OmniFocus for iPad 1.6.2

Released November 20 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 5.1 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 5.1 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6.2 is a minor update which adds Reminders Capture for iPad mini.

Reminders Capture

  • Added Reminders Capture for iPad mini.

Localization

  • Fixed a problem with the German localization which resulted in a blank message body when emailing an action.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6.1

Released November 06 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 5.1 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 5.1 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6.1 is a minor update which adds a Russian localization and fixes a handful of bugs discovered. OmniFocus for iPad requires iOS 5.1 or later.

Localization

  • OmniFocus for iPad is now localized in Russian.
  • Updated German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and Chinese localizations.

Bug Fixes

  • OmniFocus no longer captures completed reminders when Reminders Capture is enabled.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when switching between days in Forecast mode with the event timeline enabled.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when dismissing the Context editor immediately after tapping Status or Location.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6

Released September 17 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 5.1 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 5.1 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6 includes support for iOS 6, adds TextExpander touch support, Reminders Capture for Siri capable devices running iOS, and various other improvements and bug fixes. OmniFocus for iPad requires iOS 5.1 or later.

TextExpander touch Support

  • OmniFocus now includes support for TextExpander touch. TextExpander snippets will be expanded in most text fields, in notes, and in search.
  • More info at Smile Software’s website.

Maps & Location

  • Location Reminders in OmniFocus exclusively uses geofencing whenever possible. (In the uncommon case where you’ve exceeded the device’s maximum number of monitored regions, OmniFocus will fall back to using significant location changes as a supplemental mechanism.)
  • Fixed a bug where requesting directions to a context’s location in Maps mode didn’t correctly open the directions in the Maps app on iOS 6.
  • Fixed a crash which occurred when switching between the Map and List views in Maps mode on iOS 6.
  • Fixed a regression where a business search with no results failed to display the no results found indicator.
  • This release restores business search.

Privacy on iOS 6

  • OmniFocus requires permission to access your Reminders to use the Reminders Capture feature.
  • OmniFocus requires permission to access your Calendar to use the Calendar Events feature of Forecast mode.
  • OmniFocus requires permission to access your Contacts in order to assign a contact address as a Context’s location.

Miscellaneous

  • Reminders Capture is now available on Siri-capable devices running iOS 6.
  • Fixed a bug which made it possible to get the notes field into a state where tapping didn’t start an editing session.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented links from being tappable in notes after entering or exiting full screen mode.
  • The Calendar Alarms setup screen now includes instructions for enabling SSL on your calendar subscription. (iOS does not include a mechanism for OmniFocus to enable this automatically.)
  • Omni Sync Server usernames are always lowercase. Sync Setup enforces this now to eliminate the possibility of entering an unusable value.
  • Improved match highlighting in the Context and Project picker on iOS 6.
  • Corrected the appearance of the sidebar toolbar on non-Retina iOS 6 devices.
  • Fixed a bug which would cause a hang when presenting an outline view with flagged items on iOS 6.
  • Fixed the layout of the toolbar of the built-in web browser on iOS 6.
  • The selection style of Forecast’s past section draws overdue only when you have overdue actions in the past.

Localization

  • Corrected the German translation for Review mode.
  • Fixed a problem with the Italian localization where translations for “Day Starts At” and “Day Ends At” were swapped.
  • Fixed a problem with the French localization where the databases incompatible alert had truncated action buttons.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.5.2

Released June 05 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus 1.5.2 for iPad is a minor update. It removes direct support for syncing through MobileMe, and fixes a handful of reported issues.

Sync

  • Removed MobileMe as a directly supported Sync method. If you are currently syncing via MobileMe, your settings will now appear under the Advanced (WebDAV) sync method. MobileMe/iDisk will be unavailable after June 30, 2012. Please switch to the free Omni Sync Server or another WebDAV service.

  • Fixed a regression which prevented the progress bar from showing on first run after entering your sync credentials.

Editor

  • Fixed a bug where the item editor could become obscured by the keyboard in Landscape orientation after using the Move popover.

