OmniFocus for Mac 2.0.4

December 7, 2014

Requires OS X 10.9

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 for iPhone 2.4

November 18, 2014

Requires iOS 8

OmniFocus for iPhone 2.4 updates the app’s UI to be more like OmniFocus 2 for iPad’s, and fixes several annoying problems present when running earlier versions of OmniFocus 2 for iPhone on iOS 8.

  • Interactive Notifications — Swipe an alert to mark complete or snooze.
  • Estimated Duration — You can now view and add estimated duration for Actions via the Action Editor.
  • Perspectives — We now include “Completed” and “Changed” perspectives by default.
  • Export — Export your database as comma separated text from the Settings screen.
  • First Run — Added a first-run experience similar to OmniFocus 2 for iPad’s.
  • Appearance — Updated the appearance of the app to more closely match OmniFocus 2 for iPad.
  • Dynamic Type — More of OmniFocus’ UI responds to the preference set in the Accessibility area of the Settings app.
  • Background Sync — Fixed a problem where failed background sync caused notifications that “The network connection was lost” and similar.
  • OmniFocus 1 for Mac — Default perspectives from OmniFocus 1 (which are duplicated in v2) are now hidden.
  • Many Smaller Fixes and Improvements

OmniFocus for iPhone 2.3.3

November 3, 2014

Requires iOS 7

When we added support for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in v2.3.2, we introduced an compatibility issue with iOS 7 which made it impossible to edit action titles on iOS 7. Our sincerest apologies! This v2.3.3 update fixes that issue.

This v2.3.3 update also fixes an iOS 8 compatibility issue which was causing crashes when entering text with a non-Roman keyboard.

OmniFocus for iPhone 2.3.2

November 2, 2014

Requires iOS 7

OmniFocus for iPhone v2.3.2 adds support for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. It also improves stability by fixing a crash which was sometimes encountered when receiving a significant time change notification from the operating system.

OmniFocus for Mac 2.0.3

October 8, 2014

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!