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Posted by Paul Korm
Jul 5, 2014 at 11:35 AM

MarginNote - an iOS PDF annotation / note taking / mind mapping application recently added support for exporting its mind maps in MindJet .mmap format, which can be “Open In” iThoughts on iOS. An interesting feature of the MarginNote app is the ability to arrange one’s PDF highlights and annotations in a mind map format. When that mind map is exported to iThoughts (or MindManager) each node in the mind map has an embedded link that opens that PDF focused on that note in MarginNote.

(The links are in URI format—marginnoteapp://note/[uuid]. I haven’t found a way to copy these links directly from MarginNote.)

It’s an oddly designed and buggy app in some respects—yet it is an interesting departure from most PDF annotation products. The author (Sun Min) seems innovative—is there another iOS PDF annotation app that offers direct links to individual notes/annotations? I don’t know.

There is a free version and a paid version of MarginNote, though there doesn’t seem to be any difference between the two. The author’s website also has links, images, and icons implying that might be an OS X version, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. (Yet?)

Posted by MarginNoteApp
Jul 9, 2014 at 06:10 AM

Hi,Paul, I’m founder of MarginNote app.
I just googled this article about the MarginNote.
Very interesting in your suggestion about the app. I want to improve the design of the app and fix issues/bugs, so I would very much like to hear your suggestions.
Fell free to contact me, forum or mail:support@marginnote.com

Best regards,
Min

Paul Korm wrote:
MarginNote - an iOS PDF annotation / note taking / mind mapping
>application recently added support for exporting its mind maps in
>MindJet .mmap format, which can be “Open In” iThoughts on iOS. An
>interesting feature of the MarginNote app is the ability to arrange
>one’s PDF highlights and annotations in a mind map format. When that
>mind map is exported to iThoughts (or MindManager) each node in the mind
>map has an embedded link that opens that PDF focused on that note in
>MarginNote.
> >(The links are in URI format—marginnoteapp://note/[uuid]. I haven’t
>found a way to copy these links directly from MarginNote.)
> >It’s an oddly designed and buggy app in some respects—yet it is an
>interesting departure from most PDF annotation products. The author
>(Sun Min) seems innovative—is there another iOS PDF annotation app
>that offers direct links to individual notes/annotations? I don’t know.
>
> >There is a free version and a paid version of MarginNote, though there
>doesn’t seem to be any difference between the two. The author’s website
>also has links, images, and icons implying that might be an OS X
>version, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. (Yet?)

Posted by Paul Korm
Dec 17, 2015 at 01:39 PM

MarginNote Pro has been making steady advances on the iOS side since I originally mentioned it here. Version 2 is excellent.

Now I understand on good authority that there will very soon be an OS X version of MarginNote.

The iOS version is featured here:

http://marginnote.com/#feedback

Posted by Hugh
Dec 17, 2015 at 05:02 PM

Thank you for this, Paul.

Posted by Jan S.
Dec 17, 2015 at 08:06 PM

Thanks for posting, would be great if they make this for OSX. I’m not really sold on reading on the iPad, I just end up highlighting stuff (which doesn’t help much) because it’s much harder to type (compared to the mac).

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