Comments on: OmniFocus Defer Script

By: Dan Byler

Dan Byler — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:33:57 +0000

Joe – see my email to you with a change that should give you more flexibility. Once I test it for a few days I’ll post it online as well.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:49:43 +0000

This looks great, thanks for scripting it up, documenting and offering it! I have a different use case: I frequently find myself needing to “defer” a bunch of actions by 30 minutes or an hour (when I get a “drop everything” task I didn’t plan on or when I’m running behind). Is there an easy way to change this script from “days” to “minutes”… I can probably dig into the guts but it would be awesome to have a default “defer unit” being days, hours, minutes. Thanks again!

By: Dan Byler

Dan Byler — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:28:54 +0000

@Dave – you just need to change the icon of the script file itself.

By: Dave Fagg

Dave Fagg — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:08:04 +0000

Hi Dan - great script!

Can't find script icon in Finder...

By: Dan Byler

Dan Byler — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:18:06 +0000

Hi Rob,

I've added a hidden option for you in the latest version. You'll need to change the settings just a bit; open the script and set "promptForChangeScope" to "false" and "changeScope" to "Start Only".

You can find these settings below the description area of the script.

Dan

By: Rob McGinley Myers

Rob McGinley Myers — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:36:10 +0000

Is there any way I could adjust the script to defer only start dates? I realize “snooze” offers something like that, but I would like to be able to batch defer the start dates of a bunch of items with different start dates.

By: drking

drking — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:34:13 +0000

Thanks, this a very useful script!

By: Dan Byler

Dan Byler — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:14:03 +0000

@Damian The toolbar icon is determined by the icon of the script file. So changing the script file’s icon in the Finder should do the trick. (Not sure if you’d need to remove/re-add to toolbar after the change or if it would automatically recognize the edit.)

By: Damian

Damian — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:45:05 +0000

Re: my previous comment, I mean so they aren’t the same as icons used for other things on the toolbar…

By: Damian

Damian — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:39:45 +0000

Thanks for this and also the snooze script Dan. They are handy. Here’s a question that shows my ignorance about scripting. Is there a simple way to change the toolbar icon for these two scripts so they aren’t the same? – Damian

By: Case Larsen

Case Larsen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:42:37 +0000

Thanks, this works for me with OmniFocus 1.6.1. I only tried it with one item at a time so far…

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By: Dan Byler

Dan Byler — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:56:49 +0000

Big Cloits—I’m sorry to hear you had trouble with it. Others have reported unexpected behavior when dealing with large lists. Because I primarily use the script on a couple items at once, this issue hasn’t been a big deal for me. I keep hoping Omni will add this functionality built-in, but in the meantime an updated script might be in order…

By: Big Cloits

Big Cloits — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:10:22 +0000

Just a heads up that this script did some light damage to my due dates, nothing serious but not exactly harmless either. I selected several items, deferred them en mass for 1 day, some worked but most did not and I got the error noted by Manuel. I continued selecting and attempting to defer, getting a couple more to defer each time. But after a few iterations, I realized that the script was somehow still acting on previously deferred items, resulting in a real mess of incorrect start and due dates. Arg. This script is most definitely not rock solid. It’s been working fine for me on one or two deferrals at a time, but it really choked on multiple items.