OmniFocus 4.5 for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro

OmniFocus 4.5 introduces new and re-written Shortcuts actions, enhanced Spotlight results (with parity on all platforms), in-app tips and guidance for getting the most out of OmniFocus, improvements to Omni Automation, additional appearance and accessibility options for Mac, and a collection of bug fixes.

Our new Shortcuts actions have been developed using the latest Apple technologies, with each action having a streamlined focus. This makes it easier to build new shortcuts, with a clearer sequence of actions, while enabling us to take advantage of future Apple releases. We have left legacy Shortcuts actions in place, to ensure that all your current shortcuts will continue working as expected, while exploring new possibilities in automation. This work continues, so please let us know what you think, if you run into any issues, or if you have any suggestions.

All Platforms

• Genmoji — Added support for Genmoji in the notes field, when supported by the operating system. Please note that syncing notes containing Genmoji to earlier versions of OmniFocus can result in errors; updating to v4.5 on all your devices will provide a more consistent experience.
• Omni Automation — Added support for new omnifocus:///project/ URLs. Using Copy as Link will continue to provide omnifocus:///task/ URLs for projects, to maintain compatibility with earlier versions of OmniFocus; this will change in a future release. See OmniFocus: Release Notes in API Reference for more information.
• Shortcuts — New and updated Shortcuts actions include Add Action (replaces Legacy: Add Item); Add TaskPaper; Complete Action (new!); Complete Project (new!); Find Actions (replaces Legacy: Find Items); Find Folders (new!); Find Projects; Find Tags; Get Action, Get Folder, Get Perspective, Get Project, and Get Tag (using Copy as Link, and replacing Legacy: Get Database Object Result from Input); Get Actions from Perspective (new!); Open Action, Open Folder, Open Perspective, Open Project, Open Tag (replaces Legacy: Show in OmniFocus); and Today’s Forecast (with added support for due, deferred, tagged, and flagged actions). Find Actions and Find Projects are in beta; please read their descriptions regarding limitations. Previous Shortcuts actions now include Legacy: in the title and summary, along with suggestions for replacement actions.
• Spotlight — Enhanced Spotlight results are now available on all platforms, and include actions, action groups, projects, folders, tags, default perspectives, and custom perspectives.
• Tips — Helpful tips and guidance will display, as you use OmniFocus.
• Shortcuts — App Shortcuts-related crashes have been fixed.

Mac

• Accessibility — Color palette options now include a black background, for increased contrast.
• Appearance — Added support for custom fonts, along with a list of Omni-selected system font options, and an updated slider which supports a wider range of sizes (from 9 to 42 point). When choosing a custom font, we recommend using a Regular style, which allows OmniFocus to provide the same style-based context (such as action groups being presented in bold) as when using the default fonts.
• Spotlight — Spotlight results on Mac now match those available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro.
• Appearance — Appearance settings pane has been re-written in SwiftUI, to support future cross-platform improvements.
• Writing Tools — Make Table is restricted for notes on Mac, as the note fields on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro do not support tables.
• Localization — Corrected several Japanese localizations in the Inspector.

OmniFocus 4.4.3 for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro

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

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.

OmniFocus 4.4.1 for All Platforms

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.

OmniFocus 4.4 for Mac

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.

OmniFocus 3.15.8 for Mac

• OS Compatibility — Clarified text of alert presented when OmniFocus is launched on an unsupported OS.
• Localizations — Updated localizations.