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OmniFocus - 1.7.4

Personal task management.

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All Time:	(3.9)
Version 1.7.4:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	1.7.4
Release Date:	2009-09-29
License:	Update
Downloads (version 1.7.4):	658
Downloads (all versions):	13,636
Price:	$79.95

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Product Description:

Task management shouldn't be your full time job. We've built OmniFocus to take a load off your mind by managing your tasks the way that you want, freeing you to focus your attention on the things that matter to you most. Finish that novel. Spend more time with your friends and family. Grow your business. Let us worry about keeping your goals and tasks, both personal and professional, in one ordered, easy to access system that you can depend on.

What's new in this version:

Documentation: Updated the built-in English Help documentation to cover the latest features in 1.7. (If you notice any remaining documentation issues, please let us know!)
Interface Updates
- Perspectives once again have the option to always open in a new window.
- Double-clicking on an action in Context mode once again opens its new window in Planning mode. (It will also select the action in that new window, so you don't have to go find it again.)
- Since the No Context group in 1.6 and later only displays actions which actually have no context (not those which have an invalid context), actions assigned to a dropped context will now appear in that context's count rather than in No Context's count.
- In the Perspectives window, the table of perspectives no longer alternates its background color.
- Stopped coloring view bar options when they differ from the default settings for a view mode. (Most of the built-in perspectives have custom options, so there isn't a single "normal" setting for those popups.)
- Removed the "clear" button from the right edge of the view bar, since it didn't actually return to the previous view settings the way one might expect. (You can still return to a predefined view state by selecting an option from the Perspectives menu.)
Snow Leopard Compatibility
- Updated the OmniFocus Clip-O-Tron to be compatible with Mac OS X v10.6.1. (Reinstall the Clip-O-Tron from Clipping Preferences to make it start working again.)
- Fixed a crash under 10.6 when dragging a linked file to the title of a new inbox item.
- Fixed issue when running under 10.6 where the quick entry window would not hide open date pickers when it closes (possibly leading a crash the next time the date picker was used in quick entry). As a bonus, fixed some hover effect issues too.
- Fixed a crash on 10.6 when hitting the down arrow while in a note with a trailing blank line. (This was exposed by recent 10.6 fixes to the text system.)
- Fixed a crash triggered by an unhandled exception in 10.6.1's standard date picker when pressing the delete key in an empty hours field.
Localization Updates
- Localizations for Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, and Simplified Chinese should now be up-to-date for all interface elements.
- Localized help should work once again, though the new 1.7 updates introduced to English in this release haven't been translated yet.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug in scheduling status updates for items with start and due dates.
- Fixed a bug in restoring window layouts which could cut off the top portion of the window content (the view bar and top portion of the sidebar and main outline).
- Fixed a crash when option-dragging an attachment into a context, project or estimate column.
- Fixed a crash encountered when pasting graphics which include LinkBack data (such as PDF content pasted from OmniGraffle). LinkBack data on the pasteboard is now ignored (since OmniFocus doesn't support editing of attachments) rather than causing a crash.
- Eliminated a spurious console log message about not being able to write a file named .loaded into the Perspectives support folder when that folder doesn't exist.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.7.4:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.5)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(4.5)

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The Best To Do Manager Available - Version: 1.7.4, 10/7/2009 12:07AM PST

Timothy Maxwell

I have used many To Do List managers and currently use Daylite to manage contacts and an action list. But, OmniFocus is better at managing To Do than any other program I have tried. However, because Daylite integrates contact management with a related action list, I am committed to Daylite.

If OmniFocus had a contact management link to address book, I sure I would move to OmniFocus. The OmniFocus link with the iPhone is really fantastic!

I can't believe the previous comments - Version: 1.7.4, 9/30/2009 07:34AM PST

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jcinoz

I can't believe the recent negative feedback which to me is a travesty and must be either uninformed or biased. I'm a health professional and juggle hundreds to thousands of priorities. I have tried countless to do methods over the years from paper to computers, trying to get a better handle on the priorities of modern life which which seem to become more and more complicated despite advances in technology . Omnifocus is by far away the most useful application for better controlling this that I have every tried and a 1+ years later, despite temporarily trying every new do list manager, I still live by it, particularly now with benefit of iphone synchronisation. My wish list is that some form of prioritisation beyond flagging could be implemented to help when juggling hundreds of important items. It is as simple or complicated as you need it to be and extraordinary useful for both to do list and projects.

No way to try before you buy - Version: 1.7, 8/28/2009 02:15AM PST

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thomasmarch

There's no way to try this app before you buy it. Downloading an extracting it simply gives you a crazy message about "no password or too many people using the application - exit".

So don't bother unless you feel like shelling out $$$ without knowing what you're getting.

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