Yojimbo 2.0 Adds Usability Refinements

BareBones_LogoYojimbo 2.0 from Bare Bones Software is the latest release of this popular information organizer for the Mac. It’s a tool that users can use to stow their random bits and bytes in an organized manner, making them easy to search for and retrieve.

The upgrade costs $20, while a brand-new license will set you back $30. YoJimbo 2.0 requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later and is a universal application that works on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs (a free trial is available). You can synchronize data between two Macs if you have a MobileMe account.

This application excels at organizing bits of information you might like to use later, including notes, bookmarks, images, serial numbers and web archives. I started using Yojimbo when I was looking for a repository for my passwords, software serial numbers, and some important documents I keep in PDF format, because I’m better organized electronically than I am with paper files in a filing cabinet.

Improvements in Yojimbo 2.0
This latest release makes a number of usability refinements and new feature additions that should help to keep Yojimbo ahead of the pack:

TagExplorerTag Explorer. As I try to improve my own personal and professional information management, tagging is playing an increasingly important role. If you want to use tagging to manage your information, then it’s useful to know the relationships between your tags and your stored information. The Tag Explorer is a new feature that helps you to discover these relationships. I can already see the Tag Explorer getting a workout as I try to make better use of the new tagging features in this release.

Quick Input Panel. The Quick Input Panel now lets you flag and add comments before creating an item, an interesting little productivity tweak. When capturing a URL, you now also get the name of the page, which will save you having to re-enter it. During my tests of the new Quick Input Panel, I did find the process faster than with the previous version.

PDF Workflow. PDF support was one of the drivers that brought me to Yojimbo, because I needed a tool that let me better manage the PDF documents I have than just by using folders on my hard drive. This latest version enables you to set the name, tags and flag when saving a PDF to Yojimbo. The option to save any document as a PDF in Yojimbo can be very useful for capturing e-commerce receipts and other important information that you might want to store offline in our increasingly online world.

Drop Dock. The Drop Dock now includes tag collections. When you drop a new item onto a tag collection, Yojimbo applies its tags to the new item.

Combined Tag and Label Editor. This new feature enables you better control over existing tags and labels. With the added focus on tags and labels in Yojimbo 2.0, I can see myself making more use of this editor after the positive experience I had during testing it.

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Yojimbo 2.0 as Your Information Organizer
If you’re seeking a central repository for passwords, PDF documents and the like, then I encourage you to check out Yojimbo 2.0. Current Yojimbo users should definitely check out this latest version for its usability tweaks and new features, which take care of the application’s previous rough edges.

Have you tried out Yojimbo 2.0?

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