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Yojimbo Organizes Personal Info Across Multiple Macs
by , 2:35 PM EST, January 23rd, 2006
Bare Bones Software on Monday released Yojimbo, a new information organizer that can manage personal data even when it's stored across multiple Macs. Users can take text notes, passwords, bookmarks, serial numbers, PDFs, Web archives and more and copy and paste or drag and drop it into Yojimbo. They can also use the Quick Input panel or PDF Services from the Print menu to import data.
Once entered in Yojimbo, data can be encrypted according to the AES-256 algorithm standard and it can be used with Mac OS X Sync Services to stay current with a .Mac account. In addition, Yojimbo takes advantage of Spotlight searches, as well as its own search engine, and uses Core Data frameworks to store data.
Pricing is US$39 for a single license ($29 for educational users) or $69 for a family pack that contains up to five licenses. Yojimbo requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 and is a Universal Binary, enabling it to run on PowerPC- or Intel-based Macs.
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Observer Comments
It's difficult to understand from the site if everything gets moved or copied into a central database. Seems useful, but I don't think I would want to have my files in a special place for them to be "in" Yojimbo.
The "education" version should be called LE or something, since it's crippled and not just a discount. Teachers can't have two computers?
Why is .Mac always necessary for syncing? Can't someone come up with a shareware app that syncs bookmarks across a network without a $100/yr fee? Please someone tell me if there is something out there.
Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:05 am Subject: Indeed interesting
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It all seems quite unintuitive and not very mac like yet. I'm sure it will do one day, but - sorry - I'm not paying for it until then.
Maybe it's because Yojimboo is an information organiser (to store notes, bookmarks, copies of web pages) and not a file organiser as you seem to expect it to be.
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