[rh26]

Originally Posted by Brian

OmniFocus on the Mac and on the iPhone will sync one minute after you make changes, or an hour after the last sync if no changes have been entered.

Question: Does OmniFocus iPhone have to be running for sync to occur? In other words, I start OmniFocus iPhone, make some change, immediately switch over to Mail, compose a message, then turn off the iPhone. Does OF iPhone really sync 1 minute later, or will it only sync the next time I run OF iPhone?

Likewise, I assume if I make changes on OF Mac (which get sync'ed locally if that's where the database lives) and after a while sleep the Mac, *THEN* I turn on the iPhone and fire up OF, it can't sync to grab those changes, right?

I guess I'm asking is this bottom line question: OF iPhone can't sync in the background so a) OF iPhone has to be running, AND b) the Mac with the OF Bonjour sync database must be up AT THE SAME time for items to get on and off the iPhone, correct?

[Ken Case]

Originally Posted by rh26

I guess I'm asking is this bottom line question: OF iPhone can't sync in the background so a) OF iPhone has to be running, AND b) the Mac with the OF Bonjour sync database must be up AT THE SAME time for items to get on and off the iPhone, correct?

Yes, that's exactly correct. (That is why we started out implementing the server-based sync solution rather than Bonjour syncing, because we thought most people would rather independently sync each client against a server that was always available. But it's nice to have options!)

[rh26]

Thanks Ken. One question (in my entirely too long post) that you didn't address: If I make some edit in OF iPhone and then *immediately* press the Home button and go to another app, will OF attempt to sync while quitting, or (since less than 1 minute has passed) will that sync be deferred until next time OF is run?

[Ken Case]

Originally Posted by rh26

If I make some edit in OF iPhone and then *immediately* press the Home button and go to another app, will OF attempt to sync while quitting, or (since less than 1 minute has passed) will that sync be deferred until next time OF is run?

There's no opportunity for OmniFocus to sync on quit: when you press the Home button, iPhone apps aren't allowed to do anything that takes more than a fraction of a second or they'll be force-quit by the system. (The Home button needs to be very responsive on a telephone!)

So if you want to sync before you quit, you can press the sync button in the toolbar and wait for it to finish. (If you're not planning to do something else with your phone, you can also turn off the screen with the top switch and leave OmniFocus running in the background.)