OmniFocus 4.8.11 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.

All Platforms

• Documentation — Updated “Capture Methods” reference manual chapter.
• Omni Automation — Fixed recently introduced regression setting link styles via Omni Automation.

iPhone & iPad

• Outline — Fixed a bug that could sometime block re-ordering items via drag and drop.
• Outline — Current text insertion point is now more reliably scrolled above on-screen keyboard.

iPhone

• Quick Entry — Keystrokes entered immediately after opening Quick Entry are now captured reliably.
• Quick Open — Addressed slow performance navigating from filtered Quick Open results.
• Tags — Removing an assigned tag no longer temporarily blocks assigning new tags to an item.

iPhone

• Navigation Bar — Expanded Navigation bar no longer animates unexpectedly when Quick Open or Quick Entry is dismissed.
• Navigation Bar — Fixed a recently introduced bug that could block creating new items with Add Here button.

iPad

• Sync — Leaving Quick Open or Quick Entry open in a backgrounded OmniFocus window no longer blocks sync integration.
• Toolbar — Corrected text color of disabled toolbar buttons.

All Platforms

• Flagged — Fixed buggy view filtering in Flagged perspective; Flagged now reliably displays correct items in outline across all platforms.
• Omni Automation — Multiple mutually exclusive tags can no longer be assigned to an item via Omni Automation.
• Sidebar — Perspectives showing remaining items now only show tags in the sidebar for those visible items, rather than also including tags from dropped items.
• Stability — Fixed a crash in the OmniFocus widget.

iPhone

• Search — Search can now be initiated when sidebar is displayed.
• Sidebar — Perspective title is now displayed in sidebar toolbar.
• Keyboard — Using the on-screen keyboard to edit an item now collapses the navigation bar so more of the item is visible.
• Navigation Bar — Adjusted spacing between Navigation Bar and on-screen keyboard.
• Navigation Bar — Fixed a bug that could cause Navigation Bar expansion state to get stuck.
• Navigation Bar — Improved Navigation Bar layout on smaller iPhones.
• Navigation Bar — Navigation Bar no longer animates unexpectedly when navigating to or from Review perspective.
• Navigation Bar — Fixed a slight jitter that could happen when the Navigation Bar expands while scrolling on iOS 26.
• Outline — Fixed a bug that could cause outline scroll position to jump unexpectedly when navigating between outline and Inspector.
• Perspective Title — Fixed some bugs with the appearance of the perspective title when switching between the outline and sidebar.
• Toolbar — Addressed unexpected toolbar button animation and tint.
• Quick Entry — Improved initial character input reliability.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when dismissing Quick Open.

iPad

• Menus — Updated Edit menu.
• Perspectives Bar — Adjusted selection highlight.

OmniFocus 4.8.7 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.

All Platforms

• Performance — Addressed memory leaks related to text attributes.

iPhone & iPad

• Sync — App states which transitorily block sync are no longer incorrectly reported as continuing to block sync.
• Sync — Fixed a bug that could cause sync to silently fail after creating items via the Share sheet.
• VoiceOver — Improved VoiceOver rotor reliability on iOS and iPadOS 26.
• VoiceOver — VoiceOver no longer reads navigation bar button labels more than once.
• VoiceOver — Corrected Quick Entry VoiceOver label.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when navigating to a perspective via Quick Open.
• Stability — Fixed a crash on launch that could occur if Search was previously active.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur in the outline.

OmniFocus 4.8.5 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.

All Platforms

• Repeats — Repeat rules can now be cleared in rare instances in which the previously configured repeat schedule is corrupted.

iPhone & iPad

• Focus — Focus bar now lays out correctly after Focus is applied.
• Search — Improved reliability of selecting “Show in Projects” or “Show in Tags” for an item returned in Search results.

iPhone

• Navigation Bar — Fixed a bug that could sometimes block re-expanding the Navigation Bar when tapping the current perspective icon.

iPad

• Perspectives Bar — Perspectives Bar is now always scrollable (this change avoids a bug in which tap targets could become misaligned in the Perspectives Bar).
• Keyboard — Corrected position of hardware keyboard selection highlight on iPadOS 26.
• Toolbar — Fixed a bug that could cause toolbar buttons to temporarily draw incorrectly when resizing window.