Workflow

  • The Inbox can now be filtered. By default, remaining items are visible in the Inbox. Tap the View Options button to filter by Next Action, Available, Remaining, or All.
  • The “Clean Up completed Inbox items” setting is now off by default.
  • Fixed a bug where assigning a blocked context to an Inbox item in an Action Group didn’t immediately update its status.

Retina Display

  • Minor update to the Plus and Search icons for Retina devices.

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed a bug where OmniFocus sometimes monitored for location changes and generated location reminders despite being disabled in settings.
  • Fixed a crash reverse geocoding locations on iOS 4.x.
  • Fixed a bug which resulted in a spurious password prompt if a sync was initiated while the device was at the lock screen.
  • Fixed a regression responsible for a crash at launch on iOS 4.0 devices without multitasking support.
  • Various localization updates.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.5.1

Released March 28 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus 1.5.1 for iPad is a minor update which fixes Review mode regressions introduced in the previous release and improves support for iPads with Retina displays.

Review Mode

  • Fixed a regression which caused incorrect labels to appear for a project’s review interval.
  • Fixed a regression which caused a crash when entering Review mode for projects with a yearly review interval.

Retina Display

  • Fixed display of custom Perspective icons.
  • Fixed the swapped Sequential and Parallel images.
  • Updated appearance of the shiny red and blue buttons in Settings.
  • Updated appearance of Project, Folder, and Context caps in the outline view.
  • Fixed a bug where the last 2 pixels of an item’s note summary was not faded out.
  • Fixed a bug where the content placeholder background was drawn at the wrong scale.
  • Reused default launch and placeholder images for Forecast mode to save approximately 8 MB of application size.

Miscellaneous

  • Improved the animation sequence when choosing an item from the Settings Menu in portrait orientation on iOS 5.1.
  • The appearance of the Account Info button on the Omni Sync Server setup screen is now consistent with the rest of the Sync Setup.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.5

Released March 15 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus 1.5 for iPad adds flexible weekly repeats. It also includes support for iPad 3rd generation.

Repeating Actions

Added flexible weekly repeats. When a project or action repeats every week, you can specify the days of the week the item should repeat on. For example: Repeat every week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will create actions due on:

  • Monday, February 13, 2012
  • Wednesday, February 15, 2012
  • Friday, February 17, 2012
  • Monday, February 20, 2012
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012
  • Friday, February 25, 2012

Important:

Please update to OmniFocus 1.10 for Mac and OmniFocus 1.14 for iPhone before using these new weekday repeats. Older releases of OmniFocus do not understand this new repeat data. If you edit or complete one of these items using a previous release of OmniFocus, you will lose the weekday repeat specification.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.4.2

Released February 06 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 with 3G.

OmniFocus 1.4.2 for iPad is a maintenance release. It addresses a problem that could, in rare situations, cause attachments to become inaccessible and custom perspective icons to be ignored until the OmniFocus database was rebuilt.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.4.1

Released January 23 2012 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 with 3G.

OmniFocus 1.4.1 for iPad is a maintenance release which improves attachment support, includes a new application icon, and a number of other improvements and bug fixes.

Attachments

  • Fixed a bug where package attachments (e.g. OmniOutliner documents) were not opened correctly.
  • Fixed a bug where package attachments (e.g. OmniOutliner documents) were not correctly attached to the message when sharing a task via email.
  • Fixed a bug where note edits could be lost in certain situations when adding an attachment to an action.
  • The built-in attachment viewer now supports viewing Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and RTFD documents.
  • The built-in attachment viewer can now send attachments to other apps by tapping the Share button.

Localization

  • Fixed a bug where the translations for “Day Starts At” and “Day Ends At” were transposed in Italian.

Forecast

  • Fixed a bug in Forecast mode where the hour labels on the event timeline were incorrect on the last day of Daylight Savings Time.
  • Fixed a bug in Forecast mode where the dingus of time was positioned incorrectly on the last day of Daylight Savings Time.

