It’s the Swiss Army Knife of Apps

The Notebooks apps on iOS are great for doing exactly as advertised: being a storehouse of just about every file type you can think of. With nested books, ToDo lists, PDF viewer, drawing app, etc, it’s all there. Since it all syncs via Dropbox, it’s only natural to want a Mac version to work with all the material in your Notebooks folder.

The Mac version of Notebooks is a great frontend to the Notebooks folder in Dropbox. It lets you access the files to view them, as well as write in the various formats (Plain text, formatted, and Markdown). The app is laid out nicely, with options to hide folder and file lists. Access to recent documents as well as the insertion of timestamps make picking up where you left off on the mobile devices a snap. The Mac app integrates Adobe Reader’s PDF plugin into the app. (The last piece to make all the Notebooks iterations reall shine is PDF annotating).

Even if you didn’t have the Notebooks apps on iOS devics, this Mac version is a great app for working on and viewing files all in one place. It’s a great app for writing whatever you need to write, whether the organized chapters of a book or a quick note to jot down a phone call. Dragging and dropping files makes putting them where you need to be a cinch.

Notebooks is a great alternative to Evernote, especially if you don’t want to pay the subscription fee and you want a non-proprietary backup like Dropbox gives you.

Finally, I was curious as to what the Notebooks for Mac price would be and less than $20 makes this an easy purchase. The apps are worth every penny (paid once and not ongoing) and I’m personally happy to contribute something for the continued development of a great app.

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