iData Pro for Mac

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• You cannot live without this

  jdw.associatesMarch 10, 2010

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  As memory fades, so iData comes into its own. In freeform - just a hint of what you can remember and there pops up all the data you have ever stored. I have had had this software since its earliest incarnation and use it probably 30 times every day

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  Nothing at all

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• Brilliant!

  cocZamudioSeptember 2, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I've been a happy user of iData 3 since this indispensable product was called "Quick Dex". It's in my Startup Items and always ready to go when I sit down to work. I currently have over 5,000 "Freeform" records, many with embedded images. Part of the beauty of iData 3 are the nearly-instantaneous search and sorting functions. Recently I had a badly corrupted ID3 file due, I believe, to a USB hardware system crash that brought down my computer before I could save iData 3 changes. Robin Casady and Mike Wright of iData3.com stepped to the fore and recovered 99.9 percent of my file. Another developer might have said - with some justification - "You have a backup file, don't you: Just use that." (I DID have a backup file; let's just say that it was a few days old.) Mike and Robin provide a world-class product with world-class support and I'm always happy to pay the price for major version upgrades; it's always a reasonable amount for current iData 3 owners. Highly recommended!

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• Can't do without iData

  ClytieJanuary 26, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I suppose we'd all like our favourite apps to be free, but we also really like the huge amounts of time the devs spend on them. iData is so stable and well-designed: both those qualities are worth both time and money to us users. I haven't used iData with wireless, but I do use it continually, and have done so for years now, on both PPC and Intel platforms, in combination with a wide variety of different software, and in many different situations, for different tasks. It's extremely reliable and easy to use. It has the features I need. I'm definitely getting my money's worth, and a whole lot more. I recommend iData highly. There aren't many data-collection/organization tasks you encounter where it wouldn't be a huge help. It's free-form data field anticipated the media-clipping organize-your-bits-and-pieces apps. by years. It's a program I wouldn't be without: in the rare situations where I've meddled with startup and iData isn't already open when I switch to it, it's like finding the fridge empty. Can't do without my iData. ;)

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• Still no Applescript support...

  djstoneOctober 26, 2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I raised this with the developers when I was beta-testing version 2. Sigh. The lack of scripting makes this a non-starter with me. Too bad, I used to like this app.

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• Powerful powerhouse app just keeps getting better!

  nnagerDecember 21, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />In the 16 months since I wrote my last review, iData 2 has improved significantly, including in its Tiger-compatible version. iData 2 2.1.6 works perfectly with OS 10.4.3 on a G5 Dual 2.0 and old QuickSilver G4. Long before the idea of Spotlight was even a twinkle in the eye of Apple developers, iData developers had created the powerful, lightning-quick capability to search for combinations of multiple keywords. Even on an old 266-mhz Beige G3, which was strangled by Spotlight's CPU and RAM consumption, iData 2 searches were always nimble. Tiger, itself, taxed the Beige's 768 mb RAM and limited CPU. But even with Tiger on that legacy Mac, iData 2 searches were eyeblink fast. What I wrote in my August 2004 review is still appropriate: Five-star personal executive secretary for home or office A dash of Cocoa programming has added elegance and power to this super-fast, intuitive, responsive data storage and retrieval software. It's descended from QuickDex, InfoGenie and iData Pro. The latter I once wrote "operates like a first-class, computer-savvy secretary, only faster and with greater ease for any executive, professional or home user." The secretary has now been promoted to executive secretary with iData 2! The new formatting of iData 2 adds bold, colorful, easy to apply touches. The always easy-to-use software adopted added features we're used to in other Panther-era software, such as Office 2004. But I can quickly bring up free-form notes much faster with a ___and____ and____ find operation in iData 2 than I can with Office 2004's Entourage. Not that Entourage isn't fast: it's that in iData 2 I don't have to go through a couple different stages to start my search. iData 2 does a superb job of handling phone dialing, including prefixes, area codes, and extensions. No tendonitis or carpal tunnel injuries with iData 2: all it takes is a lightning-fast search, highlighting of the entire number sequence, and clicking on the phone icon. No wrong number dials, either. It's quite handy to import one's email contacts and browser bookmarks into iData 2 and while in a free-form note to simply click on one to address an email message or fly to a website. And for those who wish it, a click on the preference gives instant access to iData 2's own spellchecker component. One of the greatest qualities of iData in all its versions is its excellent technical support. The help program and users' guide have really improved. But I became so enamored with the personal, responsive support--including the willingness to listen to suggestions for product improvement, that I donated my services as a volunteer beta tester. I respect the thorough beta testing that the program went through and the quickness of its author to pick up on suggestions for new features and improvements that went far beyond eliminating bugs. Respectfully, Norm Nager Emeritus Professor of Communications (ret.)

