With the need to put in so many bits of datum that do n’t well make up individual files , a telephone number of applications are designed manage such disparate forms of data . Bare Bones Software has released Yojimbo 1.1 , an innovative program that lets you salt away and make out snippets , notes , and much more .
Yojimbo is all about restraint , and its interface has a scene that will be conversant to users of OS X ’s construct - in Mail program . A left - helping hand pillar show “ accumulation ” , or groupings of “ items . ” To the right , the top pane displays a lean of items in the take assembling and the bottom window glass shows the content of a take detail . ( you could also double - flick items to view them in freestanding window . )
Yojimbo exports notes , passwords and serial numbers as RTF file , and entanglement archive and PDFs as those type of Indian file . However , it does n’t export bookmarker as .webloc files — double - clickable URLs that capable mechanically in your web browser app .
particular mechanically display in the nonremittal appeal ( the five types of items , plus Library , Flagged Items and Recent Items ) . you may create customs collections , add together items to them by dragging ; items can come out in multiple assembling . you may flag items , and you may set coloured label to further class them . search for items and their capacity in Yojimbo is easy , either from its search bar , or using Spotlight . However , I ’d wish to see user - define smart collections , analogous to OS X ’s Smart Folders .
If you influence on a desktop and laptop , Yojimbo ’s .Mac syncing is a welcome feature . The program synchronize intelligently , copy only the items that have change since the last sync . So even a orotund database will sync speedily , if you have n’t made many changes .
Yojimbo enters a market full of competition , with programme such as Chronos ’ StickyBrain ( ) , DEVONtechnologies ’ Devonthink ( ) , Circus Ponies ’ Notebook ( ) , and others . Each of these political platform appeals to a sealed coming to storing information — StickyBrain appeals to those who desire to lay in everything , Devonthink direct users who require to tweak their repository in many ways , while Notebook offers a page - base storage and outlining organisation . With Yojimbo , Bare Bones puts the accent on chasteness as opposed to feature bloat . Yojimbo may not do as much as some of its competitors , but at time , simplicity is more powerful than a wider range of features .
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Yojimbo 1.1 is one of the most innovational new platform I have seen in years . But , it has room for improvement . For example , it cries out for smart solicitation , standardized to the Finder ’s smart brochure . The quick input panel is useful , but would be more practical if it could be move , or if it appeared in the centre of the CRT screen . But Yojimbo ’s approach is so alone and simple that , if it fit out your outlook , you ’ll be pilfer now , and you ’ll quickly inquire how you lived without it .
[ Kirk McElhearn is the author of many books , includingHow to Do Everything with Mac OS X Tiger ( Osborne ; 2005 ) . His blog , Kirkville , talks about Macs , iPods , and more . ]