Miscellaneous

  • New application icon!
  • Projects and Action groups are now shown by default in Context mode. (This setting is synced with other copies of OmniFocus.)
  • Fixed a bug where OmniFocus would sometimes monitor a context’s location even if Location Reminders were not enabled for that context.
  • The Location button in the Context editor now indicates if a Location Reminder is enabled for a given context.
  • OmniFocus populates the password field of the login prompt when possible.
  • The Star button no longer disappears from the Perspective list when editing the sidebar.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.4

Released October 06 2011 — Requires An iPad running iOS 4.0 or later

OmniFocus 1.4 for iPad adds Location Reminders, support for iOS 5, and other improvements and bug fixes.

OmniFocus requires iOS 4.0 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 with 3G.

Location Reminders

  • Location reminders can be handy for getting a little nudge when you are in the right area to complete an action. In order to use them, you need to have iOS 5 installed, and have an iPad 2 with 3G.
  • You can enable Location Reminders in the Notifications section of the OmniFocus settings pane. Then use the context editor to assign locations and reminders to your contexts.
  • Please see Setting up Location Reminders in OmniFocus Help for additional information.

Map

  • Map mode always shows available actions and contexts with available actions.
  • Several improvements were made to the behavior of the Map when Location Services is disabled. (Map mode requires Location Services to be enabled for full functionality.)
  • Tapping the Center Map button always refreshes the current location before centering the map.
  • OmniFocus now refreshes the list of contexts and available actions when resuming the app into Maps mode with list display active.
  • Improved the fade out animation of context inspectors.
  • When panning the map before showing a context inspector, the location is panned completely into view before displaying the inspector.

Forecast

  • The Future section of Forecast mode always shows an action’s due date.
  • Fixed a bug where hour cells on the event timeline could get stuck in the highlighted state on iOS 5.
  • On iOS 5, calendars with identical names from different accounts can be independently hidden from the Forecast event timeline.
  • On iOS 5, calendars in Forecast View Options are grouped by account.

Editors

  • Improved feedback when tapping on the location type buttons in the Context Location inspector.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the Context Location inspector to appear at the wrong initial size on iOS 5.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the item editor to reappear at the wrong location when the device was rotated while using the built-in web browser on iOS 5.
  • The Current Location button in the Context Location inspector is disabled when Location Services is disabled.
  • When tapping the Current Location button in the Context Location inspector, the user is alerted when the location cannot be determined.
  • The Context Location inspector better handles geocoding failures when setting up a context’s location using a contact.
  • The Project Type popover is now wide enough to accommodate the Single Actions type without truncation.

Workflow

  • The Remaining view filter in Context mode now displays remaining actions in remaining projects.

Sync

  • The Bonjour login panel now identifies the Mac we are syncing with by name.
  • Automatic syncs are no longer inappropriately started when OmniFocus is waiting for the user to enter their sync username and password.
  • Fixed a bug where the Subscribe in iCal button was not enabled for Omni Sync Server users whose accounts reside on one of the alternate sync servers.

Review

  • The German translation for the “Completed” and “On Hold” button titles are no longer too wide.
  • Fixed a bug where the buttons in the review bar were sometimes inappropriately enabled after exiting Edit mode.

Misc

  • Action groups are styled in bold when they appear in Context lists and Forecast mode.
  • When audio attachment recording or playback finishes, background audio is now resumed.
  • Tapping the View Options button or the Plus button in the toolbar now exits search mode.
  • Distances are now displayed in miles when the Region Format is set to United Kingdom.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.3

Released May 18 2011 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus for iPad 1.3 updates Forecast Mode: Never spread yourself too thin. Enable Calendar integration to see your hard landscape events alongside your overdue and due soon OmniFocus actions. Use the View options menu to show your items with a start date. Reschedule your projects and actions—with just a tap or two—to keep your days balanced.

This update also includes full screen note viewing and editing, improved support for screen mirroring, and a number of other user interface and workflow improvements.

