OmniFocus for Mac

OmniFocus is designed to quickly capture your thoughts and allow you to store, manage, and process them into actionable to-do items. Perfect for the Getting Things Done® system, but flexible enough for any task management style, OmniFocus helps you work smarter by giving you powerful tools for staying on top of all the things you need to do.

OmniFocus Basics
OmniFocus Basics from ScreenCastsOnline

Watch this video for a comprehensive guide to getting started in OmniFocus.

OmniFocus Basics
Advanced OmniFocus from ScreenCastsOnline

Go beyond the basics and watch this video for an in depth look at the features of OmniFocus and OmniFocus for iPhone.

OmniFocus, GTD, and You
OmniFocus, GTD, and You

A white paper that gives a thorough explanation of how the Getting Things Done® concepts of Capture, Process, Organize, Do, and Review are handled by OmniFocus.

Sync!

You can’t accomplish your goals if you don’t have them with you. OmniFocus synchronizes your task database with a server or disk, so that all of your Macs, your iPhone, and your iPod Touch are up-to-date. Sync over your local network using Bonjour, through the cloud using MobileMe or any standard WebDAV server, or even with something as simple as a USB drive.



Capture

Quickly and easily record all your miscellaneous to-dos, and store items in your inbox until you’re ready to process and organize them. Capture info on the fly with the quick entry panel, accessible via keyboard shortcut from virtually any application. Sync with OmniFocus for iPhone (available on the iPhone App Store) in order to have access to your information wherever you are.



Define

Transform all your tasks into actionable next steps by assigning them to projects and contexts. Create start and due dates, time estimates, and task recurrence schedules, and let OmniFocus do the work of remembering everything that’s on your plate.



Organize

Use the powerful contexts feature in OmniFocus to categorize actions by work mode. When you’re ready to sit down and make some calls, just click on the Phone context in your OmniFocus document in order to see all the phone-related tasks you have.



Review

Filter and sort actions with the click of a button. Unlike other task management solutions, OmniFocus has an arsenal of powerful options for choosing how to view your data. Hide or show actions as you see fit, tell OmniFocus to only show the very next thing you need to do to finish a project, view only the items that are due this week—it’s up to you.



Focus

Use OmniFocus to keep your goals and tasks, both personal and professional, in one ordered, easy to access system that you can depend on. Unburden your mind of everything you need to remember, and focus your attention on the things that matter to you most.


Integration with OS X
Sync with iCal

Sync your tasks with iCal and access, add, modify and complete them on any device that supports iCal to do items.



Add tasks via Mail

Send yourself todos when you're on the go. OmniFocus watches for incoming mails that are tasks you send yourself and automatically adds them to your OmniFocus inbox.



Access your tasks via Spotlight

Access all your OmniFocus task information using Spotlight. Looking for all your project materials? Bring up files, mail messages and your OmniFocus projects in a single search.

Resources
Getting Things Done®

David Allen's book and task management methodology “Getting Things Done®” has been a big inspiration for best-practice use of OmniFocus. Learn more about GTD® on DavidCo.com. Or get started by ordering his book now.

We also highly recommend Merlin Mann's website, 43Folders.com. There you'll find lots of great ideas about GTD and personal productivity.

Quick Start Video
Quick Start

Watch our 15 minute OmniFocus quick start video to learn how OmniFocus can help you manage your tasks.

Quick Video: Perspectives
Quick Video: Perspectives

Watch this quick video to learn how to use OmniFocus' Perspectives feature. Reduce distraction by seeing only the tasks you're interested in right now. boop!