Journal/Notebook

Journaling and Notebook Software

Scrivener is 50% off – $22.50

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First, I’d like to note that this is not through the Mac App Store, this is through MacUpdate.com/Scrivener. What is Scrivener? Scrivener is an amazing piece of software for writing e-books, as well as lengthy documents. It supports a large number of formats, and gives you complete control over every … Read more

Circus Ponies Notebook 4.0

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Circus Ponies 4 Circus Ponies Notebook 4.0 has been released, and this is a major update. The interestingly-named notebook/journaling app has been around for quite a while, and version 4.0 is available through the Mac App Store. I’ve known quite a few genealogists here and there who have used it over the years.

Among the changes:
– Cleaner / updated user interface
– Full Retina display support
– Full 64-bit CPU/processor support
– Enhanced Multidex listings and diagramming
– Clip and Annotate panel has been brought back

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Microsoft OneNote for Mac 15.1

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Microsoft OneNote for Mac Microsoft has updated OneNote, the very popular “digital notebook” that they released for Macs back in March. OneNote became free with that release. Prior to that, when it was Windows-only on the desktop, it was not free.

Similar to Evernote, it allows you to add and edit notes across multiple platforms. LifeHacker had a very comprehensive comparison between Evernote and OneNote. I can see the appeal for OneNote, and I know a lot of genealogists who have been using it on Windows for quite some time.

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FAQ Added, Note-Taking Software Updated

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Over the past few days, I’ve done a large update/revision of the Mac note-taking and journal software page. There was very little there before and now there is hopefully an up-to-date guide of sorts that can point you in the right direction if you are looking for information on applications … Read more

Mac Notepad 4.4

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Mac Notepad 4.4 is available. Mac Notepad is a Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.2 required) application that allows you to manage and edit text data, similar to journaling software. It also allows you to export and import from iPod Notes, another application from Apimac that stores text information … Read more

MemoryMiner 1.0.6

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GroupSmarts, LLC has released MemoryMiner 1.0.6. MemoryMiner is a Mac OS X appliaction (Mac OS X 10.4.3+/Universal Binary) that allows you to use photos as “individual frames in a type of endless story board. The story elements are linked to each other by way of annotation layers identifying the people, places, dates and events captured in each frame. As links are made, it becomes easy and tremendously interesting to explore the threads which link people’s lives across time, place and shared experience.”

The only change in 1.0.6 was to “Adjust map downloading code to keep up with changes in the Mapquest web site.”