BIRDY2 I've been using it for almost 2 years now and I used to love it. It is as close to perfect as it could be for my purposes. The way it mirrors your folders, that it respects file types on import, the shelf that allows me to quickly get items into it, the ability to organize and tag in a meaningful way, and the visual previews of my files- All of it is exactly what I need and more. BUT I have to give it 2 stars, sadly. 5 stars for being pretty much perfect... but -3 because it just doesn't work as advertised. I have about 1000 files in Together, most of them images. What I loved most were the thumbnail previews (as shown in the screenshot up there). They help me find the image I'm looking for quickly in a folder. Without them I just have folders of generic jpg icons with non-descriptive names. But it just doesn't work. With "Show Icon Previews" turned on the app is sooooo slow, CPU usage is so high and it's so prone to crashing it makes me want to pull my hair out. It's literally unusable. Even scrolling through a folder with 20 jpgs in it takes forever. And while it's generating those previews (which it seems to do every time you switch to a folder, not just the first time you view the folder) you can't do anything else- it just stalls. Maybe it could be argued that that's a specific way of using the app and I'm in the minority, but I don't think that should matter; it's something Together is supposed to do. It's a feature I paid $40 for. I've commented on the Together forum and I've written the developer. The response was quick and friendly but the answer is the same and unacceptable: "you'll have to turn off Icon Previews". If Together could just create a thumbnail database that doesn't need to be generated every time then it would be perfect. If Devonthink and the (free) Evernote desktop app can do it, I don't understand why Together can't (or the developer won't). It seems to be a problem mentioned over and over and over - here and in his forums- with no solution except to not use the app the way it's advertised. So I'm switching to DevonThink. I've already imported everything from Together and it works with no problems. I'd still prefer to use Together but I just can't. Please note: if you are primarily considering Together for text notes with a few images or you don't mind not having image icon previews then it is an excellent program. If not avoid it.
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