OmniFocus

OmniFocus is one of the best (and most complex) task management applications for Mac (not available on Windows). Here, you’ll find links to all our articles and tutorials about how to use OmniFocus to increase your productivity and manage your time. The ten-part article series introduces a fictional character (Tom Jenkins), and AE bloggers Thanh and Aaron give their perspectives on what the best way is to getting started with Omnifocus. Topics include:

• The best way of setting up Omnifocus with structures and areas of responsibilities.
• How to apply Getting Things Done (GTD) or how to make your own workflow.
• Creating custom perspectives (next actions, today list, and more).
• Using Omnifocus on iPad and iPhone in sync.
• Cool tricks and advanced features.
• Managing email tasks with Mailplane and Apple Mail together with Omnifocus.
• How to use OmniFocus with Agile Results.
• Soon: Cultured Code’s Things versus Omnifocus.

Full list of Omnifocus articles, tutorials and screencasts

• Simple Task Management: This is our foundation-level primer that explains the 101 behind how you should be organizing your tasks.
• OmniFocus Series Part 01: Getting Started with OmniFocus: Aaron introduces our fictional case study, Tom Jenkins, and shows us how he would help Tom set up OmniFocus for maximum productivity.
• OmniFocus Series Part 02: Getting Started With Omnifocus: Thanh provides an alternative (and equally efficient) view of how to structure your OmniFocus projects, tasks and contexts.
• OmniFocus Series Part 03: Working with OmniFocus: Aaron outlines an alternative to the standard GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology.
• OmniFocus Series Part 04: Working with OmniFocus: Thanh shows you how you’re supposed to use GTD (Getting Things Done).
• OmniFocus Series Part 05: Perspectives: Aaron introduces the idea of custom perspectives and provides some useful perspectives that you can implement right away.
• OmniFocus Series Part 06: Perspectives: There are lot of types of Perspectives you can use and here you can find many of them you can use right away.
• OmniFocus Series Part 07: Workflows and Devices: Aaron shows how you can use the iPhone, iPad and Mac together and in sync with Omnifocus.
• OmniFocus Series Part 08: Workflows and Devices: Thanh shows how each Apple devices has a different function within a workflow.
• OmniFocus Series Part 09: Advanced Tips and Tricks: Aaron shows you how to make the most of the often-missed features of OmniFocus.
• OmniFocus Series Part 10: Advanced Tips and Tricks: Thanh shows you even more ways to do things faster with OmniFocus.
• Advanced OmniFocus Functionality: A quick set of videos that outline some ninja OmniFocus tips and tricks.
• How to Handle Email with Omnifocus – Integrating email into your workflow is essential for every modern knowledge worker and here is a step-by-step guide on how to do it.
• Integrating Omnifocus with the Pomodoro Technique – If you like using time boxing techniques like the Pomodoro Technique, here’s a guide on how to integrate it with Omnifocus.
• Prioritizing tasks with the ABC method – Being able to prioritize your tasks in Omnifocus might seem impossible, but it is possible. This articles explains how you can do that with the ABC method of prioritization.

Custom Theme

We also have made a custom Omnifocus theme that you can use on your Mac. This theme makes Omnifocus look a lot better and in our opinion uses the best color scheme possible. The video below will show you what it looks like and how you can install it yourself.

Click here to download the theme.