CNET Editors' review
A while back, a Personal Information Manager, or "PIM," was a handheld gadget that did what cell phones and BlackBerrys now do better. PIMs live on in the form of their software, which refined and combined the daily diary, planner, Rolodex, address book, and other wads of paper that once shackled busy people to cluttered desks, thus helping spark the transformation of the workplace. For busy people, they are essential, period. EfficientPIM is simply one of the best we've seen.
It's organized around a familiar and attention-getting subject: today. Tabs manage your calendar, contacts, events, tasks, diary, and notes. The Calendar tab has an especially useful feature: you can view today's entries highlighted in relation to the work week, week, month, year, or customizable time grids, showing you at a glance everything from how long until so-and-so's birthday to your whole life, organized.
You can also customize the layout and look of EfficientPIM, such as adding buttons or changing the color and style. There's a password option and a search feature, naturally, and extensive multilanguage support. The fully functional trial version is free to use for 30 days, after which it is $39.95 to buy, which is way cheaper than hiring a personal assistant. It uninstalls just as efficiently as it does everything else, should you find yourself able to give it up, which may mean you're either an organizational whiz or a lost cause! For the rest of us, resistance is futile: EfficientPIM is just the easy-to-use, all-in-one solution for bringing order to chaos.
Publisher's Description
From Efficient Software:
EfficientPIM is a full-featured personal information manager that can help you manage your life. With EfficientPIM you can keep track of contacts, appointments, tasks, to-do lists, and much more. The software also gives you space for keeping notes, diaries, and even passwords. In order to be successful you need to be organized and efficient. With EfficientPIM all of the things you need to manage are located in one, easy-to-use interface.
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"Happy with program, unhappy with support"
Version: EfficientPIM Pro 3.0 Build 316
Pros
Pretty open en user friendly
Cons
In case of difficulties you're on your own.
Summary
Happily used the program until version 3. After version 3 i'm no longer able to export my upgraded appointments. Got three differenet versions from support including a debugging version. Support finally gave up and was unable to help as i was "the only" one with the problem. Only way of moving along was to retype everything, which i'm doing now. In Google Calendar.
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"Excellent program with most of the options..."
Version: EfficientPIM Pro 2.96 Build 237
Pros
Most of the common features and stability. No notable bugs, very stable
Cons
You can't print a monthly calendar it "calendar format", only a "list" view.
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I have been using the program (Registered version) for a while and am very impressed with its capabilities and stability. It has handled all my needs without problems. The calendar printing is somewhat limited. I worked around this with a script to do a screen capture-convert to grayscale-print. Again, very stable, reasonably priced, and lots of key features. Check it out...
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