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Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 18, 2014 at 05:10 PM
Franz Grieser wrote:
>Have you tried Curio? And how does that compare to MagicalPad on the
>Mac?
>Or maybe Stephen can tell?
>
Franz, I am only going to be able to give you a superficial comparison of Curio with MagicalPad, because after I first installed MP, I found all sorts of buggy behavior, including the app freezing up on me, so I did not use it further. There has been one update since then, which possibly could have reduced these issues to a manageable level. I hope so, as I would like to use MP for a couple of reasons:
1. Syncing with the iPad version.
2. Runs under OS 10.8—I have decided not to run my MacBook Air under Mavericks, due to excessive memory usage.
Also, for anyone who hasn’t already invested in either program yet, MP is the less expensive choice.
On the other hand, Curio is a terrific program, which impresses me as the more powerful program on many levels. Just for example, you can affix a note to any figure in your idea space. Curio can also easily take the place of Keynote or PowerPoint for running presentations. Having said this, I must sadly confess that I haven’t used Curio much because it is kind of isolated. There is no cloud portal, no compatible Windows app, no iPad app, and with two MacBooks, one running Mavericks and the other Mountain Lion, I can’t even use the same version on them.
If you’re going to be doing 90% of your computing on a Mac Mini, then you will likely find Curio very useful, depending on what you need it for.
Steve Z.
Posted by Franz Grieser
Jun 18, 2014 at 05:32 PM
Thanks Stephen.
I plan to work on the project mainly on the Mac Mini. Curio (or MagicalPad) will be the place where I plan to do the planning and brainstorming. It will be a more visual thing than my other projects. That’s why I thought Curio might be useful. And because Curio can import Evernote notes - most of the notes for the project are in Evernote.
Bye, Franz
Posted by Hugh
Jun 18, 2014 at 05:48 PM
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>On the other hand, Curio is a terrific program, which impresses me as
>the more powerful program on many levels. Just for example, you can
>affix a note to any figure in your idea space. Curio can also easily
>take the place of Keynote or PowerPoint for running presentations.
>Having said this, I must sadly confess that I haven’t used Curio much
>because it is kind of isolated. There is no cloud portal, no compatible
>Windows app, no iPad app, and with two MacBooks, one running Mavericks
>and the other Mountain Lion, I can’t even use the same version on them.
>
>If you’re going to be doing 90% of your computing on a Mac Mini, then
>you will likely find Curio very useful, depending on what you need it
>for.
>
>Steve Z.
Posted by Hugh
Jun 18, 2014 at 05:57 PM
Oops! Posted a quote from Stephen’s post, but not my intended endorsement of it.
The only thing I’d add is that although Curio has no iOS portal, it does enable you to “plug in” Evernote, to which (partly for that reason) I’ve finally succumbed. Thus you can send notes etc to Curio from your iPad, or indeed any of the other platforms Evernote uses. Curio, as I’ve written here before, is an excellent programme for “sculpting” ideas, and I’m looking forward to trying Curio 9 (which I believe I’ve read, possibly here, Stephen has already tried out).
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jun 18, 2014 at 06:33 PM
I’ve looked at Curio and, like any good CRIMPer, twitched avidly, but so far successfully resisted!
It’s a lovely program, but quite expensive and, as you rightly remark, isolated. Nowadays, that seems like a shut-end strategy, to be honest. But if it does evolve into a cross-platform product (even if only MacOS/iOS), I’ll definitely be in the queue…