Today, I’m thrilled to announce MacStories Perspective Icons, a set of 20,000 icons for custom perspectives in OmniFocus Pro. Here’s the short version of this story: our brand new Perspective Icons offer 400 unique glyphs with two distinct icon shapes available in 25 different colors, for a total of 20,000 icons included in the set. Requires iOS 13, watchOS 4 OmniFocus 3.5 adds two new Shortcut actions. Shortcuts — Added two new Shortcut actions, Add Item and Add TaskPaper, which duplicate the functionality of actions that have been built into Shortcuts since its introduction, but are maintained by Omni.
OmniFocus for iOS integrates seamlessly with Siri. You can trigger common actions with your voice (e.g. “Show me my errands”) and can build Siri Shortcuts that automate the creation of actions and projects and perform activities across OmniFocus and other apps.
OmniFocus 3.4 introduces powerful new features that leverage new functionality in iOS/iPadOS 13.
OmniFocus 3.4 is a significant update that taps into new functionality that Apple introduced in iOS/iPadOS 13. Most notably, it’s now possible to automate OmniFocus in many new ways, thanks to enhancements to Shortcuts.
On the iPad, you can now have multiple views into your OmniFocus database, allowing you to, for example, see the contents of your inbox in one window while navigating and updating your projects in another.
What’s New and Improved
Watch this video and learn about:
- Dark Mode –OmniFocus now interacts with the Dark Mode setting in iOS/iPadOS 13.
- Contextual Menus – OmniFocus takes advantage of the new Contextual Menus in iOS/iPadOS 13, making it quick and convenient to change commonly-used settings for folders, projects, actions, and tags.
- Inspector Enhancements — It’s now possible to change the completed and dropped dates for projects, actions, and action groups on iPhone and iPad.
- New Shortcuts Actions — OmniFocus 3.4 for iOS/iPadOS introduces new parameter-based actions that make it easier than ever to include OmniFocus in your Shortcuts automations.
- Multiple Windows — OmniFocus 3.4 takes advantage of the window support that Apple introduced in iPadOS 13, allowing you to have multiple windows into your OmniFocus database.
18 Todoist IOS Shortcuts; 19 Omnifocus 2 IOS Shortcuts; 20 Trello IOS Shortcuts; 21 Evernote IOS Shortcuts. 21.1 Global; 21.2 Viewing and editing a note; 21.3 Editor; 21.4 Global search; 21.5 Searching within note; 22 iThoughts IOS Shortcuts; 23 Mindnode IOS Shortcuts. 23.1 Node Creation; 23.2 Node Selection; 23.3 Node Movement; 23.4 Branch. OmniFocus Shortcuts Directory Bring convenience and consistency to OmniFocus for iOS/iPadOS through the magic of Shortcuts. Shortcuts is a technology that’s integrated into iOS/iPadOS that provides a simple yet powerful way to automate things you do on your iPhone and iPad.
Shortcuts Field Guide, iOS 13 Edition
The enhancements that come with this release allow you to create Shortcuts that interact with OmniFocus in many new ways. These automations can extract information from the OmniFocus database and can quickly and conveniently take you to your most relevant OmniFocus projects and actions.
It’s worth taking the time to get to know Shortcuts so that you can take advantage of automation in all areas of your life. David Sparks, who’s been a guest on Learn OmniFocus, has an excellent Shortcuts Field Guide that offers an in-depth look at both basic and advanced topics. The iOS 13 Edition of the guide, released on September 18, 2019, covers the significant changes introduced in iOS and iPadOS 13.
This live event is offered through our Learn OmniFocus site and is open to all members. Not a member yet? Join here.
Automating common tasks that you perform in OmniFocus and complementary productivity apps adds efficiency and accuracy to your workflows.
This session will help you master the basics of automating OmniFocus using Siri Shortcuts, a system-level service and app that was introduced in iOS 12. No prior knowledge is assumed, so it’s a great session to attend whether you’re just getting started with iOS automation, or if you want to revisit the basics.
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Session Overview
Attend this live session and learn techniques and best practices for:
How to access both built-in and custom OmniFocus perspectives using Siri.
Basic principles that will help you make effective use of the Siri Shortcuts app.
How to find and install existing Siri Shortcuts that can be used to automate common OmniFocus activities.
How to make simple changes to existing Siri Shortcuts to customize them to match your specific use cases.
And more…
We’ll provide links to all of the Siri Shortcuts that are included in this session so that you can put what you learn to good use right away.
Led by Rose Orchard
This session will be led by OmniFocus expert, Rose Orchard. Rose is a strong proponent of the benefits of automation. She’s the founder of Automation Orchard and co-hosts the popular Automators podcastalongside David Sparks (aka MacSparky). Rose also recently shared her OmniFocus setup and workflowshere on Learn OmniFocus, including how she makes extensive use of iOS automation technologies.
Open to All Learn OmniFocus Members
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If you're already a member of Learn OmniFocus, visit the event page to learn more and to register. Please note that space is limited to 75 participants.