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macOS Checklist App
9/23/2020
I'm moving from OmniFocus to Taskpaper. If you look at is and it seems to be underpowered, it supports Javascript extensions.
I'm using a Javascript file to provide automatically repeating tasks. It ...
E-mail backup for Mac users
9/21/2020
Hey, Bill, I back up my email with Devonthink. The archive versus import thing is worth reading about, but after some initial adjustments to how DT does that, it seems to be doing a reasonable job.
O...
Docxmanager, looks nice
8/31/2020
Graham Rhind wrote:
Yep, and its predecessor. I'm not sure what the "serious complaints"
>were...
>
I believe the initial release, a long time ago, was recalled. My recollection was full refunds w...
Docxmanager, looks nice
8/28/2020
Docxmanager - https://docxmanager.com - is the outgrowth, as i understand, of the Word extension, Writing Outliner.
I've communicated in the past with Edwin Yip, who seems to have cheerfully clung to...
I found Vonnegut’s insights on the beginning/electricity axis rivaled the insight of Einstein, that day in later life when he postulated a theoretical justification for barbers. Alas, the revela...
I'll confess the use of spreadsheets for outlining was quite interesting, yet initially not for me. I still think my use case for outlining is different than Washere's, but that's a good thing because...
Spreadsheets are very flexible things. My oldest son got good recognition at work from Visual Basic macros he wrote for Excel.
If you're on a Mac you might find Apple Numbers could fit your use prett...
Lack of up-to-date outliners
7/31/2020
WaryJerry wrote:
1. I've read through all the posts and advice on here over several
>years, looking for a Windows outliner that is still available, without
>any luck.
I've got hopes for the next ver...
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/26/2020
Wow - thanks, Peter!
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/24/2020
The smart filter issue was a user issue, I believe. When you click the 'save' button, the action to complete the save operation is to hit the enter key on the name. I was clicking the 'save' button a ...
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/24/2020
I think you can skip the step where I created the bootable USB device, although that's probably not a bad "in case of emergency" thing to have, anyway.
The Catalina download left an installer in my A...
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/23/2020
I need to try that! :-)
If anyone wants to know how to create a alternate Mac environment, Googling didn't get a clear step-by-step for me.
But it's easy. The steps I took were I downloaded but did ...
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/22/2020
Yes, and I got your email.
I got an external USB SSD drive this morning, which I'll use for a bootable clone of my Mac. That's what I'll boot and install the beta on.
Yeah, I know. I'm overly cautio...
Note taking apps
7/20/2020
Interesting, the argument for written notes.
Next, he'll organize his notes into a Zettlekasten, taking what steps he can to provide a "search bar" and metadata.
But that's probably the best attitud...
SheetPlanner 2.0 Beta 1
7/18/2020
Great news - can't wait to see your latest offering.
Curio 14.2 is out
7/18/2020
Curio 14.2 has been released, and I hate to sound like a shill but I really like it. Your mileage may vary, of course.
A nice improvement in this release is you can add subtitles to journal entries, ...
>I was going through my old files and found a MACWORLD pdf from 1993
>which had an ad from Inspiration, showing off its
>outliner-to-mindmap-and-back feature and I'm still a little shocked that
>all t...
Skywatcher wrote:
>the thing that makes me stay with OO is the column feature, which is quite
>unique as far as I know.
Those columns are handy. I haven't done it in a real project yet - and may not ...
Mellel 5 is out
7/3/2020
Ulysses is great. I used it for a while, and its IOS app is one of the best. It's one of the few IOS companion apps that isn't feature-limited.
Markdown is cool.
Mellel is a totally different animal...
Mellel 5 is out
7/2/2020
LB wrote:
Looks like Mac only.
>
>https://www.mellel.com/
Yes, that's true, I should have mentioned that. There is a nice IOS version, too. With a Bluetooth keyboard, Mellel is a good mobile word p...
Mellel 5 is out
7/2/2020
Well, take me with a grain of salt when I get giddy. I thought I saw a mention of timelines in the release notes, but I think I hallucinated.
Mellel 5 is out
7/2/2020
Mellel appears to have gotten a lot stronger today, not that it was a weakling to begin with. Real docx export appears to be supported along with epub. Mellel isn't an island any more.
It's never th...
Buying macOS Software now?
7/1/2020
Certain Mac apps are very addictive. Devonthink, Curio, Nisus Writer, and a few others see constant use here.
On the other hand, Linux is the only safe environment I see. It's tempting to move back, ...
Versatil Markdown looks really nice - thanks for the link.
Curio 14 released
5/24/2020
>Perhaps the best description of Curio is that it is “thinking
>software.”
That's what I use it for.
The performance issues mentioned in this thread must have gotten fixed before I star...