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Download the free OmniFocus Plugin

OmniFocus is a great "Getting Things Done" tool. With the Mailplane "Clippings" Plugin you now create tasks based on Gmail conversations or searches. The plugin creates tasks that contain a link to the conversation or Gmail search.

The plugin in action

  1. Select some text in the mail message to copied to the OmniFocus task.
  2. Press the OmniFocus clipping keyboard shortcut. You can lookup the key in OmniFocus > Preferences > Clippings. Or check the Mailplane > Services > OmniFocus: Send to Inbox menu item. If the menu item is missing, add it by using the Services > Service Preferences... menu item.
  3. Add any information to the panel (see screenshot below) and press the Save button.
OmniFocus Screenshot I
In OmniFocus you can click the link inside the task to open the conversation in Mailplane: OmniFocus Screenshot II

Requirements

  • OmniFocus, you can download and buy it here
  • Mailplane 2.0 beta or better
  • Gmail 2 (the old Gmail 1 won't work)

Installation

  1. Download the plugin zip and uncompress it
  2. Open Finder and goto /Users/"your name"/Library/Application Support/OmniFocus
  3. Create a folder named "Plug-Ins" if needed (see second screenshot)
  4. Move the plugin to the "Plug-Ins" folder
  5. Restart OmniFocus
OmniFocus Installation Screenshot I
To check if everything went well, open OmniFocus then go to "Clippings preferences": OmniFocus Installation Screenshot I

Troubleshooting

  • Select some text before pressing the OmniFocus Clippings keyboard shortcut.
  • Make sure the "Any Applications" clipping plugin is below Mailplane. If it's above, please use your mouse to drag it down.
  • Make sure your clippings keyboard shortcut contains the COMMAND key.
  • Enable the Service Menu item: Open Mailplane > Services > Services Preferences and add OmniFocus: Send to Inbox