There was a question on the OmniGroup Discourse Forums the other day about seeing completed items in OmniFocus, but just the last two days’ worth. While this can’t be done with Perspectives, it can be accomplished with the new Shortcuts integrations.
Author Archives: Scotty Jackson
The Agenda Meeting Wrap-Up Shortcut
In the past, I have written about my Agenda and OmniFocus workflow. Today, I’m excited to share an update to my Shortcut.
My Project Structure for 2020
On the last several episodes of Nested Folders, Rosemary Orchard and I have discussed topics that directly relate to how projects are structured.
Now that Agenda supports both re-organization of sidebar items and the creation of projects via URL scheme (woohoo!), I have aligned my project structure between it and OmniFocus, allowing me to have consistent ways of reflecting reference and action material.
Projects in OmniFocus and Agenda
On episode 12 of the Nested Folders podcast, Actions vs. Reference, I mentioned a shortcut to create projects in both Agenda and OmniFocus. This is awesome, because it allows me to have complementary and align organizational structures for both action/task management and reference material.
The Daily Agenda Journal Shortcut
I had a blast writing about Shortcuts with OmniFocus 3.4 last week, but based on reader Jason Clarke’s feedback, I think it would be good to round out my Daily Journal Shortcut with a bit more detail, as well as a second partner Shortcut that leverages it.
Day Five: The Daily Journal, Five Days of OmniFocus Shortcuts
It’s day five of my series of posts about the wonderful addition of Shortcuts automation in OmniFocus 3.4 for iOS, and I’ve saved the big one for last. Today’s Shortcut is something that is, for me, a really useful tool for creating an ongoing diary of my life.
Day Four: Inbox Processor, Five Days of OmniFocus Shortcuts
It’s the penultimate post in this series of Shortcuts for OmniFocus! For day four, I’m serving up a bit of a turkey of a Shortcut.
Day Three: Today’s Actions, Five Days of OmniFocus Shortcuts
Carrying on with Shortcuts sharing in support of OmniFocus 3.4, this one is a quick reference progress tracker.
Day Two: Project Markdown Table, Five Days of OmniFocus Shortcuts
It’s day two of sharing Shortcuts that take advantage of the new OmniFocus 3.4 capabilities, and this is another one that helps me share the content with others that has historically been just in OmniFocus with others.
Day One: Five Days of OmniFocus Shortcuts
There’s a new release of OmniFocus in the world, and does it ever bring some powerhouse features over for dinner. With support for native dark mode, iPad multiple windows, and new context menus for quick actions, there’s a lot to enjoy.
The part that brings the most versatility, though, is the new expanded support of Shortcuts with Shortcut Actions. These enable everyone to be able to automate and expand what is possible with OmniFocus without having to know complex code.
To celebrate this, I wanted to share five Shortcuts I have made for use with OmniFocus 3.4, one each day over this week’s weekdays. Some will be useful right away, others might need to be customized a bit to really be useful to you, but I hope all can spark ideas about how all this new capability can be used.
Let’s get right in to day one, then!