Forecast

  • Forecast mode now integrates calendar events into a convenient timeline. Use the View options menu to configure which calendars appear on the timeline, and the range of hours for which events are displayed. (This feature requires iOS 4.0 or later.)
  • Forecast mode now includes an additional section for viewing items starting on the days of the upcoming week. Use the View options menu to hide or show this section.
  • Tapping “View” on a Due Reminder alert now takes you to the Forecast screen, showing you all items which have become overdue at once.

Editing

  • The Note section of the Editor now includes an expand button. Tap on the expand button to view or edit your notes full screen.
  • When searching in the Project and Context pickers, Smart Match terms are underlined in the search results.
  • When assigning a Project or Context to an Action, search results are now presented in Library order rather than alphabetically.

Workflow

  • The application’s badge counts the union of overdue, due soon, and flagged items. Items that are both flagged and overdue or due soon are no longer counted twice.
  • Folders’ remaining count incorrectly included Single-Action Lists.
  • Dropped Contexts are only visible in the Context move popover when the current View options are set to All.
  • Dropped Folders are only visible in the Project move popover when the current View options are set to All.
  • Errors from automatic sync sessions no longer interrupt you with an alert. Instead, the Sync button is badged. Tapping the Sync button will display the error alert and offer to retry the sync.

User Interface

  • OmniFocus takes advantage of hardware screen mirroring when available.
  • When mirroring your iPad 2 on a secondary display, OmniFocus now shows your gestures—taps, pinches, swipes, and all—so that your viewers can follow along.
  • Untitled items are now correctly represented in Project, Action, and Context lists.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect sorting of a Perspective’s actions when grouped by a date.

Inbox

  • The Inbox badge count no longer includes completed items.
  • Items blocked by a future start date are once again excluded from the Inbox badge count.
  • Paste and New Action are now available from the contextual menu for the Inbox header.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented you from moving an item to the top of the Inbox.

Review

  • Projects within the Review sidebar are sorted in Library order.
  • Fixed a bug where launching OmniFocus into Review mode with the Inbox selected incorrectly resulted in an empty list of projects needing review.
  • When there are no remaining Projects requiring review, the plus button no longer gives multiple choices for creating an Inbox item.

Stability

  • Fixed a crash which could occur when entering the background and using Bonjour syncing.
  • Fixed a rare problem which could lead to a crash if OmniFocus received a memory warning while in landscape orientation.
  • Fixed a regression where Email Debug Info (to the OmniFocus support ninjas) was inappropriately using the in-app mail client.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.2.4

Released March 22 2011 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus 1.2.4 adds improved support for using the camera on iPad 2, and corrects a regression introduced in the previous release.

  • When tapping the Add Photo button on an iPad with a camera, you now have the option of taking a photo or using an existing photo in your Library.
  • Fixed a regression in which overdue and due soon counts on Contexts incorrectly included completed items.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.2.2

Released December 15 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus 1.2.2 is a maintenance release which improves performance when scheduling local notifications for Due Reminders and includes fixes for synchronization with WebDAV servers using self-signed certificates.

Performance

  • Resolved a problem in which marking actions or projects complete was sluggish if local notifications were enabled.
  • Resolved a problem which could lead to increased startup and sync times if local notifications were enabled.

Syncing

  • Fixed a bug that caused a sync error to be incorrectly reported during the first sync after launch when syncing with a WebDAV server using a self-signed certificate.
  • Fixed a bug where the initial sync with a WebDAV server using a self-signed certificate incorrectly displayed a sync error alert above the certificate trust prompt.
  • Fixed a bug where syncing with a WebDAV server using a self-signed certificate would cause OmniFocus to crash on iOS 4.0.
  • Fixed a bug in Sync Setup where the Save button was not functional when either Nothing or Bonjour was selected.
  • Fixed a crash in Bonjour syncing when entering the background while the Mac is unavailable.
  • Fixed a bug where the an error badge was incorrectly displayed in the sync toolbar button are the initial sync with a WebDAV server using a self-signed certificate.

