• Crash on Launch — Fixed a common crash on launch.
• Quick Open — Fixed appearance regressions in Quick Open.
• Quick Entry — Fixed fuzzy colored text in the Quick Entry window when running OS X 10.10.3.

• Free Trial Period — Fixed a problem with OmniFocus’ trial expiring unexpectedly.
• Crashes — Several crash fixes which didn’t make it into OmniFocus 2.1

OmniFocus 2.1 is the first of several planned OmniFocus releases in 2015. It features a new look and new features for OS X Yosemite, as well as a few bug fixes. The file format and syncing remain compatible with all previous versions of OmniFocus, on Mac and iOS. OmniFocus 2.1 requires Mac OS X 10.10 or higher.

As our CEO Ken mentioned in his recent blog post, we’re still planning on adding features to OmniFocus that will make it sync more responsively, to be easier to scan visually, and to be more efficient to use. This release is an important first step on that path!

Change Log

OmniFocus 2.1 — February 12, 2015

• Vibrant Interface — We adjusted the OmniFocus interface to better match OS X Yosemite. That included making new toolbar icons, adjusting the appearance of some other elements, and incorporating vibrancy where appropriate.
• OS X Requirement — OmniFocus 2.1 requires OS X 10.10
• Application and Document Icons — The app and document icons now fit in better on OS X Yosemite.
• Extensions — OmniFocus for Mac now has Today and Share extensions, just like on iOS. To enable the Today extension, click Edit at the bottom of Notification Center.
• Sharing — In addition to accepting content from other apps, the text of actions can be shared from OmniFocus using the share button in the toolbar.
• Tear-off View Options Popover — When the View Options popover is open, it can be dragged away from the window and exist on its own.
• Find and Replace — Find and Replace now works in actions as well as their notes.
• Help — In addition to being up to date with info on the new features, OmniFocus Help has a new look that should be easier to use. Scrolling is also smoother on retina screens.
• OmniOutliner Import — When importing from OmniOutliner columns can once again be mapped to OmniFocus fields.
• Localized Date Parsing — If OmniFocus can’t parse a date using localized relative date names, it will try using English relative date names.
• Moving Windows — It’s no longer possible to move the window using the split view dividers.
• Narrower Windows — OmniFocus’ minimum window width has been reduced.
• Inspector Menus — MISSING VALUE no longer appears in action and project status menus or the “Review Every” menu.
• Bad State after Time Zone change — OmniFocus behaves better after changing time zones, clearing a due date, and then using a +1 day/week/month button
• Spurious Due Soon Notifications — OmniFocus now always respects its own Notification Preferences.
• Sync Credentials — When syncing with Omni Sync Server, you’re no longer prompted again for your username after entering it in Preferences—just your password.
• New Item in Forecast (Focused) — You can create a new action while Focused and in the Forecast perspective without causing an alert to appear.
• New Item in “No Context" — You can now create new items in Flagged and in Contexts when “No Context” is selected.
• Perspective Icons — Some custom icons previously resulted in an error about PNG gamma value.
• Grouping Actions in Quick Entry — The app no longer hangs when grouping actions in the Quick Entry window.
• Flagged Items — Status circles are now drawn with orange only if flagged and not complete.
• Crash — Fixed a commonly-reported crash on launch.
• Crash — Fixed a crash when quitting.
• Crash — Fixed a crash when closing the Archive window with a hidden toolbar.
• Crash — Fixed a crash undoing “Replace All” when text in notes had been replaced.
• Crash — OmniFocus now beeps instead of crashing when you try to delete “No Context” from the sidebar.
• Many Smaller Fixes and Improvements — Including several other crashes.

OmniFocus 2.0.4 adds localizations and fixes several problems present in previous versions.

• Localizations — Localized OmniFocus in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. OmniFocus Help and related documents are not yet localized.
• Fixed an issue where changing the focus wouldn’t immediately refresh the task list in some perspectives.
• Switching to a built-in perspective will now reset the current search just like switching to a custom perspective does. This means that switching to a perspective with a built-in search will no longer leave that search lying around when switching back to a built-in perspective.
• Fixed a rare database issue where many divergent transactions could yield a merge transaction with a very long filename–a filename which was so long that it couldn’t actually be written to the filesystem. This would result in an “Unable to check for existence” error which made it impossible to sync or make further edits to that database without help from our support humans.

OmniFocus 2.0.3 is a minor update which fixes some Yosemite compatibility issues and a few other bugs.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some Yosemite compatibility issues with the Clip-o-Tron: it will no longer try to capture the full content of a selected message on Yosemite, only the subject and a link and any selected text. (Yosemite compatibility also requires the new Clip-o-Tron Installer v1.0.1.)
• Newly captured links to Mail messages (from the “Send to OmniFocus” service) will now work on iOS, not just Mac. This makes those links much more useful (and reduces the need to capture the full content of each message).
• Fixed a Yosemite compatibility issue where scrolling the help window would cause the navigation bar to temporarily detach from the top of the window.
• Fixed a Yosemite compatibility issue where viewing multiple help pages in the help window could lead to a crash.
• Fixed a Yosemite compatibility issue with clipping email messages where the original message link would get split into two links when syncing to the iOS apps.
• Fixed a Yosemite compatibility issue where the In-App Purchase window would never finish loading.
• Fixed a bug in the hidden “compact layout” mode where neither the status circle nor the flag could be clicked from the mouse.
• Fixed several issues with displaying and editing dates when using languages other than English.
• Fixed a display bug in Synchronization Preferences where the letter “B” was superimposed over the gear icon.

Changes

• Whenever a language other than English is is being used, if a date can’t be understood in the preferred language the date editor will try to see if it matches anything in English. This means it’s always possible to use English shortcuts such as “next week” or “next Thursday” even if you’re using OmniFocus in a different language.

We appreciate that you’re taking the time to read these release notes. If you have any feedback or questions, we’d love to hear from you! The Omni Group offers free tech support: you can reach us by email at omnifocus@omnigroup.com, by phone at 1-800-315-6664 or +1-206-523-4152, or on twitter at @omnifocus.

Thank you!