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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.9</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
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<dc:date>2026-04-06T20:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.9 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Flagged</strong> &mdash; Fixed buggy view filtering in Flagged perspective; Flagged now reliably displays correct items in outline across all platforms. </li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Omni Automation</strong> &mdash; Multiple mutually exclusive tags can no longer be assigned to an item via Omni Automation.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Sidebar</strong> &mdash; Perspectives showing remaining items now only show tags in the sidebar for those visible items, rather than also including tags from dropped items.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash in the OmniFocus widget.</li>
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<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Content can now be dragged from outside OmniFocus   into empty outlines and space below last displayed item in an outline.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Safari links and Mail messages can now be dragged into outline. </li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Display fields are no longer clipped in fluid outline after duplicating or pasting an item.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Addressed column layout issue when opening perspectives set to &#8220;Always Open in New Window.&#8221;</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Adjusted padding around topmost perspective selection highlight.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Improved highlight when clicking on a perspective.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Sidebar</strong> &mdash; Sidebar bottom buttons are no longer clipped.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Writing Tools</strong> &mdash; Invoking Writing Tools in the Notes field for an item no longer unexpectedly replaces text in the Title field.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash that could occur on layout in Forecast.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash that could occur when editing a note.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.8</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
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<dc:date>2026-02-25T20:15:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.8 for Mac</h2>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Crash Reporting</strong> &mdash; Updated crash reporter for compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26.3.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.7</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
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<dc:date>2026-02-05T23:10:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.7 for All Platforms</h2>

<p>OmniFocus 4.8.7 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.</p>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Performance</strong> &mdash; Addressed memory leaks related to text attributes.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>AppleScript</strong> &mdash; Setting values for new repetion rules is now fully supported by AppleScript.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.6</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
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<dc:date>2025-10-30T17:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.6 for Mac</h2>

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<li class="fixed"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Fixed a bug that could cause the Perspectives Bar to draw extra wide in some instances.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.5</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
<link>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8.5</link>
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<dc:date>2025-10-28T20:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.5 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

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<li class="fixed"><strong>Repeats</strong> &mdash; Repeat rules can now be cleared in rare instances in which the previously configured repeat schedule is corrupted. </li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Notes</strong> &mdash; Link labels are no longer modified when editing at the start or end of a paragraph.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Notes</strong> &mdash; Paste and Merge Style now correctly strips styles from copied HTML text.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Notes</strong> &mdash; &#8220;Send to Inbox&#8221; clipping service no longer captures text with unreadable colors in Dark Mode.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>OS Compatibility</strong> &mdash; Two-factor authentication codes are no longer offered as autofill optons within OmniFocus.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Columns layouts now respect &#8220;Show full item title: When Selected&#8221; appearance setting. </li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Adjusted selection highlight size.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.4</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
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<dc:date>2025-10-09T22:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.4 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="updated"><strong>Repeats</strong> &mdash; Improved repeat scheduling logic; repeating items with &#8220;Catch up automatically&#8221; enabled now maintain regular schedule when skipping past occurrences.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; The contextual menu for the perspectives bar now uses a shorter phrase &#8220;Perspectives&#8221; to open the editable perspectives list.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Forecast</strong> &mdash; Improved Forecast sort order logic to avoid unexpected re-ordering of items following selection change in the outline.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Repeats</strong> &mdash; Avoided hang that could occur when calculating &#8220;catch up automatically&#8221; date over a very long interval of time.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash that could potentially cause widgets to stop updating.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Support Tools</strong> &mdash; Made the anonymizer more robust when data attachments are truncated.</li>
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<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="new"><strong>Control Center</strong> &mdash; Quick Entry, Quick Open and Open Perspective controls are now available in the Control gallery on macOS 26.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Inspector</strong> &mdash; Restored support for revealing the Inspector in full screen when hovering cursor over its edge.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>AppleScript</strong> &mdash; AppleScript&#8217;s &#8220;evaluate javascript&#8221; now resolves Promise results from asynchronous functions.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Fixed transitory layout issues in Fluid outlines.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Outline</strong> &mdash; Improved reliability of tab key navigation in Column outlines.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Quick Entry</strong> &mdash; Updated Quick Entry&#8217;s chrome to follow the Black theme.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash that could occur attempting to customize the toolbar on macOS 26.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.3</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
<link>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8.3</link>
<guid>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8.3</guid>
<dc:date>2025-09-22T23:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.3 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="updated"><strong>Widgets</strong> &mdash; Widgets and Complications now always reload when app is foregrounded.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Documentation</strong> &mdash; Updated in-app Help.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Quick Entry</strong> &mdash; Quick Entry window is no longer clipped when Reduce Transparency Accessibility setting is enabled.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Omni Automation</strong> &mdash; Improved Pasteboard plain text handling.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8.2</title>
<dc:creator>Ken Case</dc:creator>
<link>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8.2</link>
<guid>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8.2</guid>
<dc:date>2025-09-15T06:11:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8.2 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Free Viewer after Update</strong> &mdash; Fixed an issue with the direct download where 4.8 would unexpectedly lose track of the licensing state stored by earlier versions, switching to Free Viewer mode after updating (until one signed back in to an Omni Account or reopened the app).</li>
</ul>

