Importing Things Projects
Simply copy the following script(s) into a new "Script Editor" document and press run.
Feel free to customize them for your use cases.
Note: We do not take responsibility for any data loss incurred by running these scripts.
Make sure to back up your data (e.g. by copying the directories mentioned here to a different location) before running these scripts.
-- Copyright (c) 2018 timingapp.com / Daniel Alm. All rights reserved. -- This script is licensed only to extend the functionality of Timing. Redistribution and any other uses are not allowed without prior permission from us. tell application "TimingHelper" if not scripting support available then error "Scripting support requires a Timing Expert license. Please contact support via https://timingapp.com/contact to upgrade." end if end tell set alertResult to display alert "Please back up your data!" message "Before proceeding, please make sure to back up your Timing database.\n\nSee https://timingapp.com/help/faq#data on which folders you need to back up." buttons {"Cancel", "I Have A Backup"} if button returned of alertResult is "Cancel" then error number -128 end if on getOrCreateProject(projectName, parentProject) if projectName = "" then return missing value end if tell application "TimingHelper" if parentProject is missing value then set results to (projects whose name is projectName) if results = {} then return (create project name projectName) else return (first item of results) end if else set results to (projects of parentProject whose name is projectName) if results = {} then return (create project name projectName parent project parentProject) else return (first item of results) end if end if end tell end getOrCreateProject tell application "Things3" set importedProjectNames to name of projects end tell repeat with projectName in importedProjectNames getOrCreateProject(projectName, missing value) end repeat