Check Off5.8.1

Handy inexpensive and simple app - just what was needed. I would give it five stars if it weren't for one issue. Upon installation the app opens but does not load in the preferences to launch on startup – a good thing – when set to launch on startup it seems to cause some confusion and slows down boot considerably. Best launched from dock after start.

Handy inexpensive and simple app - just what was needed. I would give it five stars if it weren't for one issue. Upon installation the app opens but does not load in the preferences to launch on startup – a good thing – when set to launch on startup it seems to cause some confusion and slows down boot considerably. Best launched from dock after start.

Version 5.2.1 is on App Store as of 0930 Hrs BST 13th June 2014 Adrien [me] was sceptical about Check Off's stable utility for notes. I am not prepared to write a Review and cannot as of now, a few minutes after downloading 5.2.1 from App Store (when Lucien said he awaited MAS approval of 5.2) Happily for me MAS said there was no $9 charge, "as you have already paid for Check Off".) The first glitch is in Preferences: Change fonts did NOT. I would give it overall 4 stars for being able to save notes as Rich Text. I hope to review Check Off 5.2.1 soon [elastca]?

Check Off 5.0.2 has many bugs. Although three bug reports were transmitted by e-mail, even if one week passes, no replies come. You should consider Check Off purchase carefully. I recommend ToDo. ToDo is compatible with 10.7.

If you want a trial visit the dev's page. October 8th, I believe they posted a link to download a demo version of the app w/ a ten item limitation. Version 5, but not 5.0.1 as far as I know. Link: http://com.chromedomesoftware.s3.amazonaws.com/Check_Off_5.0_Demo.zip

Seems to be abandonware. Too bad.

Hey CheckOff is NOW being redeveloped for the APP STORE through Chrome Dome Software. The FAQs are here. I'm So Happy!!! http://www.chromedomesoftware.com/checkoff/

Checkoff was GPL at version 3.8, looks like the dev had a change of heart. I have the 3.8 binary, and 3.6 source, put up in a fresh project on Sourceforge. If anybody has the latest code, please reply! http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkoffosx/files/Check%20Off%203.8%20app.zip/download

Links to files in the notes section work: click on them and the file opens. But the links do not remain. They disappear as soon as the list is retracted. Any suggestions?

Finally I found what I was searching for, I tryed so many "to do" apps but in the end I was regularly using textedit and ending with a total chaos. the menu bar feature is the TOP and the way to arrange notes is perfect. A donation is on its way to the developer. thanks! ps:"just a secondary detail, if there was the possibility to set the icons in a smaller size, that would be very appreciated, at least there are just 5 icons and are very easy to remember"

this is absolutely awesome, I love it. Of all the 'to-do list' apps i've seen, this is the best i've seen; simple and effective.

Check Off is great! This is exactly what I was looking for - a simple way to organize to do items, and group them by client/subject. I agree that .Mac sync would be nice, but the lack of it is not a deal-breaker. I'll definitely be donating to encourage continued development of Check Off.

this app is great. i use it all the time and only the intense features are missing like .mac or iphone sync. i would like those too but this program is free and amazing already!

This is an excellent app as others have commented, but man is it screaming for .Mac sync to be perfect.

Easily the best and most useful todo list I've ever seen and used. This application is worthy of being bundled with the operating system in my opinion. It is extremely easy to use and learn, as it simply just works as you'd expect it to work. The interface is very easy to look at and will feel instantly comfortable to any user. I can't recommend this application enough! It's a shame that the rating system only goes up to 5.

IMO, still the best check-list utility around: easy on the eyes (great UI), easy on the fingers (keyboard shortcut enabled), easy on the brain (self-explanatory). Requests: (1) automatic "check for updates" option; more importantly, (2a) due date column; (2b) ability to arrange by due date with one click. What'll it take ($$) to get a corresponding menubar icon? If you give us a concrete target maybe we can work to meet it.

Definitely a great little app. I just wish that it could handle events as well. Anyone have a suggestion for a similar app that handles events? Alternatively, a way to get Butler to handle ToDo and event items? Cheers

Love this little app! I use this daily as my only to-do list. Simple, easy, direct. Free (although I use it so much I felt compelled to send a donation). There are certainly to-dos with more bells and whistles, but I found they got in the way or slowed things down. This takes a tiny bit of real estate in my menu bar, opens and closes with the touch of a hot-key, and can be organized and re-organized each day in just a few seconds. Sometimes basic is better.

