There are some basic UI issues like copy pasting text, fields shaking during editing mode. Nothing to do with the workflow.
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How can you create a link to an Apple Note?
There are various shortcuts and Alfred plugins to do it… but my way is much simpler.
I have a pinned Apple Note called “Scratch Pad” - I go to that, type >> and then create a link to the Apple note of interest. Then I copy the result to Omnifocus. Voila!
It’s not elegant, but it works. Heh.
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Thank you - that is very clever
I realized another option may be to use the Hook app - which can create a link to an Apple Note with just one keystroke
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Relevant to another discussion (Our unexpected winners of 2023), but perhaps moreso here, I have to say that my “unexpected winner” of 2023 are the plugins increasingly being created and shared on Omni-Automation. When you start integrating the plugins into your workflow it really adds another level to the possibilities of OmniFocus. Templates, as @timstringer describes, is the one I really embraced this year, but I’ve also started to really take advantage of another plugin created by @Kaitlin: the Move to Action Group plugin.
For those not familiar, action groups can loosely be described as ‘sub projects’ in OmniFocus. They are very useful at providing some hierarchy and order to projects with many tasks. I didn’t use them so much previously as adding items directly to the appropriate action group was slightly cumbersome, but the plugin makes this really easy.
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Curious to hear more of your observations as a new user. What do you think of the progressive easing into the full features they’re trying to do?
I have been using OF for probably about 8 years. Love it. And yet, I use it in its most basic form. I’m hearing about plugins and I have no idea what they are. When I have time, I will need to dive in. I’m also curious about Dini’s book.
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I assume OF plug-ins are similar to using plug-ins in Obsidian.
What is the criteria to get a free upgrade. I clearly am not in that circle. Just curious.
I’d use just the features that I need. I have photoshop and I probably use 1% of its overall features and that’s all I need. But it’s nice to know the other features are there when I need it.
The plugins seem to be more like JavaScript actions. They appear on a menu item, but don’t have a separate settings panel like Obsidian does.
You needed to have purchased/upgraded to 3 during their version 4 beta phase.
Plugins seem to be used to automate things. Such as creating new copies of a project populated with tags and dates or an action the completes a task that requires a response and creates a ‘waiting for’ new task linked to the completed task.
I can imagine plugins to be extremely useful in replicating large repeat projects or just automating things you find yourself repeatedly doing. I’m sure they can be far more feature rich and complex.
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I like OF overall but feel curated that I have to keep going back to the desktop app to get things right. A change in sub task date changes the parent task date on mobile and I was worried that I messed it up. Copy pasting is not easy and neither is formatting in the notes field. The iOS app seems more like a companion app than a full fledged mobile app. Not sure if that’s intentional. I haven’t yet started creating perspectives but already feel that the workflow is getting heavy (I just had a few projects inputted to get started).
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I’ve always liked Omnifocus, but I’ve never jumped into it. I always hedged by using a subscription and then trying it out for a few months.
This time I just bought the Pro license right away and am currently moving everything into it.
In other words: In a few weeks a new perfect task management app will appear in the Mac ecosystem, and you guys will spend the next few years gushing about it while I curse and drag my feet 
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What app are you moving from?
This time it was reminders.
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and another will appear the week after that, and the week after that, and the week . . . 
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Yeah, I’m finding the iPad app pretty flaky. Clicking the new task button often doesn’t work. Dragging and dropping is problematic.
Having said that, the desktop version is excellent and all I really need.
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I’ve been testing OF 4 on all of my devices since it was released. I’m not experiencing this issue. The task button on my iPad (on all my devices) has, thus far, worked flawlessly.
Ok, I’m tempted. I don’t have a “trusted system” at the moment. I have OmniFocus Standard V3. Any tangible benefits of upping to Pro?
We use M365 at work, so I’d need the web version as well, which I’m content to purchase …
Talk me down … 