Release Notes:

OmniFocus 4 for All Platforms

Release Notes: What's new, updated, or fixed

Recent Changes

OmniFocus 4.4.3 is a minor update focused on bug fixes and sync improvements.

OmniFocus 4.4.3 for All Platforms

All Platforms

  • Omni Automation — Added window.toolbarVisible property. See OmniFocus: Release Notes in API Reference for more information.
  • Omni Automation — Added API to translate between database objects and URLs. See OmniFocus: Release Notes in API Reference for more information.
  • Omni Automation — Added support for specifying the dropped date of a task. See OmniFocus: Release Notes in API Reference for more information.
  • Shortcuts — Fixed several crashes related to App Shortcuts.
  • Shortcuts — Fixed a crash in the Today’s Forecast action which would result in ignoring the setting for Show When Run.

Mac

  • Find & Replace — Performance improvement when using Find & Replace in the outline.
  • Omni Automation — Fixed crash when running an Omni Automation script using the AppleScript evaluate javascript command.
  • Sync — Fixed issue of the same Mac showing multiple registrations in Settings > Sync > Registered Devices, when running macOS 15 Sequoia. After this update, OmniFocus 4.4.3 may show up as one additional registration; delete all other registrations of the same Mac (that don’t include “this device”) to improve sync times.
  • Writing Tools — Writing Tools are now available for the title of a selected row (without having to edit the title directly), but are not available when multiple rows are selected, to avoid unwanted changes. Writing Tools can also be used in the title and note fields, instead of selecting a row.

iPhone

  • First Launch — Sync button will no longer be disabled if you skip sync setup, then change your mind.

iPad

  • First Launch — Sync button will no longer be disabled if you skip sync setup, then change your mind.
  • Quick Entry — Fixed layout of Quick Entry when used from other apps.
  • Toolbar — Fixed an elusive crash related to the popover inspector, on specific sizes of iPad.

Apple Watch

  • Sync — Apple Watch app will no longer attempt any database maintenance tasks, reducing sync times. These tasks are still handled by OmniFocus on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro.

Apple Vision Pro

  • Accessibility — Fixed layout of Omni Automation pane when Larger Accessibility Sizes is enabled.
  • First Launch — Sync button will no longer be disabled if you skip sync setup, then change your mind.
  • Notes — Additional fix to address a bug that could cause note edits in the inspector to be discarded, when selecting a different item.

OmniFocus 4.4.2 for All Platforms

OmniFocus 4.4.2 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.

iPhone & iPad

  • Notes — Additional fix to address a bug that could cause note edits in the inspector to be copied to a different item.

Apple Vision Pro

  • Notes — Additional fix to address a bug that could cause note edits in the inspector to be copied to a different item.

OmniFocus 4.4.1 for All Platforms

OmniFocus 4.4.1 is a minor update focused on bug fixes.

All Platforms

  • Stability — Styling note text via Omni Automation no longer triggers a crash.

Mac

  • Writing Tools — Writing Tools now support “Replace” behavior when a single row is selected.

iPhone & iPad

  • Keyboard — Project and Tag pickers now support Chinese Pinyin input on iOS/iPadOS 18.
  • Keyboard — Pressing the tab key now confirms autocomplete suggestion when appropriate.
  • Notes — Additional fix to address a bug that could cause note edits in the inspector to be copied to a different item.
  • Notes — Addressed a bug that could cause new note content entered in Inspector to be lost after some types of navigation.
  • Notes — Addressed a bug that could cause link formatting in notes field to bleed into notes field of other selected items.
  • Sharing — Popovers now layout correctly when sharing to OmniFocus on iPadOS 18.
  • VoiceOver — Fixed a bug that could cause sidebar projects/tags list contents to be inaccessible by VoiceOver after toggling Show Sidebar button.

OmniFocus 4.4 for All Platforms

OmniFocus 4.4 introduces new Quick Entry, Quick Open, and Open Perspective functionality, brings new gesture and widget support to Apple Watch, and improves compatibility with newer OS versions.

OmniFocus 4.4 requires macOS 14 Sonoma, iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, or visionOS 1. Some features may not be available on all supported OSes.

All Platforms

  • OS Compatibility — Improved compatibility with newer versions of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and visionOS.
  • Shortcuts — New Quick Entry, Quick Open, and Open Perspective shortcuts.
  • Spotlight — Quick Entry, Quick Open, and Open Perspective shortcuts are now included in Spotlight search results on supported OSes.
  • Localizations — Localization updates.
  • Widgets — Widgets no longer allow for selection of custom perspectives when OmniFocus is running in Standard mode.

iPhone & iPad

  • Control Center — Customize Control Center with resizable new Quick Entry, Quick Open and Open Perspective controls available in the Control gallery.
  • Lock Screen — Replace the controls at the bottom of the Lock Screen for new Quick Entry, Quick Open and Open Perspective controls to quickly access your most frequently used OmniFocus features.
  • Action Button — Customize the Action Button to launch Quick Entry, Quick Open, or a perspective (requires iPhone with Action Button).
  • Home Screen — App Icon and widgets have been optimized for light, dark, and tinted display.
  • Widgets — Tapping on a date in Forecast Widget now launches OmniFocus to selected date in Forecast.
  • Outline — Date fields now display in time-only format in outlines grouped by date (matching Mac behavior).
  • Outline — Row swipe now action now displays correct tag icon.
  • Settings — Removed deprecated “Show Explanation in Today Widget” setting.
  • Sync — Fixed a bug that could temporarily block displaying synced changes.

Apple Watch

  • Gestures — Double tap now activates Quick Entry or completes the displayed item (double tap gesture requires supported Apple Watch).
  • Widgets & Complications — New widget type displays Inbox, Forecast, and Flagged item counts in Smart Stack and on supported watch faces.
  • Widgets & Complications — Item completion is now supported in new interactive widgets in Smart Stack and on supported watch faces.
  • Widgets & Complications — Additional watchOS complication options now highlight key elements using the watch face’s accent color.
  • Siri — Siri capture has been updated for parity with functionality available in iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS, allowing for assignment of project and tags on capture.
  • Quick Entry — Quick Entry button is now displayed when viewing outline.