User Interface

  • Fixed a bug in Forecast mode on iOS 4.2 where suspending the application could result in actions not being marked due or due soon at the appropriate time.
  • Fixed a bug where the application's user interface could become unresponsive after using a contextual menu.
  • Fixed a bug where the highlighted state of the disclosure button in the outline view did not appear on iOS 4.2.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.2.1

Released November 23 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which includes fixes for synchronization, folder contents summaries, and expand/collapse all in the outline view.

  • Fixed a bug which could cause an automatic sync to fail when OmniFocus was put into the background.
  • Fixed a regression which broke the ability to tap and hold to expand or collapse all items in an outline.
  • Fixed a bug where a sync error alert appears on top of an incompatible database alert, preventing you from selecting which database to keep.
  • Fixed a bug where an error during initial synchronization wasn’t correctly reported.
  • Corrected the counts in the folder contents summary; project status and type are now applied when calculating the counts for available, overdue, and due soon actions.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.2

Released November 05 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus 1.2 introduces support for multitasking features available in iOS 4.2, including support for sync completion when suspended in the background and the addition of local notifications so you can receive alerts for due tasks. In addition, it is now available in several more languages and makes numerous interface, performance, and stability fixes when running on iOS 4.2.

Multitasking

  • OmniFocus for iPad is now a multitasking-aware application, allowing it to be quickly suspended and resumed on iOS 4.2.
  • When running on iOS 4.2 or later, OmniFocus will complete an in-progress sync session when it is put into the background.
  • When running on iOS 4.2 or later, if an automatic sync is due soon, OmniFocus will start a sync session as it enters the background.
  • OmniFocus now uses local notifications to present due reminder alerts when running on iOS 4.2 or later, so you can receive alerts for due actions even if you're not syncing with a server. (Synced calendar alerts are still available for devices which are running earlier versions of the operating system.)

Localization

  • OmniFocus is now available in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, and Simplified Chinese.

Maps

  • Geolocation and business results are now displayed in your preferred language when possible.
  • When running on iOS 4.2 or later, OmniFocus now uses the compass arrow icon for centering the map on the current location.
  • Fixed a bug when running on iOS 4.2 which made it difficult to tap the Search button in the search HUD on the map.
  • Locations can now be assigned to contexts without first clearing the existing location.
  • Fixed a bug when running under iOS 4.2 that prevented the nearby context popover from appearing.

User Interface

  • OmniFocus for iPhone now honors the synced preference to hide parent of an action when showing actions in action lists. This setting is available in the View menu for OmniFocus for the Mac.
  • Projects and Contexts in the sidebar are now always displayed in bold.
  • Fixed a bug in Review mode where modifying Inbox items could incorrectly result in projects in the sidebar appearing to have been marked reviewed.
  • Fixed an alignment issue when using custom icons for perspectives.
  • The overdue and due soon badge background colors now match the forecast segment's background when selected.
  • Fixed a bug where the badge background in the forecast's future segment was drawn in the wrong color.
  • Fixed a bug when running on iOS 4.2 where sidebar selection could be lost or flash upon updates to the main outline.

Editing

  • The go to project/context button now appears on the side of the project/context button.
  • The Action editor can now mark action groups as either parallel or sequential.
  • When assigning an action's context or project, available choices are now sorted using localized, case-insensitive rules.
  • Item editors and Quick Entry autosave in-progress edits when the application is put into the background.
  • The item editor disables interaction events during keyboard animation to avoid errant taps.
  • Fixed a regression when running iOS 4.2 that required a double tap to enter note editing.

Sync

  • OmniFocus handles HTTP redirects more intelligently when replacing your local/remote database with a copy of your remote/local database, and when publishing .ics files.
  • Fixed a workaround for some quirks in cPanel servers.
  • Fixed some problems with syncing to servers with expired, self-signed, or otherwise exceptionable certificates.
  • Tapping on an OmniFocus sync settings URL now automatically dismisses the Welcome Screen and performs a sync if appropriate.
  • The sync credential alert now works correctly when running on iOS 4.2.

