[whpalmer4]

Originally Posted by mlevin777

I have multiple files attached in the Notes to an Action. If I select them all and drag them to the desktop, what I find is a text document instead of all my files. What am I doing wrong - what's the way to get the attached files to come out of the task and onto the desktop again (the reverse of when I added them in there in the first place)?

I'm also realizing I can't select more than one file when I do "Attach file" from the Edit menu - is this a known limitation? Why do I have to do one file at a time?

thanks,

Mike

OmniFocus' support for dragging files to the desktop is pretty buggy, in my experience. I'm not 100% convinced they even intend for the multiple file drag to work, as you can't make such a selection by shift-clicking on the attachments, only by lassoing the bunch. Even a single file drag will often end up as a text clipping, and work correctly if attempted again after restarting OmniFocus.

Originally Posted by mlevin777

I'm having a very annoying problem in Omnifocus 1.8.2 (Mac OS 10.6.6). I dragged a bunch (~20) PDFs from my local disk onto the Notes field of an
action. I was very careful to do *option* drag, so that the files themselves, not just links, would be put into the database. I saw the little green plus sign, so I know I didn't just forget... They're in there and no error was given. I then go to a different Mac, sync OmniFocus with the server and, double-click on any one of them, and it says it can't find it (and offers to let me browse my local disk for them). It's as if they were only linked to, not actually copied. I did it twice, and same thing, although I have plenty of other attached files that work correctly (are actually in the database, not as links). What do I do?? I really need these files to come with my database when I travel away from this desktop and sync my OmnioFocus on my laptop. Please help!

I'm combining these two posts because my answer to both largely boils down to the same thing: don't do that. Especially if you plan to do anything other than look at the files, the way OmniFocus handles file attachments is likely to present you with an unpleasant surprise sooner or later, unless you are very careful. I would suggest instead that you get yourself a free Dropbox account and use that to store the files you need to move around with you. You can then link to the files so they aren't clogging up your sync database.

I would use the Attachment List window to verify on the original machine that the files did get attached (maybe your finger slipped off the option key at the decisive moment, or maybe there's a bug with embedding multiple files).