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xPad
xPad
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xPad free download for Mac

xPad

Version 1.2.6

Note-taking and scrapbooking with drop-and-drop support.

4.7
Based on 26 user ratesRead reviews & comments
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This app is no longer supported by it's developer. You can find similar apps here.

xPad overview

xPad is a notepad andscrapbook application with robust drag-and-drop support. Manage an unlimited number of documents in a single window interface. Color-coded categories and document sorting allows for easy organization of text documents. xPad is a single solution replacement for Stickies, NotePad, Scrapbook and TextEdit.

Features:

  • One window, unlimited documents
  • Both rich and plain text editing
  • Drag and drop to and from Finder
  • Export to your iPod
  • Automatically saves and opens your documents
  • Categories with color coding
  • Sorting
  • Gorgeous Cocoa interface

What’s new in version 1.2.6

Updated on Aug 04 2016

Version 1.2.6:
  • Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Information

License

Free

Size

796 KB

Downloads

29540

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
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Razz
Razz
Feb 10 2019
1.2.6
5.0
Feb 10 2019
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
xPad is the most useful note pad app out there. I have organized and stored a ton of data and find new uses for it every day. It needs to be upgraded to 64-bit. Apple is on the path to support only 64-bit software and xPad will not run once Apple makes the changeover permanent. Garrett, would it be possible for you to go to upgrade to 64-bit? There are almost 30,000 downloads of this app an I am sure that thousands of users would appreciate it. If it is not in your portfolio, would you consider making it open source?
tdwong
tdwong
Mar 25 2017
1.2.6
5.0
Mar 25 2017
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
Have this small handy tool since Snow Leopard. I am now with Sierra and xPad is still working great with all notes I have taken all these years.
Max-G
Max-G
Aug 9 2016
1.2.6
3.5
Aug 9 2016
3.5
Version: 1.2.6
Handy little note app. Allows drag/drop of pictures, pdf's etc. too. However, it seems I cannot export pictures as pictures (and pdf's as pdf's). Neither by exporting, nor by drag/drop.
Anthony1947
Anthony1947
Aug 4 2016
1.2.6
0.0
Aug 4 2016
0.0
Version: 1.2.6
This is the same version that was created in August, 2007 -- and it works great for me under Mac OS 10.9.5. I use it for all sorts of things - especially articles, etc., that I wish to copy from the web. Not sure about more recent OS versions - but it's well worth a try. Version 1.2.6
mgkspllz
mgkspllz
Oct 9 2015
1.2.5
5.0
Oct 9 2015
5.0
Version: 1.2.5
I love this application. Is anyone having issues with it after updating to El Capitan? I almost want to go back to Yosemite for this! There's a giant shadow that's not transparent, around the app window. If anyone finds a fix or an app that's like this.. let me know please!!!
bbw7
bbw7
Sep 15 2011
1.2.5
5.0
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Version: 1.2.5
Have used Xpad for about two months and I like it a lot, even if it is no longer supported. Works like it says it does and saves the files in the drawer between sessions. However, I have a question: the "drawer" all of a sudden switched sides, i.e. it used to open to the right of the main window, now it opens to the left. I can't find any option in Preferences or elsewhere to toggle it back. Anyone know what the trick is?
rayj
rayj
Aug 8 2011
1.2.5
0.0
Aug 8 2011
0.0
Version: 1.2.5
This was a superb note-taking program. But, as the developer announces on his website, it died in 2007: it is no longer being developed or supported. Oh for something as good as this that can handle innovations such as iPad/iPhone sync!
cpichado
cpichado
May 4 2011
1.2.6
5.0
May 4 2011
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
I've used this app for years - definitely the most robust note-taking app I've found, and was told to download this by fellow Mac users, whose it was also on their 'Top 10' apps to have lists.
Notimetoulouse
Notimetoulouse
Jan 18 2011
1.2.6
4.5
Jan 18 2011
4.5
Version: 1.2.6
Two days ago I started to work my way through all the note taking apps on MU, to find the right one for me. I'm a tad hamstrung by using OSX 10.4.11, so a lot of the newer apps are a no go area. I need an application that I can throw everything into categories for my writing research, and this is one of the two I'm leaning heavily towards at the moment. Small ram footprint (17mb all day), and very stable. I've contacted the dev to suggest putting a donationware button on the website. If I choose this to be my app of choice, I'd be happy to press a paypal button to say thankyou.
Abby475
Abby475
Jan 10 2011
1.2.6
4.5
Jan 10 2011
4.5
Version: 1.2.6
I have been using this for years. I have never had it crash and it saves all my notes for later viewing. I love it!
Poikkeus
Poikkeus
Dec 15 2010
1.2.6
4.5
Dec 15 2010
4.5
Version: 1.2.6
Note pad replacements come in all shapes and sizes, a few quite good. But xPad is small and easy to use. The price is nice, and it's the kind of application you'll end use using again and again. While MemoBlock may have an edge of over reliability, xPad is truly fuss-free.
Mystery-Tramp
Mystery-Tramp
Mar 28 2010
1.2.6
0.0
Mar 28 2010
0.0
Version: 1.2.6
