Hi, I’m Steve,
one of the Support Humans at The Omni Group.
I’m going to walk you through
using Location Reminders in OmniFocus for iPhone.
Before you can use location reminders,
the first thing you’ll need to do
is turn on Notifications
in OmniFocus Settings, in the “secret bar”.
Under Notifications, tap Sounds & Alerts,
and make sure Show Alerts is turned on.
Next, assign specific locations to your Contexts,
so OmniFocus knows
where your task needs to be done.
In the Context’s Location tab,
you can change or add a location.
“Here” tries to determine where you are, via GPS.
“Search” lets you search for a nearby location —
for instance, a drugstore —
and choose one.
“Address” lets you enter a specific street address.
“Contact” lets you choose an address
from your Contacts list.
“Pin” lets you press and hold on the map
to drop a pin anywhere you’d like.
Once you have a location set,
you can choose whether you want
the notification to trigger
as you arrive,
or when you leave the place.
Finally, choose a distance.
The small dot will trigger the notification
within about a city block of the location.
The medium circle will trigger
roughly a quarter-mile away,
and the big circle represents
about 6 or 7 miles,
or 10 kilometers.
Then, the next time you’re out running errands
OmniFocus will give you a little nudge…
(alert tone)
…when you’re in the right area
to complete an action.
Thanks for watching!
If you have any questions, drop us a line.
We’re here to help.