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Hi Gang,

I want to start over this new years and delete my Omnifocus database and start fresh. I have so much unprocessed and old information in the database that I hardly open the application any more.

How do I delete my entire library (after a back up, of course) so that I can start fresh, like a new user?

Thank,

Aaron.
 
After you've got a backup, simply delete the OmniFocus.ofocus file found in Library/Application Support/OmniFocus in your home directory. If you want to clear all the settings as well, you can remove Library/Preferences/com.omnigroup.OmniFocus.plist
 
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After you've got a backup, simply delete the OmniFocus.ofocus file found in Library/Application Support/OmniFocus in your home directory. If you want to clear all the settings as well, you can remove Library/Preferences/com.omnigroup.OmniFocus.plist
Hope you won't mind a related question here. I have multiple regular OF backups. I plan to keep my existing .ofocus file, but delete a bunch of fallow projects and notes from the current database and have a clean, current OF system.

If in a few weeks I find I need something from the archive, how do I open the appropriate backup file, copy what I need, and paste it into the current, clean system?

Thanks!
 
To retrieve something from a backup, just double-click on the backup file with OmniFocus already running. OmniFocus will open the backup file in a separate window, and you can just drag and drop whatever you want back into your production database. Hard to get much easier than that!
 
Thanks - I hoped it would be just that easy, elegant, and painless.
 
 


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