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Posted by Paul Korm
Jun 11, 2019 at 10:44 AM
Is anyone actually using Hook?
I realized this morning that it has been activating every time I boot but it never occurs to me to use it.
I think the developer is getting close to ending his beta and releasing v1—says their forum.
What app of yours started as a CRIMP and became indispensable—something in your menubar or dock that you use frequently?
Mine is Dynalist.
Posted by Dellu
Jun 11, 2019 at 12:40 PM
Paul Korm wrote:
>What app of yours started as a CRIMP and became indispensable—
>something in your menubar or dock that you use frequently?
>
>Mine is Dynalist.
For me, it is still Curiota.
I am still wondering if the menu bar in Devonthink can replace it.
Posted by Paul Korm
Jun 11, 2019 at 02:28 PM
I played with that thought a while back and decided no—the DEVONthink sorter in the menubar is not a good substitute for Curiota. It failed in two respects:
1. The DEVONthink widget cannot be detached and float—Curiota does
2. Rich text cannot be dragged from a browser onto the DEVONthink widget’s icon and create a new rich text note—Curiota does
There are work-arounds for both of these, but I figured since Curiota is free, and I can index Curiota’s data folder(s) in DEVONthink anyway, why do I need a work-around to do what it already does.
Dellu wrote:
>For me, it is still Curiota.
>I am still wondering if the menu bar in Devonthink can replace it.
Posted by satis
Jun 11, 2019 at 03:35 PM
Dellu wrote:
>For me, it is still Curiota.
>I am still wondering if the menu bar in Devonthink can replace it.
I was a big user of Curiota until the tipping point of needing to access too many notes on the go on my iPhone. I tried a bunch of apps and settled on ... Apple Notes. Notes is just Command-space-N away (or in the dock) in macOS (unless I already have it open and hidden or in a separate Space), so I don’t really miss the lack of menubar access.
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jun 13, 2019 at 08:47 AM
I was an enthusiastic Curiota user, but I now save interesting tidbits (usually web pages/articles/PDF docs) as PDF files into a specific set of folders (set up as an automatic destination in my Mac Services) which are automatically indexed by FoxTrot Pro. This has turned out to be the most efficient way to access information. However, I also use Notebooks to manage these folders/files (in many ways, Notebooks is like a kind of ultimate file manager), and this combination (of FoxTrot Pro with Notebooks - which has a good search function of its own, of course) has turned out to be exceptionally powerful and flexible. You can bung any old file into a folder managed by Notebooks and the latter will automatically index it and display it as required.
Mind you, Notebooks on the Mac still doesn’t handle PDFs very well (yes, it indexes, displays and searches them, but doesn’t deal well with the detail of individual files, so no highlighting of search terms within PDFs, for example). I know Alfons is still working on that. Notebooks on iOS handles PDFs absolutely fine.
The new version of Dropbox (the enhanced desktop app, the upgraded iOS app) is an intriguing option, mind you. More info here: https://www.dropbox.com/features/new
I’ve got a test version running on my desktop. It’s not as terribly exciting as Dropbox are making it sound, but it’s quite neat, and very usefully expands Dropbox beyond basic file management. You can add comments to files, star and pin folders/files, write notes to yourself (in any folder), set up to-do lists, etc. If you’re a Dropbox user, it’s definitely worth the upgrade. It’s also potentially very useful in team situations, for sharing files/comments/notes. We use AutoTask (formerly Soonr) for our business file management, but this new iteration of Dropbox could tempt me to shift over to the latter.
I’m still hoping Apple will acquire Dropbox. Although iCloud has some interesting new features (like folder sharing) which suggest Apple could be moving in the same sort of direction.
Cheers!
Bill