Franz Grieser

OT - bitsdujour - paragon migrate os to ssd 4.0 for $9.95 9/11/2014

I used the Paragon software (albeit version 3.x) to move the Windows systems on 2 notebooks to (smaller) SSDs. Everything went smoothly and as expected. I'd say that $10 is money well spent (I have no...

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/6/2014

MadaboutDana wrote: >On the one hand, impressed by the expansion of Dropbox services. >On the other, would point out that they are still ineluctably US-based. >And they have Hilary Clinton as a direct...

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/6/2014

I'll give Boxcryptor a try. It allows me to encrypt files and folders selectively - not all files need to be secured. I'll keep you informed. Franz

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/6/2014

Thanks Dan, sounds promising. Just what I wanted to hear :-D

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/5/2014

LOL I could also visit the Cloudfogger team - they're 2 hours away. Funny, the 2 encryption solutions for Dropbox were developed by German companies.

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/5/2014

Dropbox itself does not encrypt the content of the folders. I was asking about services such as Boxcryptor (btw a German company, I could even visit them, they`re about 1 hour away) or Cloudfogger or ...

OT: Dropbox and Skydrive encryption 9/5/2014

Hi. I hope it's only half off-topic: I am about to move more of my stuff over to Dropbox because sharing databases and manuscripts via USB sticks and keeping things up-to-date is getting more and mor...

Collecting web pages 2.0 9/4/2014

That's great. Thanks, Paul.

Collecting web pages 2.0 9/4/2014

Hi there. Is there a way to get Evernote notes to Devonthink (apart from copy&paste)? Thanks, Franz

Mindscope via Reddit/r/productivity 8/23/2014

Thanks for the hint to foolness - and for the review to Stephen. For those of us in Germany: Mindscope starts in German when you have set your iPad to German. What I miss most is copy&paste (apart f...

Ulysses III, Scrivener, et.al. for half the price in the App Store 7/18/2014

For a limited time a number a apps - incl. Ulysses, Scrivener, Movei Draft, Final Draft, Acorn, Pixelmator - are available for half the price.

amazing new software discovered = YouMinds Composer ! 7/16/2014

H Donleone Thanks for bringing that up. It looks really interesting (judging from your screenshots and the tour on the website). I'll look into it next weekend. First I was a bit cautious: Such a "mo...

More MacBook experiences 6/29/2014

Update re antivirus software: A colleague of mine, an expert in computer security, recommended Sophos Antivirus Home Edition (which is free).

More MacBook experiences 6/28/2014

Thanks Jim (or John?) I decided to go with 16 GB RAM because I plan to run one or two Windows VMs. Re Outlook for Mac: In over 7 years writing about Outlook, I just have had 2 people asking questions...

More MacBook experiences 6/27/2014

A question to the Macinistas here. Not really outliner-related but maybe you could answer all the same: What internet security tools (virus scanners, etc.) do you use? Just got my Mac Mini with 16 GB...

Software for Keeping Track of Reviewers 6/25/2014

Another vote for a spreadsheet: Excel, LibreOffice Calc (open source), Numbers, ...

Freeplane - new release 6/18/2014

Jon Polish wrote: >Instead of pressing Enter, try Insert. You want to create subtopics >which will be arranged horizontally as Dr. Andus described. Strange. I do that and end up with nodes arrange...

More MacBook experiences 6/18/2014

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...

More MacBook experiences 6/18/2014

Thanks for this post. I'll get my Mac Mini (no real need for a Macbook Air as I had thought) in the next few days and am looking forward to trying some of the apps you mentioned. Have you tried Curio...

Freeplane - new release 6/18/2014

Strange. Doesn't work in the German edition. At least I found a way to add a free-form node (but no keyboard shortcut). But I'll uninstall Freeplane as I find it more cumbersome to use than Xmind 2013...

Freeplane - new release 6/18/2014

Dr Andus wrote: >Sorry, what do you mean? I'm just using the default setup I think, >except that I only allow nodes to go towards the right from the first >main node, as opposed to going in all dir...

Freeplane - new release 6/17/2014

Dr Andus wrote: >I use it in mind map mode (not outline mode) with nodes going from left >to right, which effectively is a horizontal outliner. I like the >horizontal layout because more can be see...

Computer vs. typewriter vs. long hand 6/4/2014

Dr Andus wrote: >There is one more method still: dictation with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. >I did try it many times and have always reverted to typing in the end >(though with the help of PhraseExpand...

Taking another look at Ulysses 5/18/2014

Dottore. I am not going to completely move over to Mac OS X. Part of my daytime job is writing a magazine on Outlook - as long as I do that, I will surely stick with Windows. The Macbook Air is just ...

Scheduling, planning and follow-through. Some questions 5/17/2014

My 2 cents: It's not a matter of tools (don't stone me for saying that). The gazillion of tools I have tried are great at organizing urgent and important things. What they are not really good at is o...

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