![]() ![]() ![]() CaveatsĪ few caveats at the outset: Take this all with a grain of saltįirst, productivity and task management is highly personal, subject to each person’s particular foibles. There’s also a chance I’m unaware of a feature in OmniFocus to address the main shortcoming I mention below. ![]() There is a chance some of this could be moot soon, as the next version of OmniFocus is currently in a closed beta. This article isn’t meant to be a full review, but instead will focus on the friction I had with OmniFocus and the key differences for me between OmniFocus and Things. It made me realize the main reason that OmniFocus wasn’t working for me. It was a “wow” moment for me when I realized what the key difference is between the apps. So why did I switch? For the TL DR reason, jump down to my third reason below, which is the main reason. ![]() I fancied myself a power user, and thought other task management apps were somehow inferior because they didn’t have the level of power offered by OmniFocus. For a few years, I was an OmniFocus snob. ($39.99 new for Standard and $79.99 for Pro from the Omni Group Web site, $39.99 for Standard from Mac App Store with in-app purchase option to upgrade to Pro, upgrade pricing available from previous versions, 45.4 MB, release notes, 10.If you’ve visited 40Tech lately you’ve seen several posts on Things, which is now my task management app of choice. If you previously purchased a license to OmniFocus for Mac, you are eligible for a 50% discount for the same edition (Standard or Pro) of OmniFocus 3 for Mac as long as it’s from the same store (Mac App Store or Omni Group Web site). The Omni Group continues to price the Standard edition of OmniFocus at $39.99 and the Pro edition at $79.99, with an upgrade from Standard to Pro priced at $39.99. The update also hides declined calendar events and past events in the Forecast view, resolves problems with the Columns layout and narrow windows, fixes a bug where copying a parent task with child tasks selected would result in duplicate child tasks, eliminates crashes, and adds several localizations. The Omni Group has now released OmniFocus 3.1, updating it so its interface matches macOS 10.14 Mojave’s Dark mode setting automatically, while also adding a preference option for a light sidebar appearance. OmniFocus Pro also brings custom perspectives, with simple yet powerful filtering rules that enable you to combine rules with all, any, and none. The Pro edition of OmniFocus offers the capability for adding a specific tag to display in Today’s Forecast, which is great for highlighting daily rituals or important items that don’t have explicit dates. It also provides more options for repeating tasks, improves the Forecast view with calendar events interleaved with your actions, and adds common actions to the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar. In addition to updating the toolbar, sidebar, outline, and inspector to a more modern look, OmniFocus 3 replaces contexts with tags, enabling you to organize tasks and assign multiple tags to any item. Several weeks ago, the Omni Group released version 3.0 of its OmniFocus task management app for the Mac (and iOS), a major update that added new features. #1668: Updated Rapid Security Responses, OS public betas, screen saver bug fixed, “Red Team Blues” book review.#1669: OS security updates, ambiguity of emoji, small business payments with Melio, Twitter now X.#1670: Arc Web browser hits 1.0 release, “Do You Use It?” polls about Apple features.#1671: Apple Q3 2023 earnings, new Beats headphones and earbuds, Stage Manager adoption rate, do you use Spotlight?.1672: The hidden power of Google Sheets, Launchpad usage levels, Emergency SOS via satellite in the Maui fires, do you use proxy icons?. ![]()
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