OmniFocus 2.4 adds a new option for “Due Soon” and full push-triggered syncing that was previously only available in OmniFocus on iOS devices.
- Due Soon — Due Soon includes a new option—"Today"—which includes only items due before midnight. Due Soon options expressed in “days” also use midnight as a boundary instead of multiples of 24 hours. So, “Due Soon is in the next 2 days” includes items due before midnight tomorrow. The “24 Hours” option remains unchanged, but since the overwhelming majority of customers we heard from were looking for it to function as “Today”, we have made the latter the default and you’ll need to re-select “24 Hours” if you prefer to not use midnight as a boundary.
- Push-triggered Sync — We’ve been using silent push notifications to trigger syncs on iOS since version 2.2.1, and now we’ve expanded to include triggering syncs on the Mac. As of these builds, your iOS device running OmniFocus 2.6 or later should automatically tell OmniFocus for Mac to sync shortly after you make a change. Because OmniFocus also triggers syncs via local network notifications, you might not see “Push” very often in the sync logs on your Mac if you tend to keep your iOS device connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your Mac. You’ll find all the push-related settings in Synchronization Preferences > Show Sync Details…. For an updated explanation of how of push-triggered sync works, check out this article.
- Delete in Quick Entry — Backspace/delete in an empty title in Quick Entry now deletes the item (as it does in the main window).
- Emoji — Fixed a bug where Emoji would disappear from Action Titles if certain other characters were also present.
- Note Icons — We changed to a note indicator and disclosure button with less-ambiguous states. Presence of a note is now indicated by a filled icon (vs hollow), and expansion of note is indicated by whether you see a note or not(!).
- Due Soon and Unavailable — We now follow iOS color and urgency rules for items that are due soon but unavailable: they get yellow dates and gray status circles.
- http User Agent — Updated our user agent strings to include the marketing version in addition to bundle version.
- Locking Errors — Made it much easier to quit OmniFocus in the case where multiple copies of the app are open.
- Crash in Help — Fixed a crash closing a full-screen help window.
- Localizations — Updated localizations — there still may be some pieces missing, including Documentation.
- Note Button in Rows — Increased the clickable area of this button beyond the image itself.
- Crashes in Attachments — Fixed crashes relating to deleting attachments.
- Sidebar Border — Restored the missing border between tabs and sidebar.
- Smaller Fixes and Improvements — Thanks for reporting any issues you encounter!