#Omnifocus clip o tron mac os#

Next, look at the options under вЂњProcess messages having: radio buttons. Make sure that the Mail Rule to create Omnifocus actions is checked. Open Preferences under Omnifocus menu bar and click on the Mail Tab. How do I get around this shortcoming yet maintain my productivity? By using email! Unfortunately, capturing information is less convenient on my iPad. IвЂ™ve found I use my iPad more than my laptop these days. But I find myself usually using a third method to capture information from my iOS devices. Direct Entry also works on the iPad and iPhone. Both Direct Entry and Clipping describe how I capture information from my MacBook Pro. If youвЂ™ve set up Omnifocus to synchronize (more on that in another entry)вЂ“the new Action will show up on all of your devices. This is my most common method of capturing Action items into Omnifocus. This new action contains the text of the email as a note AND a link back to the original email in your email database. The Clip-o-Tron letвЂ™s you highlight an email message and then use the key combination you designated above to automagically make a new Omnifocus Action. Make sure this is installed (the installer is in the bottom right hand corner of the Clippings preference panel). There is a special add-on for AppleвЂ™s Mail.app called the Clip-o-Tron 3000. You can then make and Action item out of information anywhere on your computer. The most important selection is the final item: Any Application- make sure this is checked. You can learn more about how Omnifocus will handle the clipping by highlighting each individual item next to the check box. Underneath the Copy Clipping to radio buttons are the different programs that work with Clipping. Next you have to choose whether the clipped item shows up in Quick Entry (which allows you to do some additional quick editing) or whether you want the item dumped directly into your Inbox (I use Quick Entry). Define a Clippings Shortcut that works for you (I use the Command-Space-Period). In the Preferences menu click on the Clippings Tab. To set up Clippings go to the menu bar, and choose Omnifocus, then choose Preferences. In order to get this to work you must set up your preferences in a specific way. I use this method of capture Actions dozens of times each day. You highlight what you want, hit a key combination and, boom, Omnifocus launches and creates your Action item (with a link back to original item you highlighted). ClippingsД¬lippings are incredibly handy and convenient. Of all the ways to get information into Omnifocus, I find direct entry the most cumbersome. If you donвЂ™t, it will end up in your Inbox for later processing.

If you designate a Project while entering your item, it will be filed directly into that project. This will create a new project in the Omnifocus database. If this is the first item in a new project, type in the name of the project in the Project column and then hit Command-Return. I try to estimate the amount of time it will take to complete the item at the time of entry. Using the Quick Entry Box, you can capture a task and process it later, or if you expand the columns of the Quick Entry box (using the gear icon) you can type in the context, start date, etc at the time of entry. There are two ways to do this: (1) launch Omnifocus: Select Inbox: and type in the new Action (remember to frame the new item with a verb) or (2) Launch Omnifocus: select File: select вЂњQuick EntryвЂќ: and enter the action. The least complicated way of entering a task is by manually entering it into the program itself. In this blog entry (and accompanying screencast) IвЂ™ll discuss the main ways I get information into Omnifocus.

#Omnifocus clip o tron mac os#

As I mentioned in my last entry, there are versions of Omnifocus available for the Mac OS as well as the IOSвЂ“I own them all. To get the most from the program, you must have easy ways to capture data. In my last entry, I spoke about the power of Omnifocus.