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Posted by JakeBernsteinWA
Jul 8, 2018 at 05:55 PM
satis wrote:
MacJournal seems to have been in maintenance mode for many years, with
>little beyond periodic bugfixes to the app. (We’ve seen the dev Mariner
>Software do this with MacGourmet as well.) From what I can tell it was
>last updated for the Mac in November 2016. (MacGourmet was last updated
>April 2016, MacGournet Deluxe got a bugfix in July 2017, and Mariner
>Write hasn’t seen an update since September 2015).
>
>In the mean time Mariner bundles MacJournal with other apps on a regular
>basis so it barely costs anything to buy—which should worry users who
>want to see devs paid enough to continue to work on the app. Most
>recently it sold as part of a $29 bundle along with Montage, Storymill,
>Narrator, Contour 2, Persona and Mariner Write.
>
>This seems more and more like a shell of a software company milking its
>products than developing and building up and on software.
>
>Finally, there’s a question of whether you’re being tracked while using
>this software. On MacUpdate someone wrote that after installing the
>developer’s MacGourmet app “Simply launching the program when connected
>to the internet will immediately connect the user to close on 100 (yes
>ONE HUNDRED) monetising advertising, tagging and tracking servers.”
>
>https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15128/macgourmet
Aaaand uninstalling MacJournal now. Thanks for the heads-up!
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jul 9, 2018 at 10:35 AM
Hm, yes, it appears to be older than I thought (2016, to be precise).
And yes, I’ve had precisely the same 100%-crash record whenever I try to change icons (for either journals or entries).
But I haven’t noticed any massive network activity when running MacJournal (as in: phoning home to base, checking in with dozens of naughty trackers etc.).
There are annoying aspects, sure. But so far, the good ones seriously outweigh them! Not least, the sheer speed (compare e.g. Ulysses, which still takes a surprisingly long time to load for something that is effectively a text editor…).
Cheers!
Bill
Posted by Paul Korm
Jul 9, 2018 at 05:27 PM
If there’s fear of anyone tracking anything, then Little Snitch or similar is a good idea. Using Snitch, I’ve never noticed anything untoward about MJ.
I’ve used MacJournal steadily for over a decade, and still due. Yes, no update since 2016 (as reported well before the last post, above). So use it until it breaks. It’s not broken today. It’s 64 bit. I think the warnings are minor.
Posted by JakeBernsteinWA
Jul 9, 2018 at 05:48 PM
I’ve been too hasty multiple times in my recent CRIMPing binge! Fortunately, I got a refund on Outlinely. I realized that OmniOutliner 5 does basically the same things, but better, with a first-class iOS experience. So I’m glad of that.
Still searching for The Perfect Notetaking Software, but since I have a live subscription to Day One, I don’t know why I would use MacJournal if it’s basically abandonware. Are there are any particular good reasons to get into it now under these circumstances? (I fully recognize why you’d keep using it if you’ve been using it for a decade plus!)
Thanks!
Paul Korm wrote:
If there’s fear of anyone tracking anything, then Little Snitch or
>similar is a good idea. Using Snitch, I’ve never noticed anything
>untoward about MJ.
>
>I’ve used MacJournal steadily for over a decade, and still due. Yes, no
>update since 2016 (as reported well before the last post, above). So
>use it until it breaks. It’s not broken today. It’s 64 bit. I think
>the warnings are minor.
Posted by Dellu
Jul 9, 2018 at 06:13 PM
JakeBernsteinWA wrote:
>Still searching for The Perfect Notetaking Software, but since I have a
>live subscription to Day One, I don’t know why I would use MacJournal if
>it’s basically abandonware. Are there are any particular good reasons to
>get into it now under these circumstances? (I fully recognize why you’d
>keep using it if you’ve been using it for a decade plus!)
Yes, Day One uses an internal database. You cannot search those journals with Spotlight unless you export them. The notes stored in MJ is searchable with Spotlight and other tools; the database can also be indexed in Devonthink.
That is the major plus for me.
But, there are also other features of MJ: depends on what you want, really.
I still find the Quick Entry of Day One better than the Quick Entry of MJ because (a) you can template it, (b) it can insert an entry into an encrypted journal.