Quarantine Inbox #script

Zettt · June 23, 2014, 3:14pm

Do you also have tons of tasks in your inbox that you probably never get around to do? Then I just made the perfect script for you.

This script first creates a new project and then moves all inbox tasks to it. After it is done with that, the project is marked as dropped and all those pesky inbox tasks are out of sight, forever.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Zettt/3e105bf8972366377cac

OmniFocus Quarantine Inbox.applescript

tell application "OmniFocus"
	tell default document
		
		-- crate quarantined project for tasks to be moved to
		-- name in this version is »Quarantined Inbox: YYYY-MM-DD«
		-- some other versions provided below, e.g. »Mon: 23. 06. 2015«
		--set quarantineDayName to do shell script "date -v +0d +'%a: %d. %m. %Y'"
		--set quarantineDayName to do shell script "date -v +0d +'%d. %m. %Y'"
		set quarantineDayName to do shell script "date -v +0d +'%Y-%m-%d'"
		set quarantineProject to make new project with properties {name:"Quarantined Inbox: " & quarantineDayName}

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lolajl · June 23, 2014, 3:22pm

Problem - I’m getting a 404 error when I go to the gist link.

lolajl · June 23, 2014, 3:24pm

I did find the script by deleting the last section of the URL. The script seems incomplete, though, it generates an error when I click on Compile.

Zettt · June 23, 2014, 3:41pm

Hi, I had a typo in the URL, which is fixed now. The script compiles with no issues on my machine.

ediventurin · June 23, 2014, 4:42pm

Just found odd that one would keep tons of tasks in the Inbox.
And if you do, why not simply…

… delete all of them

⌘A, ⌘⌫

… or, if you really want to have them as a dropped project

⌘A, ⌥⌘G, <name-the-new-group>, ⌘!, Edit>Status>Dropped

:D

lolajl · June 23, 2014, 6:57pm

Oh, I see why I had problems compiling - the script wasn’t completely in there. I must have been in there while you were editing it or something. In any case, thanks - going to try it out!