TopXNotes

TopXNotes
Original author(s)James Lee, Lewis Garrett, Dirk Maasen, Gregory Dow
Developer(s)Tropical Software
Stable release
v1.8.0 / June 23, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-23)
Operating systemMac OS X
LicenseApp Store (iOS)
Websitetropic4.com/topxnotes.html

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.[1][2]

Formatting options are placed in a toolbar above the current note,[3][4] including font, size, style, text color, emphasis color (highlighting), document color,[5] and justification.[6] 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.[7]

Categories can be created and assigned to notes.[8] Notes or groups of notes can be imported or exported.[9]

TopXNotes can password-protect[10] the entire database or individual notes.[11][12] It also supports write-protected notes.[8]

The QuickNotes function puts the notes most often used at-hand[11] even when the program itself is hidden.[1][2]

The program keeps several backups in its data folder, allowing a previous version of a note to be retrieved even if it was deleted.[2][6]

The program contains its own Read Me file as well as built-in help.

  1. ^ a b MacUpdate, "TopXNotes Versatile note organizer"
  2. ^ a b c "TopXNotes 1.8.0"June 24, 2014
  3. ^ State of Tech, "Mac AOTW #14 - TopXNotes" by Sean Ahrens, June 11, 2012 Archived February 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Macworld, "TopXNotes brings top-notch note taking to your Mac" by Marco Tabini, June 4, 2013
  5. ^ PixoBebo, "TopXNotes: Where simple can be better (almost)" by Kate MacKenzie, May 19, 2008
  6. ^ a b TopXNotes, "Tropical Software"
  7. ^ HeroWarez, "TopXNotes 1.7.3 (Mac Os X)" by maxim, February 6, 2012
  8. ^ a b Softpedia, "TopXNotes 1.7.5" May 11, 2013 Archived May 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Amazon, "Tropical Software TopXNotes"
  10. ^ prMac, "Tag: Text Editing - Latest Releases" May 31, 2012
  11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MacWorld was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ AppShrink.com, "TopXNotes Lion Ready" August 5, 2011