OmniFocus Reminders + iCal sync
 

iCal calendar sync for due-dates (or as it is now called "reminders") has been added to the iPhone a while ago and is working very good for me.

What has been missing was: the same functionality but for the OmniFocus Mac-Software. ATM when I change something in the mac-software of OF and want the changes to display in the subscribed calendar in iCal I have to:
- sync the mac OF with my set-up WebDAV
- sync the iPhone OF with that WebDAV-server
- upload the OmniFocus-Reminders.ics to the server
- Update the subscribed calendar in iCal

Now that is a bit complicated, I think. I once read, that this functionality was supposed to be found in OF 1.8 for the mac. Now I installed a Sneaky Peak of 1.8 and couldn't find this functionality.

Can someone take a minute and explain (detailed, to avoid me from missing something ;) thanks) how to set that up?

Regards,
FE

[QUOTE=FatalError;74115]iCal calendar sync for due-dates (or as it is now called "reminders") has been added to the iPhone a while ago and is working very good for me.

What has been missing was: the same functionality but for the OmniFocus Mac-Software. ATM when I change something in the mac-software of OF and want the changes to display in the subscribed calendar in iCal I have to:
- sync the mac OF with my set-up WebDAV
- sync the iPhone OF with that WebDAV-server
- upload the OmniFocus-Reminders.ics to the server
- Update the subscribed calendar in iCal

Now that is a bit complicated, I think. I once read, that this functionality was supposed to be found in OF 1.8 for the mac. Now I installed a Sneaky Peak of 1.8 and couldn't find this functionality.

Can someone take a minute and explain (detailed, to avoid me from missing something ;) thanks) how to set that up?

Regards,
FE[/QUOTE]

I want to know this too. I have asked this question too and no one ever seems to know or just doesn't bother responding. Can anyone chime in on this that knows?

Go look at the Sync preferences!

[QUOTE=FatalError;74115]
Can someone take a minute and explain (detailed, to avoid me from missing something) how to set that up?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=whpalmer4;74164]Go look at the Sync preferences![/QUOTE]

Well, thank you. This was the tipp I was looking for. I never though the sync preferences would have to do anything with this. But guess what? I can't manage to set it up correctly. And it's quite different from the iPhone setup. And I asked for a detailed explanation.

Anyways, thanks for trying.

As far as I can tell and I have NO inside knowledge of this but…

If you already subscribe to updates via your iphone Omnifocus Reminders calendar then just checking the box to Publish Due reminders as a calendar forces OF to write changes to that same calendar.

At least that how it works here.

If this is the case then the Subscribe in iCal button actually does nothing as it's already set up.

Sorry if this doesn't help you.

Good luck.

C

[QUOTE=FatalError;74115]Can someone take a minute and explain (detailed, to avoid me from missing something ;) thanks) how to set that up?[/QUOTE]

Here's how to publish due reminders from OmniFocus 1.8:
[LIST=1][*]Open Sync Preferences[*]Make sure the "Publish Due reminders as a calendar" checkbox is checked.[*]Optionally press the "Sync Now" button to make sure an updated calendar is published to your sync server. (This happens automatically a few minutes after each edit to your task database.)[*]Optionally press the "Subscribe in iCal" button to subscribe your Mac to the reminders calendar.[/LIST]
Hope this helps!

[QUOTE=Ken Case;74175]Here's how to publish due reminders from OmniFocus 1.8:
[LIST=1][*]Open Sync Preferences[*]Make sure the "Publish Due reminders as a calendar" checkbox is checked.[*]Optionally press the "Sync Now" button to make sure an updated calendar is published to your sync server. (This happens automatically a few minutes after each edit to your task database.)[*]Optionally press the "Subscribe in iCal" button to subscribe your Mac to the reminders calendar.[/LIST]
Hope this helps![/QUOTE]

Yes, it does. I did figure out how to do this before your post, but the post is nevertheless helpful. The only downside I see from the Mac perspective is that now my calendar gets so crowded with the items from OF, that my calendar is getting dysfunctional since I can't filter out the items w/o turning off the calendar.

