README

Introduction

This OmniFocus script allows to defer tasks in a smart way. To be precise, it does the following:

• if the task has no defer date, it will deter to tomorrow honouring defer time preferences (Date & Time Preferences)
• if the task has a defer date, it will defer to tomorrow preserving time
• if the task has an interval, it will defer according to the interval preserving time and day (if applies) and honouring the interval days (if applies)
• if you are working after midnight, defer for today instead of tomorrow

Very important: if your task has a schedule, you need to set initial defer date otherwise script won't work for that particular task. The reasoning is simple: the purpose of this script is to automate manual deferral as it is not possible to reliably guess initial defer date.

I do not use due dates in the OmniFocus so your mileague may way. That said, if you run into a bug or an error, please create a new GitHub issue and I will look into it. Also,

As a reference point, here is a description of my workflow. Every morning, I quickly go over my to-do list in OmniFocus and defer tasks which obviously I won't be able to finish (or even start) on that day.

Built-in feature in OmniFocus for deferral (i.e. +1 day/week/month) is great but it has limitations too. For example, interval with specific days is not honoured. In other words, built-in deferral will simply move the defer day forward disregarding any interval (week) days.

How do I get set up?

• copy script to OmniFocus scripts folder
• hint: OmniFocus -> Help (top menu) -> Open Scripts Folder
• right click on OmniFocus toolbar, select customize and drag script's icon on the toolbar

Special note: in my experience, I had an issue where running the script directly (from script editor) worked fine but inside OmniFocus it would throw an error.

Here's how I solved that issue:

• open defer script with Script Editor (right click -> open with -> Script Editor)
• inside the editor, press the button on the toolbar called Compile the Script (icon looks like a hammer)
• save the script and exit
• inside OmniFocus, remove the script's icon in the toolbar and add it again

The last step is very important as it seems that without it, the issue would not be solved.

Warning: don't forget to set the encoding to MacRoman if you are going to edit the script