Stability & Performance

  • Fixed crashes when attempting to send email from within OmniFocus on a device where no email accounts have been configured in Mail.
  • Fixed an intermittent crash when switching to Forecast mode when no actions appeared under Today.
  • Fixed an intermittent crash when using the Send to OmniFocus bookmarklet.
  • Worked around a bug in iOS 4.2 which could cause the application to crash after using a contextual menu on a project or context.
  • Opening the Settings screen is considerably faster for databases which contain a large number of zip files.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.1

Released September 23 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

OmniFocus 1.1 improves general workflow with more practical due-date badges, a unified Edit button, a sidebar Home button, and smarter Map searching. It includes numerous interface improvements for both aesthetics and usability, and additional fixes which improve performance, stability, and reliability.

Forecast

  • Fixed the underlying bug which caused Forecast view to stop updating after editing an action’s due date.

Badging improvements:

  • If you have an overdue item on Today, the badge and background color is now correctly calculated rather than always using the due soon color.
  • The badge color for days in the upcoming week now correctly reflects the “Due Soon means” setting.
  • If an action’s due date precedes its start date, the due date takes precedence for purposes of forecast badging.
  • The forecast badge color for the sidebar is now also chosen based on a worst-case scenario. (Previously, the badge was always the overdue color.)
  • The forecast badge count is now the sum of all overdue and due soon items (based on the “Due Soon means” setting.)
  • In Forecast mode, actions will display their due time rather than date when the date is implied.

Editing

  • The main toolbar now contains an Edit button which enters universal edit mode for the outline and the sidebar. “Edit Sidebar” has been removed from the gear popover.
  • Improved the user interface for setting the repeat value for projects and actions.
  • Recent edits are no longer lost if the application was quit while an editor was open.
  • Improved the behavior of the date editing controls:
    • The +1 day/week/month buttons now preserve the time.
    • Tapping Start or Due will now use today for the initial value if not previously set.
  • The selected tab is now restored in the action and project editors.
  • Attachments can be copied from the attachments list in the action and project editors.
  • Images can be pasted into the attachments list in the action and project editors.
  • Attachments added to via Quick Entry (at launch or while applying sync changes) can now be viewed without saving the action and reopening the editor.
  • Modified the behavior of the project and context picker popovers to avoid unnecessarily dismissing the keyboard.
  • Fixed a bug where sync changes were not automatically applied after closing an editor if a sync finished while the editor was open.

Outline, Navigation

  • Added a Home button to sidebar.
  • Added a note icon separator between the action title and note preview in action rows. Actions which have attachments also display an attachment(paperclip) icon.
  • Parents assigned to a context appear within that context to be consistent with OmniFocus 1.8 for Mac. The view setting “Hide Parent Items in Context Mode” is synced from OmniFocus 1.8 for Mac and is honored in OmniFocus for iPad.
  • Inherited flags are now visually distinct from non-inherited flags.
  • When focusing on a container, the back button in the sidebar now correctly navigates back through the entire hierarchy.
  • The full hierarchy for contexts is no longer displayed for each context in the sidebar list. The back button now correctly shows the parent context name as appropriate.
  • Fixed a bug where certain completed actions didn’t correctly get the strike-through adornment.
  • The disclosure button in the sidebar now glows when pressed. The tap area has also been enlarged.
  • Fixed a bug where the sidebar disclosure button was sometimes incorrectly left in the pushed appearance.
  • The Delete contextual menu items have been removed.
  • Improved user interaction in outline rows:
    • Tapping in the gutter no longer invokes the item’s editor.
    • The tap area for checkboxes is larger.
    • A tap and hold on the checkbox no longer invokes the contextual menu for the row.
    • Corrected behavior of the outline view when in edit mode; the disclosure triangles are active (along with expand/collapse all), but you can no longer invoke the editor or bring up contextual menus.
    • Tap and hold on an action then scrolling now immediately removes the selection highlight from the row.

