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| Overall Rating: |   (3.3) |
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How is the Mac-Windows interoperability? - Version: X2.0.1, 5/28/2009 01:10PM PST
chiasm
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- How is the Mac-Windows interoperability? (1 replies)
Only advantage is tight word processing integration - Version: X2.0.1, 5/15/2009 03:42AM PST
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CauseyPike
EndNote was the top tool for reference managing, but the earlier versions went through a phase of frequent crashing, and I went off and tried Bookends and Sente instead. I came back to see what EndNote was like, since it offers tight integration with Pages and Word.
The direct integration with Pages is a big plus of X2. However, Sente, and now Bookends as well, will scan open Pages files. Sente and Bookends are both streets ahead in terms of mac-ness; Sente is particularly lovely. Both Sente and Bookends have a host of great features for filing and handling pdfs. In the end, Sente allows me to scan open files in Pages or Word, handles large libraries reliably, doesn't crash, is very pleasing to look at, allows me to easily access linked pdfs, and is very good at importing new refs into the library (e.g. when you drop a pdf on the library). EndNote has become much more reliable recently, but it's still less flexible and less pretty than Sente. Both Sente and Bookends have similar feature sets and are excellent programs.
The direct integration with Pages is a big plus of X2. However, Sente, and now Bookends as well, will scan open Pages files. Sente and Bookends are both streets ahead in terms of mac-ness; Sente is particularly lovely. Both Sente and Bookends have a host of great features for filing and handling pdfs. In the end, Sente allows me to scan open files in Pages or Word, handles large libraries reliably, doesn't crash, is very pleasing to look at, allows me to easily access linked pdfs, and is very good at importing new refs into the library (e.g. when you drop a pdf on the library). EndNote has become much more reliable recently, but it's still less flexible and less pretty than Sente. Both Sente and Bookends have similar feature sets and are excellent programs.
Absolutely Awful - Version: X2.0.1, 2/21/2009 03:04PM PST
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mlarnes
Absolutely Awful - Sente seems much more stable; it doesn't have Cite While you Write (CWYW), but then again EndNote's CWYW crashes virtually every time anyway.
Having previously used EndNote fairly reliably on a PC, I bought it for Mac before the 'X versions'. That version rarely worked, but given the hype about the newest refined X2 version and CWYW fixes, I paid again for the latest update (another £75 or so!). It is every bit as buggy, and has virtually no innovation over previous versions. In contrast, I am now looking at Sente, which lacks the much hyped integration with Pages, but will produce bibliographies for Pages outwith the application itself after inserting easily formatted citations. Sente also features a much more intuitive interface, web search facilities that actually work, and a great system for linking downloaded PDF files to the citation database. It can be a little slow opening my 50k database, but not intolerably. Unlike EndNote, it also has a trial.
I have to reinforce what others have said about a complete lack of Quality control from the EndNote developers for Mac, which is amazing given the extortionate prices and update charges. I am disappointed that Apple have tied themselves in with this company, and can only hope that they also open up 'Pages' integration for software developers that have a track record of interest in the Mac - Sente and Bookends for example, which I understand are both better than EndNote, but could be better still with Pages integration. Only thing I will say for EndNote, is that their UK distributor at least was supportive and did give me a refund.
Having previously used EndNote fairly reliably on a PC, I bought it for Mac before the 'X versions'. That version rarely worked, but given the hype about the newest refined X2 version and CWYW fixes, I paid again for the latest update (another £75 or so!). It is every bit as buggy, and has virtually no innovation over previous versions. In contrast, I am now looking at Sente, which lacks the much hyped integration with Pages, but will produce bibliographies for Pages outwith the application itself after inserting easily formatted citations. Sente also features a much more intuitive interface, web search facilities that actually work, and a great system for linking downloaded PDF files to the citation database. It can be a little slow opening my 50k database, but not intolerably. Unlike EndNote, it also has a trial.
I have to reinforce what others have said about a complete lack of Quality control from the EndNote developers for Mac, which is amazing given the extortionate prices and update charges. I am disappointed that Apple have tied themselves in with this company, and can only hope that they also open up 'Pages' integration for software developers that have a track record of interest in the Mac - Sente and Bookends for example, which I understand are both better than EndNote, but could be better still with Pages integration. Only thing I will say for EndNote, is that their UK distributor at least was supportive and did give me a refund.
My main question before I plunk down $99 for the Endnote upgrade is the compatibility between PC and Mac Endnote-generated bibliographies in MS Word files. Specifically, if someone generates an Endnote bibliography on a PC in word, then sends me the references to import into my Mac Endnote, can I work with this Word document seamlessly using my Mac and Endnote?
Any help is greatly appreciated. If I will have difficulty using a PC Endnote-bibliography with my Mac Endnote, then it will not be worth buying. I'd rather continue my collaborative struggles with Bookends.