GTD - How to Make an Incubating Folder in OmniFocus

[sircheekyknight]

Cheers for the tips.

Nb, the nomenclature has changed.

To do this under the most recent version,

Create a ƒolder. R-click & mark it as "dropped"

To view it, in projects, choose "All Projects" (from the inspector's upper-lefthand-side menu)

Voila.

Cheers again for the tutorials dude :¬]

[DVkid]

Just set this up and things are going relatively well. Unfortunately, switching from Active Project view to All Projects also shows me all of my completed projects. I'm thinking I can get around this with a combination of Perspectives and the new Archive feature in OF, but still figuring it all out.

[shedali]

thanks for posting, this was v.useful - I was looking for a way to prevent items in my incubate folder from coming up in the contexts list - one drawback of this method, however is that you can't select the inactive projects using the quick task pane; do you find this a nuisance?

[s8m2s]

Thanks shedali. Acutely i didn't even know they didn't show in the quick entry list, as i rarely use it. I use a digital voice recorder to capture stuff for my inbox, then process it later. The only time i use the quick entry box is if it's more convenient than reaching for the recorder. it also saves a step later.

[richlin71]

hey, great videos on OmniFocus. fyi, the 1.0 release doesn't seem to let you mark a folder as inactive. only projects and contexts can be marked inactive.

[s8m2s]

Thats Strange... I have 1.0 and it still works for me. Instead of Right Clicking and deselecting "Active" try choosing "Dropped". Yea, i just tried again, it def still works on my end.

[davidnjacoby]

You rock, dude! Thanks!

[rodsquad2]

Thanks for the tips on using OmniFocus, I've been waiting for them to put out another video because I'm new to GTD and want to get good at organizing everything. I like OmniFocus so far, I'm still processing after a few days of collecting.