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Mac Users like to write themselves notes. They must do, because there’s about a million different bits of software to let you do it. And I have tried them all.

Online stuff - Writely etc, is fine - but now I’m spending a lot of time on the train, I really need something that I can just use offline on my laptop - and then be able to sync onto my desktop.

I’ve been through Aquaminds Notetaker, MacJournal, SoHo Notes and CircusPonies Notebook. None of which have quite worked out for me.

SoHo Notes could really have done it, with the .Mac syncing - but in the end it was let down by the fact that I couldn’t get .Mac to work on my desktop, and frankly it’s quite a drain on resources.

So, I’ve ended up being very, very happy with Philip Dow’s Journler, which is donation-ware, and really rather wonderful.

Syncing is a bit of a pain (has to be done by moving the dB to a flash card..which only takes a second).

It could also do with more keyboard short cuts.

But it works on a combination of lables, and keywords/ tags, along wiht Smart Folders - which makes it very easy for chaotic types like myself to organise stuff.

Exporting and mailing files is a breeze, as is importing .pdfs/ web archives

It also works for blogging with Wordpress. Yes, it’s not on a par with Ecto or MarsEdit..but it does the job (I’m using it now).

It’s probably a little too feature rich on some of it’s iLife integration - but never mind…I’m sure that some people love it. It’s certainly more economic in its feature offering than most commercial packages. Go on, try it…