Have you ever had someone ask you to do something, you agree, then you immediately forget about it only to have them come back to you weeks later annoyed at your unreliability?īut you’ve got to stop blaming it on being a “forgetful person.” You need to own up to the fact that your system for remembering is just plain flawed. ![]() I use OmniFocus because it helps me in my mission to be more productive-to be a better steward of my time-by helping me to never be forgetting, always be organizing, and to forever be reassessing my priorities. Most of the things I’ll talk about in this article can be done with any decent task manager app. OmniFocus is similar to other task management programs like Todoist, Wunderlist, or Things. I have been using OmniFocus for the past five years and it is one of my secrets to productivity. I wrote recently about the 10 Best iPhone Apps for Christians, but there was one very important app I forgot to include in that list. To-do list apps are everywhere, but I prefer ones with a little more power under the hood. While I actually still use this method once in a while, I’ve switched over to a software solution that saves me a lot of headaches and can store a lot more information than my tiny notepad and tiny pen. That’s how I made sure I got everything done that I needed to do. I would draw a little box to tick and a to-do item next to it.Īnother little box and another to-do item. I would jot down thoughts and people’s contact information, but mostly I used it to make checklists. Learn OmniFocus is a great resource for getting more out of OmniFocus, with a number of Webinars and screencasts specific to working with Drafts.When I was involved in campus ministry, I used to carry around a notebook and a collapsible pen in my back pocket. The Omni Group’s Omni Automation website also has a page specific to using Drafts with Omni Automation. A search for OmniFocus on the Action Directory always yields some interesting results as well. A great example is Rosemary Orchard’s TaskPaper - OF integrations. There are many variations and customizations that are possible, but beyond the scope of this article. Other Advanced Integrations and Resources Reminders integration only support by OmniFocus on iOS. Cons: Requires a bit of configuration, and creating otherwise unnecessary data in Reminders.If you create and configure an action to send to the Reminders list used by OmniFocus, you can quickly dump a list of tasks to OmniFocus, using Reminders as an intermediary. OmniFocus has the ability to import tasks from the iOS Reminders app. Goes to inbox, no way to categorize ahead of time.ĭrafts List in Reminders action step allows you to quickly type up a list of items, one per line, in a draft, and send them to the built-in iOS Reminders app as a list. Requires using OmniGroup’s own sync services. Cons: Requires network connection (to send in background).Pros: Immediately sends task in background without leaving Drafts.Using Mail Drop, along with a Drafts’ Mail action step configured to use your unique Mail Drop email address and to “Send in Background” can be a quick easy way to send a task to OmniFocus. ![]() OmniFocus offers the ability to email tasks to OmniFocus using Mail Drop.
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