Go back to OmniFocus Preferences Sync. Set the sync option back to Omni Sync Server. Close the Preferences window. Double-click the OmniFocus.ofocus-backup file on your Desktop to open it. Click Revert to This Backup in the yellow bar. Once this finishes, try sync any other copies of OmniFocus that you use. In general, as an already well-developed task management app OmniFocus for iPad has great methods for capturing stuff in the inbox that users can make “Actionable”. Some of these capturing options include the Camera app, Voice Record, Dictation, and Siri ( which was introduced by way of the Omni Sync Server and the Reminders app in iOS 6 ). Automating OmniFocus via other applications. OmniFocus for iPhone and iPad have some built-in functionality for other applications to interface with it directly. Add an action with an optional note (and much more!) paste in TaskPaper format text (to create entire projects with a tap). The Omni Group’s flagship GTD application, OmniFocus, received an update earlier today in its iPad version to include a number of new functionalities, bug fixes, and miscellaneous improvements to the interface. Widely regarded as the best version of OmniFocus currently available on all platforms, OmniFocus for iPad managed to win the hearts of The Omni.
Add new functionality to OmniFocus on Mac, iPhone, and iPad using Omni Automation Plug-Ins.
Omni Automation is a technology that allows you to extend the capabilities of OmniFocus and the Omni Group’s other apps (OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, and OmniPlan) using plug-ins. You can use plug-ins that other people have written, modify existing plug-ins, or even write your own.
The following plug-ins will allow you to tap into the power of Omni Automation, even if you’re not a programmer. Some can be used as-is and others require a bit of customization.
If you have some JavaScript programming skills, you can even write your own plug-ins. Visit the Omni Group’s Omni Automation website to learn more about writing plug-ins for OmniFocus and Omni’s other apps. And please drop us a line if you’d like to include one of your plug-in creations in our directory.
Please note that you’ll need the Pro version of OmniFocus to use Omni Automation.
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Add Today’s Forecast
The built-in Forecast perspective is a signature feature of OmniFocus. This plug-in provides a quick and easy way to gain access to this perspective without losing track of what you were working on. On the Mac, this perspective is opened in a new tab and on iPad, a new split-screen window is automatically created with the Forecast set to today.
Download | Plug-In Page (Source: Omni Automation)
Complete and Await Reply
Let say you had an action to “Phone: Bob about TPS report”. If you phoned Bob and left a message you’ll likely want to create a new action to reflect the fact that you’re waiting for a response from Bob.
This plug-in automates the process of marketing the action complete and creating a duplicate “waiting” action. With a minor addition (documented on the plug-in page), this plug-in can also apply the tag of your choice to the duplicate action. To make this even more quick and convenient, consider assigning a keyboard shortcut to this plug-in.
Download | Plug-In Page (Source: Omni Automation)
Delete All Unused Tags
Is your sizeable collection of tags starting to feel a bit overwhelming? This plug-in can help. It deletes any tags that aren’t associated with any remaining or completed items in your database.
Download | Plug-In Page (Source: Omni Automation)
Learn OmniFocus Resources
This plug-in provides a quick and convenient way to access resources on the Learn OmniFocus website. It references information stored on our website, making it possible for us to update our list of resources without you having to update the plug-in.
Download (Source: Learn OmniFocus)
Open Project/Action Note URL
It can be very helpful to store a link in the note field of a project or action. For example, a project may include a link to a Google Doc containing the project specifications and an action may have a link to the website that you need to review.
This plug-in opens the link that you have stored in the selected note’s field. This is especially convenient when combined with a keyboard shortcut such as ⌥⌘L.
Download | Plug-In Page (Source: Omni Automation)
Toggling Tags
Toggle Tag
You can use the Toggle Tag plug-in to toggle a specific tag for the selected item. If this tag is part of a group of tags, Toggle Tag can easily be configured to automatically remove any other tags in that group.
For example, if you had a Priority group of tags that contained Low, Medium, and High you could create Toggle Tag plug-ins that set the tag to Low, Medium and High, ensuring that only one of these three tags is applied at once. This is especially convenient when you assign keyboard shortcuts to these plug-ins.
Generate Toggle Tag
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If you have a lot of tags to toggle, check out the Generate Toggle Tag plug-in. It adds a submenu to the Automation menu that includes all of the tags that you select. You can optionally specify that you only want one tag within a group of tags to be applied at a time.
For example, you could have a group of Weekday tags that contains a tag for each day of the week and use this plug-in to create an automation that allows you to apply one (and only) one of these tags to the selected projects and actions.
Download (Collection) | Plug-In Page (Source: Josh Hughes)
Update Reviews
OmniFocus has a very useful Review feature that makes it easy to keep track of when each project was last reviewed (and updated, if necessary). You can specify the review frequency for each project in OmniFocus. You may need to review some projects weekly (the default), whereas others may only need to be reviewed once a month, or even once a year.
While you can use the Review feature in an ad-hoc manner (i.e. review projects as they become available), you may prefer a more regimented review schedule. For example, you might want to align the project review dates so that you review all projects with a weekly review cadence on Fridays, all monthly review projects on the first of the month, and all annual review projects on January 15. That’s where this plug-in comes in.
The Update Reviews plug-in allows you to specify the dates of upcoming weekly, monthly, and annual reviews. When you launch the script you’ll be prompted to specify a date for each of these review frequencies. The review dates for projects that aren’t reviewed either weekly, monthly, or annually will be left unchanged. Check out Joe Buhlig’s blog post to learn more.
Download | Plug-In Page (Source: Joe Buhlig)
Yesterday we released OmniFocus 2.14—and we’re really, really excited about what’s inside! Which means we’ve a few more updates for Inside OmniFocus, too.
First, check out the latest additions to URL Schemes. It’s a great reference for each of the new actions and parameters that were just implemented. In the future we hope to showcase workflows that others have built.
This makes it easy to create templates or customize data entry with beloved apps like Workflow, Drafts, and Editorial, depending on your preference.
And in the same vein is a big update to our Zapier page! They’ve added some really great features like filtering and Multi-Step zaps—even custom scripting—to make connecting apps to OmniFocus even easier. (And thanks to the folks at Zapier for helping explain it all!)
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Example automatons
sebnoumea stores all of his templates in OmniFocus, then runs this Workflow to fill-in placeholders (and add the tasks back to OmniFocus.)
maddenwalker updated his OmniFocus-to-Fantastical workflow to incorporate our recent additions—even time estimates—to better plan out your day.
@zemackdaddy put together a pretty simple Drafts action … that even integrates with his Siri setup. (And Apple Watch!)
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What are you working on? We’d love to feature them here, so let us know!
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