OmniFocus for Mac 3.4

July 2, 2019

Requires macOS 10.13

OmniFocus 3.4 for Mac adds the ability to drop individual actions and updates the first run experience for optional subscriptions.

  • Database Migration — The ability to drop individual actions requires that all of your syncing devices are running OmniFocus 3.4 for Mac or 3.3 for iOS (or later). Once all of your devices have been updated, you’ll be prompted to migrate your database to support the new feature.
  • Action Status — Updated the logic that determines whether an action is available based on tag status. The rules are as follows:
    • A task with all dropped tags is unavailable.
    • A task with any on-hold tag is unavailable.
    • A task with any other mixture of tags is available.
    • A task with its own explicit status (completed or dropped) always respects that status.
    • A task with no tags is available.
  • First Run — We’ve updated the OmniFocus for Mac first run experience for the optional OmniFocus subscription. If you’re a customer who already owns OmniFocus for Mac and/or iOS and would like to use OmniFocus for the Web, check out the Web Add-On Subscription option at the bottom of omnigroup.com/omnifocus/buy/.
  • Dropped Actions — It’s now possible to drop an individual action using the inspector, the keyboard shortcut option-space, or by option-clicking its status circle. Dropping an item is a great way to preserve an action even though you’ve decided not to do it.
  • AppleScript — Added the properties dropped, effectively dropped, dropped date, and the verbs mark dropped and mark incomplete to tasks. Scripts which use set status to dropped on projects should be updated to use mark dropped.
  • AppleScriptmark complete and mark dropped now return the task which was marked complete or dropped. For a non-repeating item, this is the same instance which received the message. For a repeating item, the instance that was marked complete or dropped before the repeat was applied and the original item was moved forward is returned.
  • Perspectives — Added Due & Flagged as a new perspective sort criteria for database that have been migrated to the latest version (items with due dates or flags are shown first).
  • Perspectives — You can now filter, sort, and group actions by dropped status.
  • Repeats — It’s now possible to “skip” an occurrence of a repeating item by dropping it. You’ll be prompted whether to schedule the next occurrence or drop the item completely.
  • Sorting — Added By Date Dropped to the Organize > Sort Once submenu.
  • Clean Up — Fixed a problem where Clean Up didn’t automatically happen when changing perspectives.
  • Counting — Fixed a problem with summary counts in sequential projects with where a grandchild action group contained completed actions.
  • Crash — Fixed a crash when attempting to create a new project in free viewer mode or undoing creation of a new project when licensed.
  • First Run — OmniFocus now refuses to sync with incompatible databases during first run, rather than allowing syncing without migrating them, which led to later problems.
  • Forecast — Prevented events from the system “Found in Natural Language” calendar from appearing in Forecast.
  • Outline View — Fixed a few rendering problems in the outline when running a beta version of macOS.
  • Sidebar — Improved the alignment of folder and project icons in the sidebar.
  • Omni Account — If you’re signed into an Omni Account you can now see more information about your account, including any active subscription, via the OmniFocus > Omni Account menu item.
  • Action Groups — Completing an action group no longer explicitly completes every action in that group. Instead, the actions inherit the completed status.
  • Action Status — Actions in projects or action groups that are completed or dropped now inherit their container’s status—similar to the existing behavior of due dates, defer dates, and flags. The Completed perspective and Availability: Dropped perspective filter rule match actions that inherit a completed or dropped status.
  • Smaller Fixes and Improvements — Thanks for sending in your feedback!

OmniFocus for Web 2019.06.26

June 26, 2019

Requires web browser with JavaScript and active connection

  • Localizations — OmniFocus for the Web is localized in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Simplified Chinese.
  • Dropped Actions — Added support for the dropped action feature being introduced in OmniFocus 3.4 for Mac and OmniFocus 3.3 for iOS.
  • Keyboard Shortcuts — Both ‘e’ and CMD-Return (Mac) or CTRL-Enter (PC) start editing the title of the selected action.
  • General — An auto-reconnect is attempted when your connection to the server is interrupted.
  • Misc — There is a link to manage your Omni Account under the OmniFocus menu.
  • Inspector — The inspector visibility state is saved locally.
  • UI — Popover menus have been redesigned.
  • Misc — The Stay signed in text is a click target for that option on the login page.
  • Tags — It is easier to assign multiple Tags in a row without using the mouse.
  • Inspector — The Go to Project control works when used on a nested action.
  • Outline View — Due dates set later than the due date of the containing action group or project, display in the due date column.
  • Quick Entry — The Due Date field shows the parsed result of input when editing ends on the field.
  • Tags — When assigning Tags, pushing the Return/Enter key in a blank Tag cell will not assign a Tag from a previously shown smart match menu.
  • General — Login status displays during a successful login after a failed attempt.
  • Smart Match Menu — The Create option at the bottom of the smart match menu is reachable with the Up/Down arrow keys.
  • Smart Match Menu — Emojis display in the smart match results as long as they are available on that OS.
  • UI — Fixed some layout issues when changing selection in the outline view.
  • Drag and Drop — Parent actions can not be dropped inside themselves.
  • Editing — In-progress edits are retained when switching to another tab, window, or application.

OmniFocus for Mac 3.3.2

April 26, 2019

Requires macOS 10.13

  • Crash — Fixed a crash when choosing Organize > Add Inside with nothing selected in the outline.
  • Crash — Fixed a crash on save of an item via Quick Entry after undoing creation of a project.
  • Crash — Fixed a sync-related crash.
  • Hang — Fixed a hang when deleting an action.
  • Sync — Fixed a problem that could result in an “Unrecognized date string for transaction” error.

OmniFocus for iOS 3.2.3

April 23, 2019

Requires iOS 11.3, watchOS 4

  • Audio Recording — Fixed several problems with Audio Recording, including a crash.
  • First Run — Fixed several problems with the first run flow and In-App Purchases.
  • Search — Fixed a problem where search would not find actions in the last project in a projects list.
  • Sync — Fixed a problem that could result in an “Unrecognized date string for transaction” error.
  • Free Viewer — Disabled sync in Free Viewer mode, to avoid problems and for consistency with OmniFocus for Mac.
  • Smaller Fixes and Improvements — Thanks for sending in bug and crash reports!

OmniFocus for iOS 3.2.2

April 9, 2019

Requires iOS 11.3, watchOS 4

  • In-App Purchases — Fixed a problem where some previous purchases wouldn’t be recognized for discounted upgrades.