ShoveBox for Mac

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• Search is here

  VersionTrackerUserOpinionJuly 29, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is a revision to my previous post: The desktop version of Shovebox does indeed allow for a search of "All Notebooks". It does not indicate where in the documents the search term is located. The iPhone app does not have search capabilities at this time. Shovebox is, nevertheless, a very sweet application. The sync is excellent and the menubar access is very convenient. This is a young application and its capabilities will probably grow with time.

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• Where is Search?

  dirtbaggJuly 8, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Shovebox is a great app, especially with the iPhone app. Search is all that's missing, but it's a dealbreaker. There's no search in the iPhone app, and on the Mac, it only searches within the selected notebook. And, at that, it only identifies the note containing the search term, not where it is in the note.

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• Outstanding Memo Utility

  jcorso--2008June 17, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This little application does what it needs to do and does it cleanly and quickly. It's easily the best thought-grabber I've ever used and makes stickies and Mail Notes look quirky and complicated. It's a bit too expensive, but the iPhone version is dirt cheap, so if you get both it works out pretty well.There's not much in the way of documentation, but it's simple enough to figure out. I don't much care about prices under $30 and I didn't really need documentation, so I gave it five stars.

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• Great program & fantastic developer response!

  robbnashvilleMay 13, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I have grown to depend on ShoveBox to keep myself organized. I own both the desktop version and the iPhone version. It does everything it should do and more.I am totally happy with both versions of the program. Because I am a well-organized individual, I need something I can depend on. Before discovering ShoveBox, I used EverNote and even paid for the pro version. I bought ShoveBox because I had issues with EverNote being "down" too much for my tastes and because I had to refresh EverNote for the iPhone each time I wanted to see the latest version of my note. This does not happen with ShoveBox because syncs are performed between the desktop & iPhone versions directly instead of going through a cloud, so to speak. EVEN BETTER, I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5.7 last night which produced a syncing conflict. I wrote to the developer about 7 PM CDT. He replied almost immediately telling me he was working on a fix. When I got up this morning, he had already developed a fix. That was quick! This developer obviously takes pride in his work. I recommend this program to anyone.

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• Excellent small app for small notes

  VersionTrackerUserOpinionFebruary 28, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I 'earned' this program from Macheist [thanks to the folks at Macheist] and have been using it for about a month. I was a bit skeptical at first about whether I would use it or not--I already have sketchbox, journler, and use notebook and notetaker. It turns out that I am not interested in an app being all things to me, and prefer to have it do one thing very well. Shovebox is just one of those programs. While researching on-line I use it to take notes on different items, mostly from googlebooks and other reading intense sources. I have succesfully imported my notes into other programs at later dates. It serves as very good 'scratch pad'. Given its size it is very easy to take notes with other programs open. I know that you can do something similar in Zotero but I don't like leaving my stuff in their program--the UI isn't good for me. I prefer exporting the info into the right program at another date, to having to use Firefox to retrieve my info. While I wouldn't have paid $25 for it, I would have given $10 for the program. So keep your eye out for a deal.

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• Excellent \"Mini\" text and image storage...

  lastefan_dotmacJanuary 20, 2008

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  ...application<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This is supposed to be a text and image storage application. Much like the ones mentioned in other comments below. I have used SOHO Notes for some time now and I find a bit bulky and slow. But heck. It got features! Instead of being to complex or trying to do to much, ShoveBox does it all a little bit simpler. Simpler interface, simpler import functions, simpler management. Put "Mini" in front of the other aforementioned applications and you will get ShoveBox. And I think that's a good thing! I does what it's supposed to do. Store text clippings and files with formatting. Web links and archives. Images and the occasional PDF. But don't try big multipage PDFs. It won't display them and might even crash. But that's the only problem I have come across. You can use it as a temporary storage for items found when browsing the net or any other document. Or as a notebook for remembering things, Or even as a kind of a clipboard utility. I like it and recommend it. PS: About the not working links in webarchives mentioned below: It works for me!

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• Beautifully conceived and masterfully executed!

  viandsSeptember 7, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've tried Yojimbo, StickyNotes, and it's spawn SOHO Notes and none compare with this for sheer elegance and ease of use. It's just what I've always wanted for my desktop and SO intelligently designed! To the reviewer who said it's easier to dumpt things into a folder, what do you do when the finder complains that there's already a "Picture 1" there? The Desktop is fine for temporary scratch items, but ShoveBox's capture and menu features make it easy to store info. I'm going to want to refer to again. Bravo!

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• redundant

  subjectivetruthxAugust 8, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I like the idea of this tool. It's unobtrusive to have an all purpose drop box in the menu. I often, will just save or copy items to the desktop when I'm in a hurry. ShoveBox does not let you really do that. You have to be in an app where you can drag stuff to and fro and into SB. So if you're on a webpage and want to save an image you can drag it to SB. Then later, you'll have to EXPORT it to somewhere else.... not very intuitive or maclike. It would be cool if you could be anywhere, an app., a page, the desktop/finder and just drag stuff to SB and actually MOVE it there. (Instead, it currently COPIES the file to its own location, I don't want or need 2 copies.) Then it would be nice if SB let you open a well organized thing.... say a folder, that had other things... say nested folders, neatly organized by file type, name, whatever. This would be fast and efficient. Currently SB is neither. Perhaps 1.5 will be. I'd like to see it do some or all of these things. move actual files move any and all files (currently it's only specific types) keep them well organized in a series of nested folders allow me to then open that nesting and do what I want with them allow me to set the labels of and creation of the nested folders

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