MacJournal

Posted by Dellu
Jul 9, 2018 at 06:13 PM

JakeBernsteinWA wrote:

>Still searching for The Perfect Notetaking Software, but since I have a
>live subscription to Day One, I don’t know why I would use MacJournal if
>it’s basically abandonware. Are there are any particular good reasons to
>get into it now under these circumstances? (I fully recognize why you’d
>keep using it if you’ve been using it for a decade plus!)

Yes, Day One uses an internal database. You cannot search those journals with Spotlight unless you export them. The notes stored in MJ is searchable with Spotlight and other tools; the database can also be indexed in Devonthink.

That is the major plus for me.

But, there are also other features of MJ: depends on what you want, really.

I still find the Quick Entry of Day One better than the Quick Entry of MJ because (a) you can template it, (b) it can insert an entry into an encrypted journal.