Yojimbo 4 review: Stellar information manager adds better sync (for a fee)
Everyone needs a simple organization app. There are just too many random bits of information out there to rely on the sticky notes, snippets, and other hacks we all used at the dawn of personal computing to keep track of information.
Which is why when Bare Bones Software’s Yojimbo information manager arrived on the scene in 2006, many people snapped it up and never looked back. Since then, competitors such as Evernote and DevonThink have taken different approaches to organizing, managing, and storing data such as text notes, images, drawings, PDFs, passwords, serial numbers, Web URLs, Web archives, and much more. But Yojimbo has remained popular, and Yojimbo 4 is the most capable version yet. (Yojimbo 4 is $30—a $20 price drop from previous versions—or $20 for owners of previous versions.)
What’s compelling about Yojimbo, ironically, is that over time, relatively little has changed about the program’s clean interface, even as Bare Bones has added major improvements and enhancements such as sidekick, tags, and, in version 4, Mac-to-Mac sync. In fact, version 4 looks roughly same as the original release: the ultimate virtual file cabinet (or junk drawer, depending on your approach), with little bloat and a minimal upgrade learning curve. Version 4 also adds goodies such as a full-screen view and support for Retina displays.
Yojimbo’s interface remains simple and easy to learn.
The app is smart about where to place specific information, especially when you’re using the program’s Drop Dock or Quick Input panel. For example, Yojimbo knows whether a line of text or a string of characters is a URL or a serial number, automatically placing each in the proper smart folder. But you can also choose (as I did) to just dump everything in the main library and use the search function to find it later—the search never fails me.
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