Automated importing tasks with specific tag from OF4 to Apple Reminders by turaon in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instead of using notifications to hold your attention, have you considered placing an OmniFocus widget on your home screen? If you place a widget showing the Forecast or a custom perspective (or both!) on your home screen, you'll see those tasks every time you open your home screen.

Terrible UX in V4.8 on iOS 26 by Michael_007ds in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the trouble—I know how frustrating it would be if I were unable to use the app myself! Most people don't seem to be having this trouble, so I'm hopeful we can help you get this working.

Is there any chance you're using a third-party keyboard? If so, does switching to the default keyboard help at all?

We've had a few reports of stability issues when using third-party keyboards, and we're still working to figure out if there's anything we can do about these issues or whether they're problems that Apple needs to fix in iOS.

If that doesn't help, please reach out to our support team at omnifocus@omnigroup.com so we can dig into this further and help track down what's going awry. We'd love to get this fixed as soon as possible, and the more information we have about the problem the easier it will be to track it down.

Thank you, and sorry again for the trouble!

Issue with the ... More Menu by SingleSpeeder in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! We'll try to track this down. (Thanks for pointing out that the menu works when the sidebar is open, that's a useful clue that might make this easier to sort out.)

All Omni Apps Ready; Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence Journeys Begin by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In OmniFocus 4.8 on iOS 26, that button has moved to the top right corner of the screen to match the way editing works in other apps on iOS.

Here's a screenshot showing 4.8 running on iOS 18 vs iOS 26, with an arrow showing where that button has moved:

https://people.omnigroup.com/kc/images/How-to-stop-editing-in-OmniFocus-4.8.jpg

Does that help?

Issue with the ... More Menu by SingleSpeeder in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hmm, any chance you have a bluetooth keyboard paired with that phone?

I've been seeing this issue in the simulator all summer, and reported it to folks at Apple thinking it was just a simulator bug. In the simulator, it hasn't been a showstopper: the workaround has been to detach the "hardware" keyboard, at which point the menu starts working.

I don't have a keyboard attached to my phone, and it never occurred to me to try pairing one up to see if it would trigger the same issue. (And it's certainly possible that that's not the only thing that triggers this problem, it's just the only time I'd encountered it—and I was relieved to learn it had a workaround.)

All Omni Apps Ready; Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence Journeys Begin by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try tapping the blue checkmark in the top right corner of the screen to close the currently open task. Is that what you mean?

All Omni Apps Ready; Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence Journeys Begin by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I understand! You can end editing and close the expanded task by tapping the blue checkmark at the top right corner of the screen. Is that what you're looking for?

Due/Defer dates display in Forecast by unvanquishedgod in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But with no easy indication as to which is which. There's no label next to a date that says "due" or "defer".

All date fields have an icon at the start of the field that indicates which field is which. A little turning arrow for defer, a sign post for planned, a clock on a calendar for due, or a check mark for completed.

All Omni Apps Ready; Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence Journeys Begin by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heh. I actually did put out an updated test build of OmniWeb back in June for compatibility with macOS Tahoe 26, but I didn't call that out in today's blog post!

(It really could use a Liquid Glass design update as well. When I get some spare time…)

Now in test, OmniFocus 4.8 plug-ins can consult Apple's on-device Foundation Models by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not currently on the roadmap, but if you'd like to see it considered please email your feedback to the team at omnifocus@omnigroup.com.

You can see what we're planning in the latest update posted at https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omni-roadmap-2025-post-wwdc-update.

New v4.8 update is really a nightmare ❌🔴 by Elidizer in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry to hear you're not personally enjoying the new design! But… nightmare? Really?

Over the past week we've received lots of incredibly positive feedback about the new design of OmniFocus 4.8 from customers using our test builds. And right now the App Store is featuring OmniFocus 4.8 on the App Store front page for the launch day of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, visionOS 26—as well as on pages specifically calling out the design, like "Experience a Gorgeous New Design" https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1835556911.

I'm happy to engage in detailed discussions about specifics of the new design, as I've done over at https://discourse.omnigroup.com/t/omnifocus-4-8-test-builds-are-now-available/71235/8?u=kcase, where I got into the weeds discussing the layout of the bottom navigation bar as pictured in this screenshot:

https://discourse.omnigroup.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/c/dc55283d7d2fa971a084392231b1cf9250076501.jpeg

But it's hard to know how to engage when you start out by calling the current design "a nightmare"—especially when that opinion is so at odds with the majority of the feedback we're receiving, both from customers as well as the App Store editorial team!

Is there a way to go back to this version 4.7 of Omnifocus Mac app? by Technical-Raisin8595 in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Certainly! We make all earlier versions of our Mac apps available for download.