All Platforms

• Repeats — Improved repeat scheduling logic; repeating items with “Catch up automatically” enabled now maintain regular schedule when skipping past occurrences.
• Perspectives Bar — The contextual menu for the perspectives bar now uses a shorter phrase “Perspectives” to open the editable perspectives list.
• Forecast — Improved Forecast sort order logic to avoid unexpected re-ordering of items following selection change in the outline.
• Repeats — Avoided hang that could occur when calculating “catch up automatically” date over a very long interval of time.
• Stability — Fixed a crash that could potentially cause widgets to stop updating.
• Support Tools — Made the anonymizer more robust when data attachments are truncated.

iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro

• Symbols — On OS 26, menus now use the same symbol for the Inspector as the toolbar uses.
• Outline — Fixed a bug that could trigger temporary misalignment of tap targets in the outline.
• Quick Open — “Edit” option in perspective shortcut contextual menu is now functional.
• Search — Duplicating a search result no longer creates more than one item duplicate.

iPhone

• Keyboard — Improved compatibility with third party keyboards on OS 26.
• Navigation Bar — Addressed delay that could sometimes occur displaying Smart Add and Quick Entry buttons in Navigation Bar.

iPad

• Perspectives Bar — Addressed unexpected Perspectives Bar animation when revealing or hiding a sidebar.
• Toolbar — Toolbar buttons are now labeled when displayed in an overflow menu on iPadOS 26.

All Platforms

• Widgets — Widgets and Complications now always reload when app is foregrounded.
• Documentation — Updated in-app Help.

iPhone & iPad

• Quick Open — Quick Open now includes a Perspective Settings button, for quick access to perspectives management.
• Delete — Attempting to delete a project or group when Select mode is enabled no longer triggers “No nodes were deletable” error message.
• Free Viewer — Text is once again legible in Free Viewer mode expectations bar on OS versions prior to OS 26.
• Nearby — “Location” button is now easier to tap.

iPhone

• Navigation Bar — Improved Navigation Bar auto-collapse behavior when viewing a short outline.
• Outline — Perspective title now remains visible when items are selected in the outline.

iPad

• Menus — All perspectives are now listed in Perspectives menu.
• Quick Open — Improved appearance of selection highlight in Quick Open.
• Inspector — Inspector popover now displays correctly in Dark Mode when opened from contextual menu.

iPhone

• Navigation Bar — When the Perspectives Bar is hidden, switching perspectives will now always collapse the Navigation Bar.
• Navigation Bar — Fixed a bug that would cause the Navigation Bar to scroll unnecessarily when switching perspectives.

iPad

• Review Interval — Work around a crash in iPadOS 26 encountered when dismissing the review interval popover. Also improved the popover’s layout.

OmniFocus 4.8 introduces a visually refreshed interface, adopting beautiful Liquid Glass design elements and a modernized look and feel when run on on macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, or iPadOS 26. This release also includes support for a range of new OS features - support for consulting Apple’s new on-device Foundation Models via Omni Automation plug-ins, OmniFocus Shortcuts actions in Spotlight on macOS 26, iOS 26 CarPlay widgets, watchOS 26 Control Center Controls, and more!

All Platforms

• OS Compatibility — OmniFocus has been updated for compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26.
• New Design — OmniFocus has been visually refreshed, adopting beautiful Liquid Glass design elements and a modernized look and feel when run on macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, or iPadOS 26.
• Omni Automation [PRO] — On devices running macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or visionOS 26 with hardware support for Apple Intelligence, OmniFocus plug-ins can now consult Apple’s new on-device Foundation Models.
• App Icon — App Icon has been updated.
• Documentation — Updated in-app Help.
• Quick Open — New Quick Open icon.

iPhone & iPad

• Perspectives — Perspectives are now managed in Settings.
• Quick Entry — Quick Entry is now accessed via a dedicated button on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.
• Nearby — Perspective header is no longer displayed in Map mode on iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.

iPhone

• Navigation — New Navigation Bar collapses on scroll, providing more space to view your tasks on iOS 26. When expanded, the Navigation Bar contains the redesigned Perspectives Bar and buttons for Quick Open, Search, Smart Add, and Quick Entry. Collapsed, the Navigation Bar displays a minimal set of buttons (including a button showing the current perspective icon, which you can tap to expand the Navigation Bar).
• Navigation — Tapping the Navigation Bar button for the current perspective displays the Perspectives Bar, regardless of “Show Perspectives Bar” setting state.
• CarPlay — Forecast and Perspective Items widgets are now available in CarPlay on iOS 26.

iPad

• Windows — OmniFocus windows fully support flexible windowing on iPadOS 26.
• Menus — OmniFocus menu items are available on iPadOS 26.
• Search — Search has moved to the toolbar on iPadOS 26.

Apple Watch

• Control Center — Quick Entry and Open Perspective Controls are available on watchOS 26.

All Platforms

• Forecast — Summary task dots are now displayed in sidebar “Past” tile.
• Planned Dates — OmniFocus URL schemes now support planned parameter.
• Planned Dates — Omni Automation now supports effectivePlannedDate property.
• Widgets & Complications — Forecast Items & Forecast Perspective Items summary counts now respect “Forecast: Only count due items” setting.
• Localizations — Improved localized date formatting and parsing in some repetition date fields.

iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro

• Dates — Date pickers no longer support entering dates set to the year 4001 or later.
• Sync — Fixed a bug that could cause a sync prompt to block successful integration of synced data.