Although this app says it's "free," there appears to be a 15-document limit, which is lifted once the user pays $9.95. I wrote the author about the confusion, but there's been no reply. Really nice app, even with the limitation. mt
Mimiton
Mimiton
Jan 5 2010
1.2.6
5.0
Jan 5 2010
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
I like you very much! :-) Thanks!
Drdul
Drdul
Jun 25 2009
1.2.6
0.0
Jun 25 2009
0.0
Version: 1.2.6
xPad is a nice note-taking app. I like how it works with multiple documents, which can be categorized as well. I also like that it can handle inserted images, and export documents in RTF or RTFD formats. Despite all these nice features, for my purposes it won't replace TextEdit. The main reason is that documents are saved automatically to a folder in ~/Library/Application Support. The only way to save a document elsewhere is to export it, but then I end up with two versions - the one within xPad and the exported version. There's also no option to save documents anywhere other than the default folder. If I could specify a different default folder, I could save documents in my Dropbox, and sync 'em between my Macs.
Flash1296
Flash1296
May 11 2009
1.2.6
5.0
May 11 2009
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
Absolutely excellent. I depend on it and have done so for years.
Txbuy-mac-com
Txbuy-mac-com
Nov 22 2008
1.2.6
0.0
Nov 22 2008
0.0
Version: 1.2.6
Great app ... have really enjoyed it for some time. Only thing missing? Seamless syncing between multiple Mac computers (through .me or other method). I like it ... though with several computers I use (and now used to syncing bookmarks, passwords, and everything else) ... it is very inconvenient to go through all of my computers to find the note. Does anyone know of a way to sync the xpad notes among all computers? Thanks.
Renesis
Renesis
Feb 12 2008
1.2.6
5.0
Feb 12 2008
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
I take a lot of quick notes, I have bad memory, and I'm a neat freak. xPad to the rescue. xPad saves me the clutter of multiple text files, stores them all in one place, and allows me to access them quickly and easily. Apple should pay this guy and incorporate it in future os x releases.
Ubuntuking
Ubuntuking
Nov 16 2007
1.2.6
5.0
Nov 16 2007
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
This is a fantastic note taking application. I am glad to see that version 1.2.6 fixes the leopard incompatibilities.
Watman
Watman
Oct 23 2007
1.2.5
0.0
Oct 23 2007
0.0
Version: 1.2.5
xPad is as transparent as an app gets. I do page layout in Pages, but I do all my freelance writing in xPad - it's quick, the drawer is indispensable, the colour-coding handles my organizing, the drop-down Get Info pane provides a wordcount,and the elegant/functional look satisfies the aesthete in me. Throw in autosave, and you've got one killer (free!) app. Prior to xPad, I tried out CopyWrite and a host of dedicated writer tools. This is the only one that stuck.
Bluemansteele
Bluemansteele
Jul 20 2007
1.2.5
5.0
Jul 20 2007
5.0
Version: 1.2.5
When you need to just jot a quick note you can open TextEdit, however, where do you save it? If you make 20 quick notes where do you save and manage those? It gets to be a mess fast. If you are like me and need to write quick but separate and organized notes, XPad works perfectly. It can change the whole way you work, I write many small notes that I need to be able to find later. I also need to be able to find old note and toss them. This has been a pain in any other software. When a note begins to grow into a full document, you can export one or all of your notes to RTF or plain text and go from there. This has been a great app and I use it every day. There are some terrific software for huge documents such as books or screen plays, but making many small documents has been overlooked. I'd used something similar on PC and glad to have someting on my Mac now.
jim33d
jim33d
Dec 17 2022
1.2.6
5.0
Dec 17 2022
5.0
Version: 1.2.6
Razz
Razz
Feb 10 2019
5.0
Feb 10 2019
5.0
Version: null
tdwong
tdwong
Mar 25 2017
5.0
Mar 25 2017
5.0
Version: null
Max-G
Max-G
Aug 9 2016
3.5
Aug 9 2016
3.5
Version: null
mgkspllz
mgkspllz
Oct 9 2015
5.0
Oct 9 2015
5.0
Version: null
kmdavis1
kmdavis1
Apr 22 2014
4.5
Apr 22 2014
4.5
Version: null
bbw7
bbw7
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Version: null
cpichado
cpichado
May 4 2011
5.0
May 4 2011
5.0
Version: null
Notimetoulouse
Notimetoulouse
Jan 18 2011
4.5
Jan 18 2011
4.5
Version: null
Abby475
Abby475
Jan 10 2011
4.5
Jan 10 2011
4.5
Version: null
Hczingon
Hczingon
Jan 8 2011
3.0
Jan 8 2011
3.0
Version: null
Poikkeus
Poikkeus
Dec 15 2010
4.5
Dec 15 2010
4.5
Version: null
Mimiton
Mimiton
Jan 5 2010
5.0
Jan 5 2010
5.0
Version: null
Flash1296
Flash1296
May 11 2009
5.0
May 11 2009
5.0
Version: null
Renesis
Renesis
Feb 12 2008
5.0
Feb 12 2008
5.0
Version: null
Ubuntuking
Ubuntuking
Nov 16 2007
5.0
Nov 16 2007
5.0
Version: null
Bluemansteele
Bluemansteele
Jul 20 2007
5.0
Jul 20 2007
5.0
Version: null
Macmaria
Macmaria
Dec 21 2006
5.0
Dec 21 2006
5.0
Version: null
Flounder
Flounder
Aug 30 2006
4.5
Aug 30 2006
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 24 2004
5.0
Aug 24 2004
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 24 2004
4.8
Aug 24 2004
4.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 24 2004
5.0
Aug 24 2004
5.0
Version: null
Jonknee41
Jonknee41
Feb 16 2004
4.5
Feb 16 2004
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jan 14 2004
5.0
Jan 14 2004
5.0
Version: null
Dbrown
Dbrown
Jan 5 2004
5.0
Jan 5 2004
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Dec 19 2003
5.0
Dec 19 2003
5.0
Version: null
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