I had to turn off this feature as a result.

Any suggestions?

[QUOTE=ksrhee;74176]Any suggestions?[/QUOTE]

Use fewer due dates? :-)

-Dennis

[QUOTE=cerithom;74172]
If you already subscribe to updates via your iphone Omnifocus Reminders calendar then just checking the box to Publish Due reminders as a calendar forces OF to write changes to that same calendar.

At least that how it works here.

If this is the case then the Subscribe in iCal button actually does nothing as it's already set up.
[/QUOTE]

Okay, sounds good, but I'm still having trouble. The Calendar that showed up after I set up the iPhone with this reminders iCal-file is called "OmniFocus Reminders" and is under the subscriptions-category in iCal.

Now I tried to do what you wrote, but the problem is when I go to the settings in OF on mac and the tab iCal (I guess that is what you were refering to) I don't find that subscription calendar. I just find the "normal" calendars which are in the calendars-category in ical.

Now what do I do?!? Set up a new "normal" calendar and do what you described but then I have the remindes twice...

Well, maybe someone from the OF-team can write a quick how-to. I think I'm not the only one with trouble setting this up.

EDIT: ok, while I was writing this, some new answers just popped up. Thanks guys. I have to go now, will try this tomorrow.

@Ken: Thanks a lot. Your post was very helpful. It's working now. And it is a feature I have been waiting for since calendar export came to the iPhone.

Thanks!

version 1.8??
 

I haven't been paying attention over the past 6 months to version releases – only updating when OF told me to.

But this entire thread refers to version 1.8 but neither the software client nor the website acknowledges 1.8 as released as of August 2010.

So how is it that this conversation is happening about a release that isn't out?

Am I missing something?

[QUOTE=Cornelius Talmidge;83497]Am I missing something?[/QUOTE]

Yep. Check here:

• [url]http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/download/sneakypeek/[/url]
• [url]http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=15345&highlight=sneaky+peak[/url]

Ah thank you – this has been in pre-release for a long long time, interesting

You're welcome. Yeah, 1.8 has been churning along for a while now, but it works well.

[QUOTE=Ken Case;74175]Here's how to publish due reminders from OmniFocus 1.8:
[LIST=1][*]Open Sync Preferences[*]Make sure the "Publish Due reminders as a calendar" checkbox is checked.[*]Optionally press the "Sync Now" button to make sure an updated calendar is published to your sync server. (This happens automatically a few minutes after each edit to your task database.)[*]Optionally press the "Subscribe in iCal" button to subscribe your Mac to the reminders calendar.[/LIST]
Hope this helps![/QUOTE]

The question is: How to subscribe to the iCal? I mean, Do I need to do anything else?
I have synchronization with MobileMe but the OmniFocus Calendar doesn't appear on my iCal...

subscribing in iCal
 

very simple:

* open iCal
* menu "calendar" > subscribe
* Calendar URL: webcal://sync.omnigroup.com/YourUserNameHere/OmniFocus-Reminders.ics

Since it is a log-in access you'd most likely be asked for your access credentials.

On the iPhone it's a similar process. I have not found a way of easily transferring subscribed calendars to the iPhone from the mac (shame on you, apple!).

You'd go to (on iOS5):

* Settings > Mail, Calendar, Contacs
* Under Accounts > Add Account
* Other
* Add Subscribed Calendar (on the bottom)

Hope this helps :)

Is there any way to have the reminders calendar pull events further out than [U]2 weeks[/U]? That's really the dope I'm looking for that various searches have not yet revealed. Should probably admit our 2-person office has only been omniFocused for about a week now, but we love it

Thanks FatalError, that worked. My reminders show up as calendar events, how can I get them to show up on the reminder list instead?