I am looking for a program that I can use to keep a personal journal/diary. I would like it to have some of the features of a modern blog such as incorporating pictures, video, etc., but I would like everything stored locally. I am experimenting with Journler (http://www.journler.com/), but there are some things I don't like about it, and since I plan on using it regularly for years to come, I want it to be as perfect as possible. One thing I would definitely like is the option to change the date on entries since many of my entries are in retrospect. Also, it looks like Journler is going defunct. What do you all use?
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looking for a journaling app
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According to his original post, he said that they look like they are defunct.
I use Circus Ponies Notebook for work and it is quite good, so far nothing I couldn't do. I got it with one of those MacBundles for sale on the MacRumors home page; so for $40 I got this and a few other apps I actually use. Worth them money.
MacJournal from Mariner Software. I have it, I use it, I love it.
http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=85
They have some screencasts on the page so you can get a quick idea of what it's like. I think there is a discount on it in the MacUpdate Store, too.
EDIT: Yup.
http://www.mupromo.com/deal/629/5801/macjournal
http://www.marinersoftware.com/sitepage.php?page=85
They have some screencasts on the page so you can get a quick idea of what it's like. I think there is a discount on it in the MacUpdate Store, too.
EDIT: Yup.
http://www.mupromo.com/deal/629/5801/macjournal
The two biggest things are that I can't edit the creation date (bad for procrastinators who want a daily entry), and that "resources", like pictures added to the entry, are linked to rather than copied. I've discovered a work-around by having it link, then moving the picture file to that entry's folder in finder, but it can get complicated locating the correct one.
Wow. I feel stupid.
Is there any way to incorporate audio and video when you export your journal to a more universal format, like pdf or html?
If you don't mind me doing a little self-promotion, I'd like to mention my Mac diary app MiLife. It's in active development and has quite a few features, including audio/video/photo embedding, date changing, automatic date sorting, encryption, password protection, back-up tools, page exporting, diary-wide searching, ambient soundtracks, a Hide the Desktop tool, etc.
http://bravobug.com/milife
It also has some fun freeware add-on tools as well:
http://bravobug.com/milifeedit
Cheers~