Macros for Omnifocus, hassle-free!
If you use Omnifocus & find yourself creating similar tasks daily, OmniPop will save you time.
Anytime you want to create a particular type of task, just hit a hotkey and it will appear instantly in Omnifocus.
Omnipop uses AppleScripts in the background to automate your tasks. Its compatible with both Omnifocus 1 and 2 but will only works with the Pro version of Omnifocus 2 because of restrictions placed on the basic version.
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Youre probably already familiar with the Omnifocus Quick Entry box - its a great way to capture tasks quickly without too much disruption to your workflow.
The trouble is, every time you bring up the Quick Entry box, its empty and you have to add the detail of your task into it.
With Omnipop Pro, your new task can have most of the detail pre-filled to save you time:
• Any subject/description
• Project
• Context
• Start Date offset (ie start x days after creation)
• Due Date offset (ie due x days after start)
• Clipboard contents added to notes
Heres a simple example to give you an idea of how OmniPop might be useful to you...
Jason is on the phone a lot, to colleagues & customers. Often, he wants to be reminded to follow up on a call either 1, 3 or 5 days later.
In OmniPop Pro, he creates a Group Pop with the following settings:
Type: Phone Call
Subject: Follow up on call with …
Project: Support Desk
Context: Office
Due: 1, 3 or 5 days after creation
Hotkey: Alt-CMD-F
Now, every time he gets off the phone, he just hits the hotkey combination & chooses 1, 3 or 5. If he wants to add a note or make any changes, he can do so and OmniPop then creates his task for him, pre-filled & scheduled.
So, if he wanted to follow up on a call with John after 3 days, he would just hit the following keys:
Alt-CMD-F [to open the group]
B [to select the 3-day option]
John [to update the tasks subject to read Follow up on call with John]
ENTER [to execute the pop & create the task in Omnifocus]
The task is added to Omnifocus with the correct subject, project, context and due date without having to leave the keyboard.
Jason saves at least 30 seconds every time he uses this Pop.
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Well continue to update OmniPop Pro as we get your feedback. Please contact us with your thoughts, wed love to hear from you!
