TopXNotes is a hybrid personal note and information organizer and password protector for Macintosh computers which allows notes to be entered and organized. It syncs notes to mobile devices — iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.MacUpdate, "TopXNotes Versatile note organizer""TopXNotes 1.8.0"June 24, 2014
Formatting options are placed in a toolbar above the current note,State of Tech, "Mac AOTW #14 - TopXNotes" by Sean Ahrens, June 11, 2012 Macworld, "TopXNotes brings top-notch note taking to your Mac" by Marco Tabini, June 4, 2013 including font, size, style, text color, emphasis color (highlighting), document color,PixoBebo, "TopXNotes: Where simple can be better (almost)" by Kate MacKenzie, May 19, 2008 and justification.TopXNotes, "Tropical Software" The program also offers the option of checking spelling as text is being entered.
Sorting by note name, category, creation date, or modified date allows desired notes to be isolated. A search function locates text inside any or all notes. HeroWarez, "TopXNotes 1.7.3 (Mac Os X)" by maxim, February 6, 2012
Categories can be created and assigned to notes.Softpedia, "TopXNotes 1.7.5" May 11, 2013 Notes or groups of notes can be imported or exported.Amazon, "Tropical Software TopXNotes"
TopXNotes can password-protectprMac, "Tag: Text Editing - Latest Releases" May 31, 2012 the entire database or individual notes.AppShrink.com, "TopXNotes Lion Ready" August 5, 2011 It also supports write-protected notes.
The QuickNotes function puts the notes most often used at-hand even when the program itself is hidden.
The program keeps several backups in its data folder, allowing a previous version of a note to be retrieved even if it was deleted.
The program contains its own Read Me file as well as built-in help.
Create, Format, and Save
Text: Notes can be created by typing, importing text or files, or by dragging from other notes, other programs, or files. The sliding text toolbar can be used to select font, size, style, text color, emphasis color, document color, or alignment. There are no limits on the number of notes or note size.
Drag and Drop Text can be moved among notes, or to or from any other text application, using cut and paste or drag and drop. Entire notes can be dragged to RTF (Rich Text Format)"Tropical Software releases TopXNotes 1.8" June 23, 2014 documents on the desktop, or a document can be dragged into TopXNotes.cnet, "TopXNotes for Mac" December 23, 2012
Auto-Save, Import and Export Autosave automatically saves the entire database upon page turnGFXtra, "TopXNotes 1.7.3 (Mac Os X)" or time intervals or both. Straight text or RTF documents can be imported or exported.appleJAC, "TopXNotes: Managing My Thoughts" by Tom Piper, February 23, 2010
Samples and Templates The program automatically recognizes links to websites or email which can be clicked to launch a web browser directly to the links. Links can be renamed as desired. Templates and over 100 samples are available to get started.
Organize, Categorize, and Group
NoteOrganizer NoteOrganizer is an interactive table of contents that can be shown as a separate view in the main window. It allows sorting by name, date, category or group.
Categories Categories are like labels in the Finder, but can be given a choice of name, color and icon. Notes can be put into multiple categories.Applebyte, "Review - TopXNotesh" by Peter Tuffley
Groups Groups are like tags or foldersLow End Mac, "TopXNotes: A User-Friendly Solution for Creating, Managing, and Accessing Your Notes" by Charles Moore, July 5, 2006 in the Finder. Groups can be created at will and notes can be dragged into particular groups to organize them.Mac News, "TopXNotes: A Concierge for the Constant Scrivener" by John P. Mello Jr., February 1, 2010
View Multiple Ways
NoteOrganizer Notes can be organized using NoteOrganizer, Groups, and Categories. The interactive indexing and sorting within NoteOrganizer allows any note to be found.
MultiView MultiView can show a single note, just the NoteOrganizer, a note and the NoteOrganizer, or multiple views at once.Mac 360°, "10 Ways This Mac Notes App Has Oh So Much Power" by Ron McElfresh, October 27, 2010Mac 360°, "A Mac Notes App Like You’ve Never Used" by Jack D. Miller, June 25, 2014
Ways to Access Notes
Note Views Notes can be selected by picking from the QuickNotes menu, clicking an arrow, or clicking in the NoteOrganizer to open them. From the Text menu, over a dozen templates or over 100 samples can be selected.
MultiView MultiView allows viewing as many notes as will fit on the screen at the same time.macZOT!, "TopXNotes for Mac Organize Your Life" August 15, 2011
QuickNotes QuickNotes is a mini-window which always floats on top,Stat My Web, "Topxnotes" with a menu holding selected notes available for use.Macworld, "TopXNotes 1.3" by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com, July 14, 2008 QuickNotes is also available directly from the Dock at the edge of the screen.
Sync with Mobile Devices
Notes from TopXNotes on a Macintosh can be syncedMacNN, "TabView, AirRadar, TopXNotes" February 8, 2012 to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touchThe Daily App Show, "Tropical Software releases TopXNotes 1.7.3 Mac Notes Manager" by Jerad Hill, June 6, 2012 A zoom control on the iPhone accesses larger text.AppShopper, "TopXNotes iOS iPhone" December 2, 2013 TopXNotes Touch can create notes on a mobile device while on the go, and those notes can be synced back to the Macintosh using a home Wi-Fi.MacWorld, "TopXNotes Touch syncs your notes with your touch device" by David Dahlquist, June 28, 2010
TopXNotes Touch supports backup and restore directly to mobile devices.Appmodo, "Tropical Software releases TopXNotes touch 1.1 for iOS" by Adam, July 25, 2011 If a deleted note is later needed, the Restore function on the mobile device can retrieve the missing information. It allows emailing a note directlySlapapp, "Tropical Software Releases TopXNotes touch for iPhone and iPod touch" June 25, 2010 — click and send. It also supports landscape mode note-editing. With the iPhone 4s. text can be dictated directly into TopXNotes.
System Requirements
A PPC or Intel based Macintosh with Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher Mac OS X Mountain Lion compatibleiClarified, "Apple News TopXNotes Lion Ready" August 6, 2011 Normally less than 40MB disk space (depending on amount of notes stored) 20-50 MB RAM (depends on number of note views open) Wi-Fi (if syncing with mobile devices)Macworld UK, "2011TopXNotes review" by Karl Hodge and Phillip Michaels, March 25, 2011
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