iOrganize - 6.2.3

As I indicated in a previous post I was thinking of switching away from iOrganize - now I've done so, and very happily. For unencrypted notes the not very imaginatively named "Notes" seems excellent <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/9605>. For encryption try Base! <http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/18579>. Both programs are simple, elegant, efficient - and both are free.

I have been using this product for over 1 year. It has worked for me pretty well...until I needed support. I have encrypted many of my notes with the same password. All the sudden no passwords work. I have e-mailed several times for support to tell be if I can get the old data from Time Machine, but no one home!!!
Don't buy this product. You can not get support

I like this program fine. It lacks a lot of features you find on other more complicated programs, but it's simple and intuitive, it has a clean, clear interface, and I found it satisfying for basic project planning, list making, and note filing.

However, there seems to be no support available, period. I bought two licenses so that I could use the program on both my desktop and laptop machines, and I was sent only one number. I can get it to run on one machine or the other, but not both. Unfortunately, this makes it useless for my purposes, as I need to access my information from both machines.

I have written several email messages to the company over the last two months asking them to help me get it running on both machines, and have received no response at all. Very frustrating.

As a result, I've been looking at other programs. I'm leaning toward Circus Ponies NoteBook, which also has a very clear, intuitive interface and has one useful feature that I had been wishing iOrganize had, which is basic outlining capability.

All in all, I like the simplicity and clarity of iOrganize's user interface better, and if I could use it as an outliner as well -- and of course get the two licenses from them that I've paid for -- it would be close to my ideal notekeeping software. As it is, though, I can't use it, and the lack of any response to my emails leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Still looking for something to replace the program, Notational Velocity.

to test this program, i exported to text, 1500 notes form notational velocity. over a weekend afternoon, i put iorganize through its paces.

importing was not difficult. finder organized my notes alphabetically. i placed each group into a letter of the alphabet for iorganize to import-- which was accomplished without a hitch.

iOrganize can almost do it. Minor gripes. No keyboard short cut to access search bar. similarly, no keying up or down a search list.

The deal killer. once a search is performed, you cannot directly modify a note. notes can be viewed but NOT modified. That means, as an example, if you insert a date at the beginning of each note, you cannot conveniently pull up a day's (dated) note list to tweak/modify and print. The process appears to be -search- double click each note to modify--re-click the search bar and re-search. I suppose I could create a sub category to move and then modify notes, however, it seems a bit risky to move notes around for no good reason.

In the end, this program is nears my personal target-- an improved,category capable, Notational Velocity.

As a longtime (since 6/04) very satisfied user of version 5.0+ I was looking forward to upgrading to the 6.0 version. That is, until I noticed that with the database schema change, my 5.5.5 version "date created" fields would be overwritten to the date at the time of conversion. Since I use that field for searching, this would be unacceptable. Bruno's excuse was that "MacOS seems to prevent me from setting the dates "in the past". I'm not a programmer, so I can't verify if this is true or not, but the idea of being "stuck" without the possibility of staying current with programing advances is very frustrating. Further repeated emails from me went unanswered. For this reason, I am not recommending the purchase of this program, since an unforseen or unknown programing oversight may lead you to a data dead end.