# Linking a Finder.app folder to an OmniFocus item
**URL:** https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560
**Category:** Discussion & Help
**Created:** [August 4, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560 "2021-08-04T01:34:52Z")
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### Author:  [@josh](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/josh)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/1 "2021-08-04T01:34:52Z")
I’m trying to link a folder in Finder to a folder in OmniFocus but am running into issues.
My current process:
1. Select and copy the link of the item in OmniFocus
2. Locate folder I want to link to in the Finder.app – left-click to select it
3. Invoke Hook.app keyboard shortcut
4. Press ⌘V or choose “Hook to Copied Link”
Everything seems to work fine at first glance, but when I tried opening the OF project from the Hook window after selecting the linked folder in Finder, it wouldn’t work.
Upon closer inspection, the link in Hook has a “%0A” appended to it. The original link from OmniFocus does _not_ have that “%0A” text. I’m guessing it’s the line break that OmniFocus copies for some reason (a bug I guess on OF’s end?).
Raw OmniFocus link:
URL stored in Hook app:
Anyway, is there any way to remove this or fix it somehow on Hook’s end? Does anyone else run into this issue? If so, how have you dealt with it?
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### Author:  [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/2 "2021-08-04T03:53:29Z")
The Finder side of this should be irrelevant. To isolate the issue, you can paste the OmniFocus:// URL and use it anywhere. I’ve tried copying a link to an OmniFocus folder and it was fine. I also tried with your procedure.
I tried with OmniFocus Pro for Mac 3.11.7 (v149.14.0) and could not replicate the issue. Here are some example URLs:
`omnifocus:///task/gtc-7QRdfxI`
`omnifocus:///folder/ietvUWOO3y7`
If you use OmniFocus itself to get a URL to that item, do you get %0A tacked onto the end? Oh, …, I see that you have a screenshot which is presumably using OmniFocus’s in app `Copy Link`?
Do you have a new clipboard utility that might be messing with the clipboard?
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### Author:  [@josh](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/josh)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/3 "2021-08-04T13:40:39Z")
Ever since I can remember I’ve always had that line break when I copied OF item’s links via OF’s “Copy as Link” function. So it could be something my system specifically is doing to the link. I use Paste.app as a clipboard manager, but nothing else that I think would mess up the link.
So, you’re saying that when you copy an OF item’s link by right-clicking said item in OF and selecting “Copy as Link”, you get a link that _doesn’t_ have a line break at the end?
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### Author:  [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/4 "2021-08-04T16:01:57Z")
> [@josh](#):
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> you get a link that _doesn’t_ have a line break at the end?
That’s correct. Never seen it. I would try turning off Paste.app to see if it makes a difference. If it does, you might want to verify its settings – maybe there’s a way to turn it off dynamically in selected apps/contexts; or ask them about it. If it’s not that, maybe the The Omni Group/forum have an idea, or someone here as we have a lot of OmniFocus users.
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### Author:  [@stevelw](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/stevelw)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/5 "2021-08-04T17:17:47Z")
Do you still get the issue with SHIFT+CMD+V in step 4?
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### Author:  [@josh](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/josh)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/6 "2021-08-05T00:17:48Z")
That’s super weird you’re not seeing it on your end, as OF support just got back to me saying it _was_ a known bug:
🤔
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### Author:  [@josh](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/josh)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/7 "2021-08-05T00:18:22Z")
Yep, same result unfortunately. 😕
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### Author:  [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/8 "2021-08-05T05:55:16Z")
Ah, I see what is happening.
> [@josh](#):
>
> - Select and copy the link of the item in OmniFocus
You used OmniFocus to copy the link.
> [@LucB](#):
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> I tried with OmniFocus Pro for Mac 3.11.7 (v149.14.0) and could not replicate the issue. Here are some example URLs:
I must have used Hook’s `Copy Link`, or I was looking for an escape character that I didn’t see. Either way, I have replicated OmniFocus `Copy as Link` issue.
Hook avoids the OmniFocus bug because its “Get Address” script uses AppleScript and constructs the link itself, like this:
```auto
if class of theSelection is folder then
set theURI to "omnifocus:///folder/" & id of theSelection
else
set theURI to "omnifocus:///task/" & id of theSelection
end if
```
So, Hook constructs the URL from the ID. We don’t ask for the URL, we construct it.
So the solution for you is to rely on Hook’s `Copy Link` not OmniFocus’s. So another advantage of Hook over Keyboard Maestro (UI scripted) style solutions for hyperlinking.
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### Author:  [@josh](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/josh)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/linking-a-finder-app-folder-to-an-omnifocus-item/3560/9 "2021-08-12T23:35:25Z")
Thank you, that fixed it! 🎉