Dear MacJournal, Today I Reviewed You
Simply put, MacJournal is a tool for journaling and capturing notes. But, MacJournal is more than just a diary. Features such as PDF and image support, password protection, encryption, tagging, full screen mode, and a publish to blog feature make MacJournal a versatile application.
The interface will be familiar to most users. You create a new entry, type the information you wish to capture, and format it as desired. A sidebar displays your various journals, should you want to classify entries under different subjects. There is also a calendar to review entries by date.
The inspector palette allows quick access to several options, including document settings, date, tags, annotations, various status settings, star ratings, labels, and many other options. These features make MacJournal an excellent choice for anyone looking to add more organization to their system and make their files more searchable.
In addition, MacJournal contains a send to blog button, that reportedly works with many popular platforms. I was able to setup and post an entry to blogger in seconds, simply by knowing my blog address, username, and password.
MacJournal is an exceptional application for writing a journal, storing notes, and keeping tabs on other files. MacJournal is in its fifth major release, with an all new interface for Leopard (and it also runs on OS 10.4). A license runs you $34.95. You can download a trial of the app here.
Sorry for the quick message, i don’t have much time…
This is a great review, and Macjournal is a great app., but i find/ found that Journler is not only better, but free-er. (for now, it was free, but w/ the new version, the dev. is starting to charge for personal lisences, but im not shure exactly when) You have to check it out.
Thx, Steven
I keep trying to like MacJournal… functionally it looks like it has the features that I need, the UI is pleasant, and the price is reasonable. Unfortunately, I keep experiencing data corruption problems with the trial, to the point where I don’t trust it. If it works for other people great, but I’d strongly suggest that everyone take advantage of the trial first to make sure they don’t experience the same problems.
I use DEVONthink much of the time (more stable, faster) and Journler has always been a great alternative.
Jeff
MacJournal’s support for blogs is sketchy. I can’t get it to work with Movable Type. The betas seems to break certain features after fixing others. I’d rather use Journler (more features) and MarsEdit together.
I been using MacJournal for awhile and I like it. Its simple and elegant.
My one issue is security and for me its a big one. I want my journal to remain private from other users of my computer. The password protection gives a false sense of security. I was alarmed to discover that the journal entries are being stored in unencrypted text. Also, as you can see in the screen shot above, there is an option to “Encrypt locked journals by default in new documents”. I have no idea what this does, but apparently it is not encrypting my journal entries. Perhaps I can create an encrypted drive but I haven’t tried it yet.