I download a lot of stuff, and very little of it makes the big leap from my downloads folder to my applications folder. This one did. Great app.

Simple and easy to use. Opens and retracts quickly. Prints simply with nice "check off" brackets. No fuss and no mess. Been looking for something quick, simple and easy to use without hassle opening when I get a thought to denote.

I've been using Check Off for quite some time now and never experienced any problems with it. It's pretty robust and has survived System updates, ShapeShifter skins, plays well with other menu-hacking apps -- all with great stability. I hope I never experience some of the problems listed in other reviews (read those before downloading), but it has just been a dream for me. Fast, small and elegant. Just great.

Excellent little freeware. There are many complex (read: bloated) planners out there, this is not one of them. It does what a good to do list should do, remind you. I love that it sits there, no fancy icon just blends into the background. It is very close to my standards of elegance, what ever that is worth! It has been very stable and have not lost any information. One gripe is that the "details" window is not user adjustable, the size is chose randomly, I can raise it but sometimes that covers up some of the tasks. I would prefer if i could pull down rather than raise up. Width is not a needed as much as height. The biggest compliment I could give such a program is that I use it every day.

If I clicked on the plus sign, it did nothing. If I clicked on the new folder, it gave me new task. If I clicked on the color symbol, it deleted the highlighted item. If I clicked to the right of the color symbol, it gave me color! Clicking on the gear worked properly. It worked fine for a week or so before it started doing this. Ran permissions: nada. I decided to trash the ap and reinstall a new copy. The new copy buttons all work fine, but now it won't resize the column to make all items visible (checked in prefs). Also, it is too narrow. I need a resize gizmo on the bottom right corner! :) All of the general prefs except the first are working sporadically. I'm on 10.3.4, emac 700MHz power pc G4 with 768 MB SDRAM running check off v3.0b0 Any ideas?

Just (well, almost) what I've been looking for: an unobtrusive, easily accessible, standalone to-do list. As a freelancer, I've always got dozens of different projects for as many clients. It's nice to view them all at once during the planning and preparation stages; it's even nicer to tick them off during the completion stages. Would really like to see the following: • iCal or Entourage integration (preferably both) or a syncing option • Due date option with the above for scheduling reminders • Ability to link task to an app or document Thanks for working hard on this app, and thanks for keeping it free.

I like the program alot - but after a few days of use, it mysteriously stopped repsonding to print commands. Any thoughts on how to fix?

This is a very useful app! It's nicely designed, simple, and I love the way that comments can be added to each item. It works perfectly for me.

Does just what it says it does. Simple and straight forward. However, after installation and use my machine froze-due to a different program glitch-and I had to re-boot. Suddenly the menu bar icon is gone and is not int the Preferences/Admin/Startup Items pane. Did a Find and it turns up zippo. Whazzis?

If a menu icon appears in the menu but doesn't load it's usually because it's set to "Hide" in System Preferences>Accounts>Startup Items. Turn Hide off and it will work at login. This is a bug in Panther. - Abhi

I echo the "doesn't work as a startup item" observation. The icon appears in the menubar but I have to 'launch' the app again for it to display the list.

It's an excellent app. Thanks! The only thing, it seems that automatic login (from system pref) doesn't work.

Since this version of Check Off is an early beta, I choose to not have it use the same preference file as previous versions. This allows a user to freely switch between the two versions and use whatever one is suitable for him or her. By the end of the month, I will release an converter application which will take your 2.x to-do list and move it up to 3.0.

very nice application.

After upgrading to version 3.0, my old to do lists disappeared.

wow! Check Off is really nice. adjustable transparency too :) . But add iCal integration please!

Thanks to Mr. Adam's tireless support - I now have check off working again. An excellent app and an excellent developer. Highly recommended. Menu Extras seem to be the problem, by the way.

The icon is still "locked" when I reboot - I have to launch the app again in order to have drop down menu appear. using panther 10.3.3 - this has ocurred in most previous versions - was hoping that this would be addressed.

Please Ricci add iCal integration. Please, please, please!!! Put us all out of our misery and the necessity of having to use that idiotic Burnout Menu. Yours is the best - it really is, but ADD THE ICAL INTEGRATION otherwise we'll all be sad and not love you anymore.