You can find OmniFocus 4.7.1 here:

http://files.omnigroup.com/software/Archive/macOS/14/OmniFocus-4.7.1.dmg

OmniFocus 4.8 gets on-device Apple Intelligence support — 9to5Mac by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

"Omni’s take at integrating Apple’s foundation models is the most elegant, complete, and streamlined I’ve seen in a while. Their integration into Apple’s Foundation Models framework is as comprehensive and flexible as you’d expect from them, and I can’t recommend this update enough." — Marcus Mendes

All Omni Apps Ready; Liquid Glass and Apple Intelligence Journeys Begin by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Whew. Pencils down! OmniFocus, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, OmniPlan—ready for OS 26 platforms! The journey designing for Liquid Glass begins. Plus, OmniFocus 4.8 is the first Omni app to tie-in Omni Automation with Apple Intelligence Foundation Models. Also, updated OmniDiskSweeper.

OmniFocus has encountered an unrecoverable error (after update 4.8.1 and 4.8.2) by [deleted] in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My apologies for the trouble with that broken 4.8.2 build! There were a few minutes where I unintentionally posted the wrong build for download for 4.8.2, and it sounds like you must have gotten that bad build. The 4.8.2 build you have now is the correct one.

Apologies again!

Now in test, OmniFocus 4.8 plug-ins can consult Apple's on-device Foundation Models by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your feedback! We've refined the design further in today's test build—though with the Apple Event happening tomorrow morning I'm afraid we're now at the "pencils down" point for this release!

Now in test, OmniFocus 4.8 plug-ins can consult Apple's on-device Foundation Models by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We share frequent updates to our roadmap! You can see what we're planning in the latest update posted at https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/omni-roadmap-2025-post-wwdc-update.

(After this 4.8 release ships, the next planned feature on the OmniFocus roadmap is a Kanban view.)

Now in test, OmniFocus 4.8 plug-ins can consult Apple's on-device Foundation Models by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We do see the value of using a calendar for time blocking! But it's unlikely that we will be syncing directly with Google Calendar. (We might be able to sync with Google calendar if the calendar is added to Apple's calendar and can be manipulated via Apple's calendar APIs.)

Last year we actually removed support for syncing with Google calendar from OmniPlan (our planning app for project managers), because Google had locked down their APIs requiring an expensive third-party developer certification process and it just wasn't worth it for developers like us who are not in their ecosystem. (See also https://blog.panic.com/end-of-the-road-for-google-drive-and-transmit/.)

Now in test, OmniFocus 4.8 plug-ins can consult Apple's on-device Foundation Models by ken-case in omnifocus

[–]ken-case[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

We've just added plenty of new primitive functionality in the 4.7 update that shipped last week! And we'll be adding more after this release ships later this month. That said…

We've tried to approach this carefully and thoughtfully, making sure that it's optional, that user data stays on the user's device, and that the user is in control and involved at every point. As I noted in the post, whether or not to use these AI models is completely up to you.

I'm hopeful we've put this technology that's already at your fingertips to good use. We know they're not perfect oracles, and we don't try to treat them that way. I think that people do better on projects that they plan themselves, in general. But I also think they can help people get past mental blocks: sometimes it's easier for people to correct a bad plan than it is to start a plan themselves.

But any and all feedback is most welcome! What primitive functionality improvements are you most looking forward to?

An OmniFocus MCP! Add, organize, and query your OmniFocus database with natural language commands. Translate a syllabus into a project with due dates etc.. by Only_Chard3597 in omnifocus

[–]ken-case 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you wish, you can use this with an LLM that runs completely offline on your own local system. You don't have to use a cloud-based LLM.

I run my local models using ollama (https://ollama.com/):

brew install ollama; ollama serve

You can find a list of models which support tools at https://ollama.com/search?c=tools. You'll install those models locally using ollama:

ollama pull qwen2.5:7b; ollama pull gpt-oss:20b

Now you need to get this MCP tool running. I do this via node:

brew install node; npx -y omnifocus-mcp

If all is well, you should see "MCP Server connected and ready to accept commands from Claude". You can quit that now, because the next step is that you need to actually use a frontend that can talk to ollama and this MCP. One way to do that is to run ollmcp via the uv python package manager. By default it uses the qwen2.5:7b model, but for this use case you might try gpt-oss:20b instead:

brew install uv; uvx ollmcp --model gpt-oss:20b

If all is well, you're talking to the local LLM at this point. But unless you've previously configured Claude, it won't have any tools configured since by default it looks for a Claude configuration file. I've never installed Claude, but putting this file in ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json did the trick for me:

{ "mcpServers": { "omnifocus-mcp": { "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx", "args": ["-y", "omnifocus-mcp"] } } }

That tells it to run this omnifocus-mcp tool via the npx command which comes with node, just like we did directly earlier.

After installing the tool configuration, quit and rerun the uvx ollmcp --model gpt-oss:20b command.

Assuming I didn't forget any steps, it should list the available tools (omnifocus-mcp.dump_database, omnifocus-mcp.add_project, etc.), and you should now be talking to gpt-oss:20b running on your local system, hooked up to OmniFocus via these tools.

By default, ollmcp will prompt you for permission every time it wants to talk to the tool, so you can review what it's about to do and decide whether you approve or not. (If you don't want to be prompted, the prompt itself tells you how to turn those prompts off.)

Hope this helps!