Personal task management software for Mac with iOS companion app

OmniFocus for Mac

OmniFocus for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    OmniFocus 4.8.9 LATEST

  • Review by

    Juan Garcia

  • Operating System

    macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    The Omni Group / External Link

  • Filename

    OmniFocus-4.8.9.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    0cafb7de4bddf5e0ff57a72a7d965e5d

OmniFocus for Mac helps you manage your tasks the way that you want, freeing you to focus your attention on the things that matter to you most.

Capturing tasks and ideas is always a keyboard shortcut away in OmniFocus for macOS. Clip data from Mail, Safari, Messages, or third-party apps.

Bring up Quick Entry to file away an idea before it drifts away; it's always at your fingertips, waiting for more. Keep work and play separated with contexts, perspectives, and focus.

Ignore the irrelevant, focus on what you can do now, and accomplish more. And do it all much faster than before. Download or Install OmniFocus for Mac Now!

Features and Highlights

Perspectives
The tool lets you see your work in a variety of ways. Each perspective is designed for something specific: planning, doing, checking on your upcoming day, and more.

Review
Stay on top of projects and goals with the best way to Review. Customize intervals, shortcuts, and more. On iPad and Mac.

View Options
Change what you’re looking at on the fly. Filter actions by availability in project views, and sort them in context views.

Know Your Day
Without even opening the app, you can have a handle on all your top priorities for the day on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Just swipe down on iOS or open Notification Center on Mac.

OmniFocus Light & Dark
Omni Focus for Mac includes two built-in Color Palettes: light and dark. Both are easy on the eyes and look fantastic in full screen.

How to Use
  • Open the app and create a new database or sync existing one
  • Add tasks manually or via Quick Entry shortcut
  • Organize tasks using Projects, Tags, and Perspectives
  • Review tasks regularly with the built-in Review feature
  • Set due dates, defer dates, and notifications
  • Sync data with OmniFocus for iOS or Omni Web
  • Use Forecast view to plan days ahead
  • Customize Perspectives for focused workflows
  • Export or archive completed tasks if needed
System Requirements

macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later

64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon processor

At least 300 MB of available disk space

Internet connection for sync and updates

PROS
  • Powerful task management system
  • Highly customizable workflows
  • Excellent sync across Apple devices
  • Robust tagging and filtering features
  • Great for GTD methodology users
CONS
  • No official Windows or Android support
  • Relatively expensive for personal use
  • Limited collaboration features
  • Interface may feel cluttered to some users
Note: 14 days trial version. Requires 64-bit processor.

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What's new in this version:

- Flagged — Fixed buggy view filtering in Flagged perspective; Flagged now reliably displays correct items in outline across all platforms
- Omni Automation — Multiple mutually exclusive tags can no longer be assigned to an item via Omni Automation
- Sidebar — Perspectives showing remaining items now only show tags in the sidebar for those visible items, rather than also including tags from dropped items
- Stability — Fixed a crash in the OmniFocus widget
- Outline — Content can now be dragged from outside OmniFocus into empty outlines and space below last displayed item in an outline
- Outline — Safari links and Mail messages can now be dragged into outline
- Outline — Display fields are no longer clipped in fluid outline after duplicating or pasting an item
- Outline — Addressed column layout issue when opening perspectives set to “Always Open in New Window.
- Perspectives Bar — Adjusted padding around topmost perspective selection highlight
- Perspectives Bar — Improved highlight when clicking on a perspective
- Sidebar — Sidebar bottom buttons are no longer clipped
- Writing Tools — Invoking Writing Tools in the Notes field for an item no longer unexpectedly replaces text in the Title field
- Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur on layout in Forecast
- Stability — Fixed a crash that could occur when editing a note