927

    Thanks! Yes everything is handled on your device. If Tasks is killed then you won't get any notifications. If you have any trouble you can visit tasks.org/notifications, or send an…