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EDITOR NOTES
Note — This is v.5.2b5, but has to be listed as 5.2.0.
DESCRIPTION
MacJournal is the world's most popular journaling software for the Macintosh. Create a personal journal with two level security (password protection and encryption), record daily ideas, add any kind of content, not just text, including PDFs, QuickTime movies, images, and more, create Smart Journals from searches you perform, generate blogs to any of the popular blogging services or .mac account. Even record audio and podcast or video from your iSight and attach it to any entry.
MacJournal has the power and functionality to do it all.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.5b5:
- This is a somewhat smaller beta release, but there are some fixes that I wanted to get in people's hands. There was a case when trying to save checkboxes in a template that would go awry and a case where the search index would need to be rebuilt incorrectly (which can take a while depending on your data).
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, QuickTime 7.2 or later.
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| MacJournal User Reviews (211 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Sep 23 2009 |
SUPERMAN S Developer seriously, thank you
(Version 5.2b1) | |
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 | Nov 3 2009 |
GAZMAN You know, just because a beta update is posted to MacUpdate doesn't mean you have to download it. If you don't want to beta test software wait until the next point update.
(Version 5.2b5) | |
| Apr 13 2009 |
DANA SUTTON I guess I'm the reverse of most people who have written reviews about MacJournal lately. I. m. h. o., what started out as a simple, straightforward and clean journal app. has morhed into a monster (and a rather expensive monster at that) by trying to be all things to all people, acquiring a gazillion extraneous bells and whistles. And some folks in this thread are begging for yet more of the same. I'm sticking to v. 3, and I'm certainly not forking out money for an upgrade, which only encourages the developer, who ought to have known how to quit when he was ahead.
(Version 5.1.3) | |
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| Jul 10 2009 |
DOOBIEXX Completely agree. It was the intuitive simplicity that drove me to macjournal a long time ago over the competitors who have come and stuck around. macjournal is too bloated. It's supposed to be simply a "journal," not a "everything you could want to do with text on the web or your personal computer." Mariner makes good products but it's getting worse it seems. Definitely some nice features added along the way but back to basics would be the best, at least for us users who bought the app when it was what we wanted.
(Version 5.1.4b2) | |
| Jul 13 2009 |
GERBER Blogging was a natural progression from journaling. And, to some degree, so is the ability to store all kinds of different rich content -- we often record more than text these days, so why not store it in your diary? The program remains elegant, stable, and easy to use, and has become a real B+ blogging and snippet keeping app. Nothing wrong with versatility!
(Version 5.1.4b2) | |
| Nov 21 2008 |
MEITNIK The original MJ didn't impress me but it looked promising for sure. As a blog/Journal tool it is very useful and powerful. The manual (with great screen shots) is better than most I have recently read, though it does have some rough areas. It needs a quick start guide and better coverage of Applescript support. And it fails to explain well how it handles import of text/opml data, which is important for bringing data from files. An example raw text/RTF for import that gets parsed into a journal and entries would be good. As for features, MJ has done a good job understanding what is needed for bloging and journal writing. However, I would like it to support scholarship stuff too, like source tacking and citation (perhaps via tags somehow?). I do wish hilighting text was more than just coloring. It would be useful to put all the blue text into a smart journal. And some kind of annotation tools for pictures would be good too. I do like how it can suck in a folder and its files into MJ. I love quick notes and the import droplets. And internal linking is good with support for aliasing entries which is wonderful. I do wish some how to paste text that gets parsed into a journal and entries. Finally, I want real outlining in the text area of an entry. I did encounter some crashers and bugs, but Dan was great at helping me and fixing them for newer betas. I look forward to using MJ. :-)
(Version 5.1.2b4) | |
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| Nov 10 2008 |
DOLSHEA As a Web Marketing Strategist, MacJournal has changed my workflow forever... When surfing the web prior to using MacJournal I saved to a folder on my desktop to store my daily research which eventually became a 'hot-mess' to navigate. With the help of MacJournal storing relevant information from the web is a breeze. To my surprise when surfing the web MacJournal was available as a printing or save to option from Services in the Safari browser... Collecting, mashing up, finalizing and uploading data has finally become intuitive given my professional needs. I highly recommend MacJournal for marketing and research professionals who're looking for a simple and intuitive solution to collecting and compiling data from the web. And if you throw in DevonAgent to search the web, OMFG!!!
(Version 5.1.2b2) | |
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| Nov 3 2008 |
WALRUSCP This is a terrific piece of software (got it in the MU Ed bundle) that makes blogging/journaling an enjoyable breeze. Had a minor issue with making numbered lists in 5.1.1, but the developers were responsive and fixed the problem in the 5.1.2b1. Can't beat that.
(Version 5.1.2b2) | |
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| Oct 11 2008 |
ZO219 Hardest workin' man in show business.
(Version 5.1.1) | |
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| Aug 28 2008 |
SCHUBERT I have been a MacJournal user since right after I purchased my first MacBook Pro in March, 2007. It has evolved to more than I could have ever expected. I use it almost every day and find it to be extremely easy to use. MacJournal is designed for not only the average person, but also for the seasoned professional who wants to do more in an efficient way. To top it off, the developer provides First-Class customer service. The best method to really understand the perfection of MacJournal is to download the demo and use it. My guess is that you will buy it and wonder why you waited so long.
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| Jul 18 2008 |
JEVON I have been using MacJournal for almost one year. I started on MacJournal 4 and have just upgraded to MacJournal 5. Primarily I use MacJournal to create blog posts offline prior to uploading them and also enjoy having on my computer a list of entries that I have created. I like the feel and flow of MacJournal 5 and find it far easier to use than its predecessor. The WYSIWYG aspects are strong; in that, how I format my entry in MacJournal translate nicely to html. Also the inclusion of attachments works very well. There are some features that I would like to see to make my experience complete however. I use WordPress for my blogging software and with this I get the capacity to use a 'More' tag. This tag will allow me to give a longer post a succinct overview and then a link should a viewer wish to see all of the post. With this my main page doesn't get too cluttered and I control the layout better. However MacJournal does not read this tag and so all I get in MacJournal is the first part of the post, but nothing else. I would like to see all of the post with a tag or graphic indicating the 'More' tag. I also podcast with my blog. I use Logic to create my podcasts and then upload the mp3 to my server (this is my preference). When I create my podcast post I just include the mp3 file as part of it. Thanks to a plug-in my podcast appears in a player in my blog post where I choose. However MacJournal does not retrieve this either. I have not explored at this point how I might podcast using MacJournal so I'm unsure of how I could change my process around this, but It would be nice if MacJournal treated this mp3 file the same way it treats the images I've included in my blog. Over all I'm very happy with MacJournal and look forward to future version. It is an application that I would be hard pressed to do with out now that I've used it. Thanks very much to the developers of this application. Please keep it up.
(Version 5.1b8) | |
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