An alternative to Circus Ponies Notebook

Posted by Jeffery Smith
Feb 15, 2016 at 11:07 PM

I really wanted something for putting both unstructured notes as well as outline notes, and having a convenient search capability. I bought both CP Notebook and Aquaminds Notetaker about 10 years ago when I switched to Mac. Both Notebook and Notetaker served my purposes well, but Notetaker (later Noteshare) seems to have been largely ignored by the developer in recent years, and was very, very unstable on all of my Macs. Notebook was a paradigm I liked better, but whenever I tried to use it at home, it wouldn’t allow me to use it if I hadn’t logged off of it at work (and vice versa). I finally abandoned it out of frustration.

DevonThink is a great repository for notes, but feels like driving a recreational vehicle on a one-lane street. Very big and awkward to synchronize.

I’ve tried Tinderbox as well. Very steep learning curve, and I doubt that I would use more than 10% of its abilities.

Jeffery

Hugh wrote:
It would help to know a bit more about the purposes for which the OP
>found Circus Ponies useful, and alongside them, the particular
>functionalities of CP which appealed to him.
> >In the absence of that guidance I second (third?) the suggestion of
>Curio. Curio, however, lacks an iOS partner (which CP had). If that’s
>important, Evernote could substitute as a Curio partner. Or
>alternatively, Notebooks (http://www.notebooksapp.com) could replace
>both CP for the Mac and CP for iOS - less flashily and slightly less
>“outlinerly” than CP.