Installing Yojimbo on your mac will permanently alter your sync settings. I installed Yojimbo to try it out and decided I didn't need it. After deleting the files I found that my .mac sync settings had a mysterious "com.barebones.yojimbo.yojimbodata" entry. I wrote to Bare Bones Software and this is what I got in reply:

"The persistence of that entry in the .Mac sync panel results from a known issue with the current version of Mac OS X; please see the following article for details:"

Followed by the faq entry:

When Yojimbo is run for the first time, it lets the system know that it supports .Mac synchronization. Unfortunately, when any application that has done so is subsequently deleted, the system doesn't know to remove the application's registration from the .Mac Sync preferences UI. At this writing, there is no way to remove the item manually.

"We have reported this problem to Apple. In the meantime, no damage has been done to your system, and while there's no way to remove the "stale" item, its presence in the .Mac Sync preferences won't interfere with .Mac synchronization of other data, nor will it cause any other problems with your system, so it can be safely ignored."

Problem is, if they knew this would happen why didn't they post it in big red letters on their website? If I had known this I would never have installed Yojimbo on my mac - period. Now, according to them, this is a "cosmetic issue". But this doesn't cover for their neglect. I've used BBEdit for years and have respected this company's work. It's a big dissapointment.

So I've posted this here for them - INSTALLING YOJIMBO WILL PERMANENTLY ALTER YOUR SYNC SETTINGS. Now its the user's decision to install it or not.