OmniFocus 3 for Mac

Recent Changes

OmniFocus 3.8 for Mac introduces full support for Omni Automation, allowing anyone to run automation plug-ins—or write their own in JavaScript. See examples and learn more at omni-automation.com.

OmniFocus 3.8

• Omni Automation [PRO] — OmniFocus now offers full support for cross-platform and cross-application automation via JavaScript Plug-Ins. Previous versions of OmniFocus included limited “hidden” support for Omni Automation. This release includes a wide-range of enhancements to the automation functionality previously supported by OmniFocus; detailed notes about automation enhancements and changes can be found in the API Reference Release Notes.
• AppleScript [PRO] — AppleScript improvements, including added support for reading task’s effective defer date and effective due date.
• Today Widget — The Today widget is now limited to displaying the first 25 items in a perspective.
• Backups — Unreferenced attachments are no longer included in manual database backups.
• Clipping — Clipping has been updated to support capturing task details from OmniPlan 4.
• Forecast — Addressed a bug that could cause blank space to appear in the Forecast View Options.
• Free Viewer Mode — Export is now supported while running OmniFocus in Free Viewer mode.
• Licensing — Improved app licensing stability and reliability.
• Sync — Fixed a bug that could prevent OmniFocus from automatically compacting the database, which could lead to problems syncing.
• URL — Replaced an obscure error message with more specific detail when navigating to a URL for an object that does not exist in the database.