I have tried BookMacster v1.11.1 (tried it in prior versions too) and again within minutes have deleted it. Sorry, Bookdog does the job just as well, cleaner and simpler interface and setup. Also, BookMacster, every time I have used it has given me the same basic error, that the file it creates (from default settings) can't be found and therefore always asks me to open or create a new bookshelf. This has never ever worked and is why I always go back to Bookdog. I understand that there are issues with how Bookdog did things; but sorry, the developer needs to take the functionality of BookMacster and the usability of Bookdog and create a new application that has both without their respective faults. I know Bookdog won't sync with iCloud, thankfully I don't sync my iPhone (or eventual iPad) that way.

I can't recommend BookMacster to anyone. I have uninstalled it on my own system now for I believe the 5th time and have gone back (yet again) to Bookdog.

Please, developer, listen to users and ditch BookMacster and learn from it's failures and also Bookdog's dogged continued use. Thanks.

I really don't want to make a career out of bookmark maintenance. Sometimes devs become so obsessed with the details of their apps, they lose perspective end up spoiling it. What was wrong with BookDog—and why should I have to pay this kind of money to upgrade—not that it is an upgrade. Not in convenience, not in usability ...

Revive the Dog.

In need for transfer of my huge book-mark lib I have purchased this app today just to reconfirm, that $20.00 has been wasted !

I lost all of my book-marks and NO~WAY to make this app work.

To operate this app is beyond my Maya skills. What suppose to be simple ... is simply not. Folders will always end-up empty many of then are doubled.

My previous review has received -zillion reply and so tell me someone out there in plain language as 1 / 2 / 3 / ... how you will export Safari bookmarks in to Firefox with filter for duplicates using this app ...

I just can not wait for positive reply.

It has been two months since I here panned BookMacster for vacating some of my bookmarks folders. I did not ask for a refund because I felt that the developer had done his job. I was giving up on using it. Jerry is obviously a maestro among programmers, and his user documentation is the most precise and unambiguous I have ever seen in any program.

I think that I probably tortured BookMacster into malfunctioning by exercising it too intensively for the purpose of learning to use it.

Now I return to my question of whether BookMacster should ever have been written. Reviews of browsers always come from the same sources, when full time users (professional tech writers or programmers) are periodically reviewing and reassessing their own choice of browser. I dare suggest that very few users jump between numerous browsers several times per hour, which would justify the utility and complexities of BookMacster. If all my browsers did the same things well, then I would only use one of them. Chrome seems to be the master of playing well with other websites, while they have publicly stated long ago their lack of interest in the downloading functions. Firefox is great for downloading, but often bugs out or beachballs on intensive research projects. So I choose my add-ons and bookmarks differently for these two browsers.

I wish that the SOP for BookMacster was the same as Bookdog, to remain idle until I see the need to stop my browsing and give the command to close all the browsers and do its thing. (My moist fantasy would be to eliminate all the electronic rummaging through all my bookmarks in all browsers, and simply drag the one bookmark folder I need from one browser to the other!)

This is my reply (with comments) to the question of my not requesting a refund for the software. Hats off to you, Jerry, and I wish you well!

I've used BookDog, and now BookMacster ever since I've started with Macs several years ago. It's a tour de force in bookmarking maintenance, encompassing almost every conceivable option to create, edit, sync, validate and archive bookmarks. I really love the flexibility it gives me to tailor my bookmarks to exactly the way I want them to appear.

But because of this enormous flexibility, its ease of use is an order of magnitude more difficult than its predecessor - BookDog. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the myriad of options and when to use them (or maybe more importantly, when not to). That's why I only gave 3 stars to Ease of Use. I really think that the implementation of Wizards for its most common functions would go a long way to giving BookMacster a more mainline appeal, and help prevent the user from making catastrophic choices (like accidentally wiping out your entire bookmark collection).