Review

  • Fixed a bug in where the sidebar selection became out of sync with the project being displayed after sync changes had been applied.
  • Fixed a bug in where the sidebar selection could become out of sync with the project being displayed after marking a project reviewed.
  • Fixed a bug where using the Review contextual menu item would result in the wrong project being selected in the sidebar in Review mode.
  • Fixed a bug where simultaneously changing the review interval and unit could result in a incorrect review interval being set on the project.
  • Fixed a crash setting the repeat interval through quick entry while at startup. (The repeat interval cannot be set while the database is still loading, or sync changes are being applied.)
  • Fixed a crash when incorporating sync changes while the Review Every popover was open.
  • The review bar controls are now disabled when the outline is in edit/reorder mode.

Visual

  • The undo button is no longer 1 pixel too low.
  • Numerous improvements to action and project row layout in the outline.
  • Fixed a cosmetic bug which resulted in a horizontal slice in the background in Review and Forecast modes.
  • Improved the layout of buttons in the main toolbar.
  • Restored the etched rows to the Sync Setup and first run configuration screens.
  • Smoothed out the antialiasing on the lines on the Welcome to OmniFocus splash screen image.
  • Item editors fade in and out as a whole, rather than having different elements fade at different rates (rather like the Cheshire Cat).

Map

  • When performing a search in Maps mode, ambiguous results now show both nearby businesses and geographic locations in the search results popover.
  • The list view in Maps mode now supports the standard toolbar items, including the view popover.
  • The context inspector in Maps mode now correctly reflects the current view (next/available/remaining/all) filter.
  • Improved explanatory text when dropping pins in Map mode.
  • The Map/List view switcher in the Maps mode is now centered.
  • Fixed a crash when dropping a pin in Map mode when WiFi (and 3G data) was disabled.
  • Fixed a crash when returning to Maps mode after viewing the built-in help.

Perspectives

  • In Perspectives mode, action’s grouped by date will display their time rather than date when the date is implied.
  • Perspectives which group by start date now put the ‘no start date’ group at the top of the list, matching the OmniFocus for Mac.
  • OmniFocus for iPad does not currently support deleting perspectives. Removed the inoperable delete button when in edit mode.

Miscellaneous

  • OmniFocus for iPad now supports VGA mirroring.
  • Fixed the underlying bug which prevented automatic Inbox cleanup.
  • Fixed a bug which could result in incorrect undo grouping, such that tapping the undo button might undo more than just the previous edit.
  • Fixed a bug which made it impossible to place the insertion point before the generated content when mailing an action.
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to have the sidebar and undo popovers visible on the screen at the same time.
  • Shake to undo has been disabled. (Use the Undo button.)
  • The database info text in Settings now updates after compacting the database.
  • Using three finger zoom while the editor is open no longer causes multiple popovers to be displayed.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.0.2

Released August 09 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later
  • Using Quick Entry while incorporating synced changes will no longer lose track of those new items when the sync happens to compact the database.
  • Fixed a bug with synchronizing review dates for projects which were past their review date.
  • Fixed a bug which could cause a blank screen when choosing to keep the device database on initial sync.
  • Fixed a crash when choosing to open an attachment in another app.
  • Fixed a crash encountered when dragging an action over its top-level folder while reordering.
  • Fixed a crash encountered when deleting an attachment from Quick Entry.
  • The sync button is now enabled when 3G is available and sync is configured.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.0.1

Released July 30 2010 — Requires An iPad running iOS 3.2 or later

Welcome to the initial release of OmniFocus for iPad. We invite you to read through the built-in Help to acquaint yourself with this new edition of OmniFocus; you can find it by tapping the Settings button in the toolbar, followed by the Help button. (The Settings button is the gear icon above the sidebar. If you're in portrait mode, tap the OmniFocus button to see the sidebar popover.)

What's New

Latest release: November 20 2012

OmniFocus requires iOS 5.1 or later. In order to use Location Reminders, you need to have an iPad 2 or later with 3G or 4G.

OmniFocus for iPad 1.6.2 is a minor update which adds Reminders Capture for iPad mini.

Reminders Capture

  • Added Reminders Capture for iPad mini.

Localization

  • Fixed a problem with the German localization which resulted in a blank message body when emailing an action.

Previous Releases