Ken Case is the CEO of the Omni Group; the creators of OmniFocus, OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, and OmniPlan. In this episode we dive deep into OmniFocus 4 that launched on December 13th, 2023. This episode is a two-part episode opening with an interview recorded in July of 2021 when the public beta of OmniFocus 4 was released. The second part of the episode was recorded after the launch of OmniFocus 4.

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Links:

https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/introducing-omnifocus-4

https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus/

https://people.omnigroup.com/kc/

https://omni-automation.com/

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/omnifocus-4/id1542143627

Chapter Markers:

00:00:00: Opening

00:01:26: Support the Podcast

00:01:53: Ken Case - July 2021

00:02:45: The iPad in 2021

00:04:09: Apple Pencil

00:04:55: Universal Control

00:05:33: OmniFocus Plugins

00:07:09: OmniFocus 4

00:11:20: SwiftUI

00:16:31: Apple Watch

00:17:42: Swift Playgrounds

00:19:23: Mac Only Features Now On iPad

00:21:56: Focus

00:26:19: Integration With Focus For iOS 15?

00:28:55: Widgets

00:31:06: Perspectives

00:31:52: Outlining

00:34:05: Exporting and printing

00:35:17: Inspector panels

00:38:50: Full keyboard navigation

00:42:43: Any Other iPadOS 15 Features?

00:43:01: Shortcuts

00:48:00: The Little Things

00:50:58: Drag and drop

00:53:27: Review Mode

00:54:16: Anything else?

00:55:57: M1 Macs

00:56:34: Ken Case - December 2023

00:57:37: Inspector Panels

00:59:25: iPad Keyboard Menu

01:01:15: Drag and Drop

01:02:56: Big takeaways from the beta

01:04:19: Shared Database

01:08:09: How do you personally use OmniFocus?

01:09:17: Changes from beta 1?

01:11:51: Favorite OmniFocus 4 Features?

01:14:24: OmniFocus Links

01:15:09: New OS Features

01:16:57: External Displays

01:18:51: The Apple Watch

01:25:03: OmniFocus Pro

01:30:05: Getting Started with OmniFocus

01:32:21: A single purchase

01:35:27: visionOS

01:37:18: Moving other apps to SwiftUI

01:38:54: Anything else?

01:40:22: Where Can People Find More Information?

01:41:16: Closing

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