This is an excellent tool. It only needs integration with iCal. That'd be fabulous. Just a couple of things that could be improved: - currently when I type I get automatic spell-checking as I write. I don't know how to disable that. There should be a preference item for it. - The access to the Preferences and Quit menu is a bit clumsy. The menu appears with a delay when I click on the icon in the Check Off window. I would prefer if that Preferences/Quit menu would simply appear by command-clicking on the Check Off icon in the menubar. That'd be a lot quicker and handier. - this would be more of an unnecessary extra, but if it is possible at all, I think it would be cool to have an alternative to the menubar display. The option to have Check Off display a floating window; or a small semi-transparent window on the desktop that would only activate on clicking on it, and would stay below icons when inactive. Sort of like a sticky. Looking forward to the next release. I hope the developer stays with the idea of releasing it as GNU. I would gladly donate a few dollars but for small applications like this I prefer when it's an optional rather than a requirement with a nag screen.

I like this program but there are a few improvements I hope the developer will put into the next major release: 1. When you create a new to-do it should automatically be in the mode to name the to do. Right now you have to doubleclick on the item to change the text. 2. It would be nice to have a shortcut button for printing the list. Now you have to click on a button and then select print from a drop down list. 3. I should be able to change the preferences so that when I put a check mark in the done box the item automatically goes off the to-do list if that is the way I want to manage my to-dos. Maybe all to-dos can be written to a log file that is updated after each time you use the program. That way you could always go back and see all of your old to-dos if you needed to without clogging up your main to-do screen.

Very nice application, I use it all the time for my to-do list. The only thing I would like it "to do" is give me the ability to set due dates and reminders as well as orgainze by priority.

Check Off 2.4.1 is an exceptional utility. I use it everyday, mostly to keep track of things I come across online and need to take another look at some point, and also to keep track of my to-dos for the day. The addition of categorization with multiple folders is a very welcome feature. Now it is simple to take a quick look at different categories of to-do lists. The one feature I would like to see added would be the ability to add a New Folder wherever you click the cursor, rather than always at the end of a folder's list. Overall, I rate this as a valuable tool for managing everyday productivity.

I just want it to integrate with iCal - then it will be perfect.

Check Off 2.3, will you marry me? Easily worth the $9 and change, so I bought it! (My only feature request is that it would export to Palm Desktop or iCal format.)

I love CheckOff. This is exactly what I needed, a menubar reminder/check-list. Thanks for a wonderfully useful application.

yeah! just figured out that if you tell VirtualDesktop to show the window on all desktops, that Check Off works just fine!

nice little app....wish it would cooperate better with CodeTek Virtual Desktop though. You can only expland the list on the original desktop.(The icon shows in the menubar on the other desktops, but flakes out when you try to expand it)

Haha, BurnoutMenu... Check Off rocks.

Have to agree with everyone... great little app. 5 bucks isnt bad. One little request for new version. To be able to add web links to shortcuts. Now that would be cool.

Very nice and he fixed a bug with dragging items in the list within a few days! I bought it and like it, simple and elegant. Would like to see some wrap around visible text in the future. I also purchased Burnout Menu a few weeks ago and have been using both for a few days... removed Burnout Menu today. Check Off has more features and is better thought out.

Great little app! Straight and to the point. Just an unobtrusive To Do List. Perfect.

I like this little program and paid for a copy. Nice, intuitive little tool, especially for a guy who can't get anything accomplished without a list. In a future version I'd like to see longer items handled a little more gracefully in the list. Right now longer items wrap themselves off the bottom of the line field.

This program has come a hell of a long way. I'm a BIG fan of this latest release (2.1) Keep up the awesome job!

The new version is much nicer than V.1 :) Only $5?!

Great little program. I'm very partial to menu bar plug-ins which help conserve precious dock space. This is elegant and effective. I suggest adding more user customization. I would love to be able to resize the drop down window to be both longer and wider (or some people might like to make it smaller). The ability to change text size, color, font etc. would be a nice bonus as well. With a few more features this could replace OmniOutliner as my ToDoList manager of choice. In that case I'd be sending a donation-if you wanted to accept it. :-) Keep up the good work!