I read an OmniFocus Blog post about the new OmniFocus Focus and Siri “ Hey Siri we’re ready” but it doesn’t explain how and what the exact phrases you need to say to take advantage of it? I have the latest omninfocus on iPhone and Mac, no matter what I say, it doesnt do anything more than it already did with the reminder synch, that is it goes in the inbox of Omni Focus. I want to finally be able to add something to a specific project in Omni focus by telling Siri,so I dont have to manually move it to the rigth project - but no matter what I try I get me various errors, or it just goes in the inbox. I can’t find documentation anywhere? What is this new Siri functionality and how do I use it?
I simply said ‘remind me in OmniFocus’ the first few times and now Siri defaults to OmniFocus so that I just say, ‘remind me’ and it’s perfect. You can also say things like, ‘add to my xyz list’, add dates, and whatever. Siri is pretty smart now.
You have to use reminders terms such as “list” instead of “project” and be clear that you want it adding to OF.
Could you give me an example of the full sentence you’d use to put something in a specific list? I understand the idea, but i can’t find actual structure that doesn’t confuse Siri, so I’m looking for the exact phrasing that works . I’ve tried many ways, for example “remind me in omnifocus to take out the trash in the list ‘house’” or “remind me in omnifocus in the list house to take out the trash”…none of which work - All my devices and software are up to date - Thanks!
TBH, I use the action button on my Apple Watch Ultra to use a shortcut to dictate to the inbox. I rarely add an actions straight into a project on my watch or iPhone.
“Hey Siri, add ABC to my XYZ list”. Siri no longer operates off a set list of phrases as it’s done for over a decade. It can recognize real language. So the exact sentence doesn’t matter as much as it used to.
I appreciate the responses! I’m asking for the specific sentence to use because I need to tell Siri three things: the task I want to add, the project or list where I want it to go, and that I want it to happen or for it to look for the list in OmniFocus, not reminders. I don’t have lists in reminders, only in Omni focus.
Examples of the many permutations I’ve tired:
“In omnifcous, add ‘x’ to list ‘y’“ or “Add ‘x’ to list ‘y’ in OmniFocus” or “Add ‘x’ to the OmniFocus list ‘Y’“ - are all examples off things I’ve tried and all fail.
I can’t find any combination of telling Siri those three things to get a successful result.
Also I have some projects in folders I’d like to be able to add them into those as well someday…but for now, I’d be happy if I could talk to Siri direct as I often think of things as I’m just working around the house and It would really help to have siri put it in the right project so when I get back to my computer its there, as opposed to remembering to move it from the inbox.
Siri doesn’t recognize or know what to do no matter what combination of things I say, so any exact phrasing would really help! I’m running up to date versions of IOS and OmniFocus on the iPhone 18 pro, and also on my home pods.
That is strange. I’m sorry. I’ve not had this trouble. I assume you’ve set up all the permissions, etc in settings? I’ve not had this problem. It worked instantly for me. Maybe contact omnigroup cs?
How do you get Siri to look for and put things in Omni focus instead of reminders? If I use the example you gave, it just puts it in reminders or looks for that list in reminders, because there’s no mention of omnifocus
I specified omnifocus a few times and now it’s automatic. Siri ‘learned’ that’s where reminders go. So I’d say, ‘remind me in omnifocus. . . .’ and now I can just say ‘remind me’. It too only a few days. DK how many actual entries.
