DINGDONGDADDY  If this software did what it claims to do, it would be fantastic. But it crashes--a lot. I leave it on in the background and gradually I become aware of something not quite right. It's SOHO Notes or Organizer, sitting there quietly, spinning its beachball. Force Quit. And delete the program from my computer.

It has one of my all time favorite features: you can type a note with freeform text and add an actionable task anywhere within. The task has a checkbox, shows up on the calendar, and syncs with iCal. What a great way to have tasks be associated with the though process (notes) and actionable (calendar). But it all falls to pieces because the apps just freeze up.  
(Version 8.07)

SEAGULL23  Chronos continues to promise and then disappoint. They have a great concept, but consistently fail to execute. Every version seems to be plagued by small but annoying bugs. I bought version 7, which actually worked reasonably well. But I'm regretting the upgrade to 8.07 because of the same sort of bugs that infested versions 5 and (apparently) 6. For example, in the latest iteration you can't save records of phone conversations (a variety of error messages), and records of previous conversations have been deleted. A previous poster reported that they had actually interacted with a Chronos rep, but in my experience, their customer service doesn't exist.

Buying this company's products is sort of like being in an abusive relationship with someone you really like -- they just happen to be a complete screw-up. You keep hoping Chronos will get better, but after this release I give up on them. I strongly recommend that others not buy -- you will experience hours of frustration trying to get the software to work as it should. None of the other products on the market offer quite as much as Organizer -- but they deliver what they promise.  
(Version 8.07)

TANKKNIGHT  I've slowly been relying on Organizer more and more to the point that I now have retired Contactizer Pro. I still cannot get any of the v3.8.x of CP to alarm and CP support is pathetic.

With Organizer v8.x.x and Notes v8.x.x working pretty darn good I also dropped my experimentation with DevonThink. Plus to be truthful I do not have the money for multiple products.   
(Version 8.07)

PEARLMAN  Interesting. How do you contact them? I would love to have an email address if you have one.  
(Version 8.06)

PAULKELEHER  I strongly recommend you do not buy this software! I was a long time user of Personal Organizer and was excited when Chronos went Cocoa. However the first edition of SoHo for OSX was a joke, it was so devoid of functionality. I waited until eventually Version 8 was announced as the compete product - it had only taken Chronos what, 4 years to catch up with the 'new' OS. I should have been warned off by that inexcusable delay. I even pr-ordered Version 8 thinking it had to be the one. In fact it is slow, cumbersome, ugly - which really takes some doing for a Mac product - but what's really inexcusable is it doesn't even work properly. For example, try editing phone numbers in a contact. As you delete them it merrily creates duplicates instead - after hanging for ages - which then sync, messing up your MobileMe account too and then any other device syncing as well; it's like buying your very own virus. I've no doubt sometimes it will work for some people, but it is not safe, solid software and it should not be on sale as guaranteed to work. I've tried to delete all traces of SoHo but I'm not sure my computer has recovered yet.

If that weren't enough customer support is a joke. I've posted questions and had to wait 18 days for even a reply, never mind a solution. I've tried to request help and got not reply and my request for a refund fall on deaf ears. Somewhere the developers of this software disappeared up a blind alley; don't follow them.  
(Version 8.05)

ANON BUD  Though by no means a perfect application and though there are some pretty aggravating glitches (all of which can be worked-around) Soho Organizer is a pretty good Contact/Calendar Management system.

Positives:

Prints better than iCal

Allows for various kinds of links for contacts (emails, notes, phone calls, events, files, etc.)

Nice GUI

Good Journal entry and Daily note entry

Syncs fairly well with iCal and Address Book, thus keeping Mobile Me up to date (if you've got that)

Ability to tag notes and arrange in various folders and smart folders

Much faster launch times than previous versions

Fairly good support with regular app updates to fix problems

Drag and drop of contacts on contacts to establish relationships between the two

Negatives:

Search in Soho Notes does not work

Drag and drop of contacts on established events does not work (it is supposed to)

Email of attendees from within event views does not work (the option is grayed out)

Some random crashes, though that is getting better and better

Changed event times/dates in iCal do not always sync to Organizer

I still use iCal to create most events (especially with the “Create in iCal” contextual menu in Mail) as I am able to email attendees from iCal and not from Organizer.

It would be nice if there was a LaunchBar plugin for Organizer so that I could find specific note links to contacts.

Would be nice if I could use Spell Catcher with Organizer.

This is a much better and more stable app since version 8 (and getting rid of OpenBase architecture helped), so check it out!  
(Version 8.05)

ALLANMACAM  Cookie08, are you in 32 or 64 bit mode on Snow Leopard? I just wonder why clean installs of Organiser on three clean systems should result in such a horrendous experience, yet in your case, it appears to work well enough to become default for you?

Any hints much appreciated.  
(Version 8.01)

COOKIE08  I am trying this V8 again and finding that the bugs are gone and the program is as quick as Contactizer pro and much more mac os like like using an extended iCal with integrated address book. So far it syncs really well no problems syncs direct with mobile me well also.

The other bonus is the print essentials the great label printing app and notes thrown in as well.

After three days use I am now fully using SOHO Organizer as the replacement for iCal and address book.  
(Version 8.01)

ALLANMACAM  I would really like to like this product but as of version 8.0, Notes still doesn't show Pages documents in full, only an icon; it says a working (and supported) scanner is not connected. Organiser can not send invitations to participants from events, it doesn't sync with Google calendars, panes showing mail or events for a contact can disappear when activated or changed and the whole importing of version 7 databases is slow and very buggy - First run all contacts had lost their groups. The program looks great and I feel it runs quicker for the moment but I feel I'm back to Devonthink and Contactizer. Such a pity!  
(Version 8.01)

TANKKNIGHT  I gave up on version 7 back in June as Openbase was upgraded and SOHO would not work with the new version.

I have been experimenting with DeveonThink, but with SOHO 8 out I figured to try again. SOHO 8 works! Its much faster and a nice new GUI. However, it still has a major bug ... They said you can migrate your version 7 database - NOPE! The SOHO Migration App starts off great then hangs. I tried using the backup file, but the same results.

I really wish Chronos would do just a little more testing/quality control.

Deducting 2 stars since all my version 7 is not accessible.  
(Version 8.0)