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title: Quick Links From DEVONthink to OmniFocus
description: Learn how to set up DEVONthink to quicklky access just about any part of OmniFocus
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# [Quick Links From DEVONthink to OmniFocus](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/quick-links-from-devonthink-to-omnifocus)

 Written by [Kourosh](https://www.kouroshdini.com/the-dini-group-ltd-blog/author/kourosh) | Dec 14, 2020 4:00:00 PM

We can create a ready list of OmniFocus perspectives in DEVONthink. With a quick key command, we can then jump to that exact location in OmniFocus:

 Quick links to OmniFocus from DEVONthink

An anonymous reader emailed me to describe this interesting use case for combining DEVONthink and OmniFocus. Since:

- DEVONthink offers a quick means getting to linked items and
- OmniFocus offers links to just about any aspect of the program,

we can combine them quite nicely.

There is some non-intuitive setup involved, but not much.

## To Link to a Perspective

To link to a perspective:

- Open a text editor like TextEdit
- Type the link desired, for example, “omnifocus:///perspective/Current”
- Select the written link
- Copy (Command-c) the link so that it is on the system clipboard:

 

 Copy link from TextEdit

- Open the DEVONthink Sorter
- Select the Web Clip panel:

 Select Web Clip panel

- Select “the URL on the clipboard” option:

 Select URL on the Clipboard

- Select a desired location or create a new one:

 Choose Location

- Select “Add” in the bottom right or type Command-s when done

## To Link to a Project, Tag, Task, or Folder

**To link to a project** or anything that has a Copy as Link function available:

- Secondary-click or Control-click the project to access the contextual menu
- Select “Copy as Link”:

 Select "Copy as Link"

- Open TextEdit
- Paste (Command-v) the link
- Delete the extra (Return) at the end of the line:

 

 Delete "Return"

- And do the same as above starting with “Open the DEVONthink Sorter”.

Afterwards,

- Rename the file as would be useful:

 Consider renaming the file

## A Faster Setup

Consider lining several up for a quicker sequence of copy and paste:

 A list of perspectives

## In Use

You’ll now have DEVONthink items ready to quickly connect to OmniFocus:

 List of OmniFocus perspectives in DEVONthink

To use any one of them:

- Select the desired destination
- Type Shift-Command-o

DEVONthink will open OmniFocus to exactly where you want it to.

While you could have a single folder that holds a ton of OmniFocus connections, it may be more useful to have a group in DEVONthink that relates to any particular project to which they are associated.

For example, if you have a section in DEVONthink related to a rental location, you could have a group with links to:

- Tenant Agenda items
- Manager Agenda items
- Building Errand items

Thank you anonymous reader!

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