Sometimes it makes sense to move a task a day or a week or a month. One of my favorite new little touches is when deferring tasks. Background Sync isn’t a setting in the new app.
Occasionally, I’ll get an “optimizing” message (which deals with processing already downloaded data and database changes) but usually I just open the application and go. No longer do I need to launch the app and wait for it to connect to the Internet and pull data down. Background Sync allows OmniFocus for iPhone to hit the OmniSync server and pull down updated tasks while OmniFocus isn’t the active application. When Apple first announced they were putting a background sync mechanism in iOS 7, the first thought that crossed my mind was “OmniFocus Sync”. There are also some nice feature upgrades. The new version 2 isn’t just a pretty face. Forecast is one of OmniFocus’s premier features and I’m glad to see it get so much prominence in the new application. From there you can customize the Forecast view for due and deferred items, and specify which calendars appear. Pulling down for the toolbar in Forecast view, the Settings icon is replaced with the View icon. This view also has all calendar items for that day. I can tap on any day and see all tasks due that day and all tasks I’ve deferred to that day. The new version gives a summary listing the per-day deadlines right on the home screen. One of my favorite features is the forecast view right across the top of the screen. The new design does a great job of just showing you what you need 90% of the time and placing the other stuff in easy reach. This displays a grey bar across the top of the screen with all of these options.
To get these, drag the screen down, like you do to get the search bar in the iOS 7 Springboard or update just about every Twitter app on the platform. Also missing from the home screen are buttons to sync my data, adjust settings, and search my database.
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