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• Still No Palm Support

  bigapple2October 1, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I like the database and have used it for a couple of years but had to switch to Sticky Brain because the vendors refuse to provide a Palm conduit for version 2 of this product.........too bad

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• Good, Needs Spotlight Support

  rpphoto555September 3, 2005

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />iData is infinitely useful, and easy and fast. But it's the only thing on my computer that Spotlight still doesn't index, which would be a great feature. Also, wish it had a "portal" feature for things like address book so I could print labels, etc. without importing. Otherwise, a great and useful app!

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• MUCHO GREAT

  bundy5150September 5, 2004

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />i am enjoying this alot. indeedly a nice peice of software and a joy to use

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• Five-star personal executive secretary for home or...

  nnagerAugust 9, 2004

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  ...office<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />A dash of Cocoa programming has added elegance and power to this super-fast, intuitive, responsive data storage and retrieval software. It's descended from QuickDex, InfoGenie and iData Pro. The latter I once wrote "operates like a first-class, computer-savvy secretary, only faster and with greater ease for any executive, professional or home user." The secretary has now been promoted to executive secretary with iData 2.0.2! The new formatting of iData 2 adds bold, colorful, easy to apply touches. The always easy-to-use software adopted added features we're used to in other Panther-era software, such as Office 2004. But I can quickly bring up free-form notes much faster with a ___and____ and____ find operation in iData 2 than I can with Office 2004's Entourage. Not that Entourage isn't fast: it's that in iData 2 I don't have to go through a couple different stages to start my search. iData 2 does a superb job of handling phone dialing, including prefixes, area codes, and extensions. No tendonitis or carpal tunnel injuries with iData 2: all it takes is a lightning-fast search, highlighting of the entire number sequence, and clicking on the phone icon. No wrong number dials, either. It's quite handy to import one's email contacts and browser bookmarks into iData 2 and while in a free-form note to simply click on one to address an email message or fly to a website. And for those who wish it, a click on the preference gives instant access to iData 2's own spellchecker component. One of the greatest qualities of iData in all its versions is its excellent technical support. The help program and users' guide have really improved. But I became so enamored with the personal, responsive support--including the willingness to listen to suggestions for product improvement, that I donated my services as a volunteer beta tester. I respect the thorough beta testing that the program went through and the quickness of its author to pick up on suggestions for new features and improvements that went far beyond eliminating bugs. Respectfully, Norm Nager Emeritus Professor of Communications (ret.)

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• 5-star, must-have utility works like a charm in OS...

  nnagerNovember 16, 2003

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  ...10.3.1<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />My greatest fear in moving up to OS 10.2.8 and then up to Panther's 10.3.1 was could these new operating systems be incompatible with my absolutely trustworthy and exceptionally valuable iData Pro X software on which I depend for saving and recalling all kinds of data and for placing my phone calls. But iData Pro X 10.1.3 (as its earlier version) works like a charm on my G4 with OS 10.3.1 and on my beige-generation G3 with OS 10.2.8. This program has a great heritage dating back through InfoGenie to QuickDex. When I donated my time as a beta tester to the builds leading up to the release of the first OS X version, I commended the development team for a superb product that is a unique, jewel-like, must-have OS X program. iData Pro X operates like a first-class, computer-savvy secretary, only faster and with greater ease for any executive, professional or home user. iData Pro X runs exceptionally well in the free-form paces I put it through on my 733-mhz G4 and beige-generation G3. It dials a phone number complete with area code and extension by simply highlighting it and clicking on the phone icon or doing command-D. It does multi-find operations. It allows me to file and quickly retrieve anything in freeform as well as in templates. I don't own a Palm-type device, but I've found it operates flawlessly in everything else I tried.

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