Take Notes and Schedule To Dos in Mail

One new feature of Mail is the ability to make Notes and Schedule To Dos. This is to help me organize my life based on appointments and dates I receive in e-mails.

Take Notes

To make a new Note, just click the Notes icon in Mail. This will give me a notepad to jot down anything I want. I could take notes in a class, copy and paste a recipe from e-mail, anything really. Just type the note and close the note window and it will be automatically saved to your Notes. Select Notes from the SideBar in Mail to view all the Notes.

Schedule To Dos

To Dos are Notes that can be scheduled. I can highlight any text or date in an e-mail and Click the To Do icon. The new To Do will drop down. I can schedule the To Do by Clicking the Arrow next to the Name of the To Do.

The Options Panel for the To Do will appear, allowing me to specify a Due Date and Priority for the To Do in iCal.

To Dos are listed in Mail. If I select To Do from the Side Bar in Mail, I can view all my scheduled To Dos. I can make quick changes to the options of To Dos by Ctrl + Clicking or Right Clicking the To Do from the list and selecting the appropriate option like Due Date or Calendar color from the pop up menu.

Find To Dos in iCal

If I open iCal, I will now see the To Do listed in the right Side Bar of iCal. Open this Side Bar by clicking the push pin icon in the bottom right hand corner of iCal.

To schedule the To Do in iCal, simply drag and drop it to the correct date on the calendar.

To Do Scheduling Shortcut in Mail

I can hover my mouse over any Date in Mail and a dotted box will highlight the date.

Click any date in an e-mail and select Create new iCal Event.

An Options window will pop up, allowing me to customize the event name, color, and other options typically found in an iCal event dialog. Click the Add to iCal Button and the new event will appear on the specified date in iCal.

Complete a To Do?

Click the checkbox in the To Do, this signifies a Completed To Do.