<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8 for All Platforms</h2>

<p>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!</p>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="new"><strong>OS Compatibility</strong> &mdash; OmniFocus has been updated for compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26.</li>
<li class="new"><strong>New Design</strong> &mdash; 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. </li>
<li class="new"><strong>Omni Automation [PRO]</strong> &mdash;  On devices running macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or visionOS 26 with hardware support for Apple Intelligence, OmniFocus plug-ins <a href="https://omni-automation.com/shared/alm.html">can now consult Apple&#8217;s new on-device Foundation Models</a>.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>App Icon</strong> &mdash; App Icon has been updated.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Documentation</strong> &mdash; Updated in-app Help.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Quick Open</strong> &mdash; New Quick Open icon.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="new"><strong>Spotlight</strong> &mdash; OmniFocus Shortcuts actions can be run directly from Spotlight on macOS Tahoe 26.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Perspectives Bar now displays in narrower state when perspective titles are disabled.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Toolbar</strong> &mdash; Toolbar defaults to icon-only display on macOS Tahoe 26.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.8</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
<link>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8</link>
<guid>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.8</guid>
<dc:date>2025-09-14T22:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.8 for All Platforms</h2>

<p>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!</p>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="new"><strong>OS Compatibility</strong> &mdash; OmniFocus has been updated for compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, watchOS 26, and visionOS 26.</li>
<li class="new"><strong>New Design</strong> &mdash; 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. </li>
<li class="new"><strong>Omni Automation [PRO]</strong> &mdash;  On devices running macOS Tahoe 26, iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or visionOS 26 with hardware support for Apple Intelligence, OmniFocus plug-ins <a href="https://omni-automation.com/shared/alm.html">can now consult Apple&#8217;s new on-device Foundation Models</a>.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>App Icon</strong> &mdash; App Icon has been updated.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Documentation</strong> &mdash; Updated in-app Help.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Quick Open</strong> &mdash; New Quick Open icon.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="new"><strong>Spotlight</strong> &mdash; OmniFocus Shortcuts actions can be run directly from Spotlight on macOS Tahoe 26.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Perspectives Bar</strong> &mdash; Perspectives Bar now displays in narrower state when perspective titles are disabled.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Toolbar</strong> &mdash; Toolbar defaults to icon-only display on macOS Tahoe 26.</li>
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<title>OmniFocus 4.7.1</title>
<dc:creator>Ainsley Bourque Olson</dc:creator>
<link>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.7.1</link>
<guid>https://www.omnigroup.com/releasenotes/omnifocus-4.7.1</guid>
<dc:date>2025-09-03T20:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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<h2 class="key">OmniFocus 4.7.1 for All Platforms</h2>

<h3>All Platforms</h3>

<ul>
<li class="updated"><strong>Forecast</strong> &mdash; Summary task dots are now displayed in sidebar &#8220;Past&#8221; tile.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Planned Dates</strong> &mdash; OmniFocus URL schemes now support <code>planned</code> parameter.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Planned Dates</strong> &mdash; Omni Automation now supports <code>effectivePlannedDate</code> property.</li>
<li class="updated"><strong>Widgets &amp; Complications</strong> &mdash; Forecast Items &amp; Forecast Perspective Items summary counts now respect &#8220;Forecast: Only count due items&#8221; setting. </li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Localizations</strong> &mdash; Improved localized date formatting and parsing in some repetition date fields. </li>
</ul>

<h3>Mac</h3>

<ul>
<li class="updated"><strong>Planned Dates</strong> &mdash; Planned Dates are now included when printing.</li>
<li class="fixed"><strong>Stability</strong> &mdash; Fixed a crash that could occur laying out summary task dots in Forecast.</li>
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