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DESCRIPTION
BibDesk is a bibliographic reference manager for Mac OS X. BibDesk is designed to help organize and use bibliographic databases in BibTeX .bib format. In addition to manual typing, BibDesk lets you drag & drop or cut & paste .bib files into the bibliographic database and automatically opens files downloaded from PubMed. BibDesk also keeps track of electronic copies of literature on your computer and allows for searching your database through several keys.
BibDesk integrates well with TeX for creating citations and bibliographies. This integration includes a Citation search completion service, and drag & drop (cut & paste) support for adding citations to TeX files.
WHAT'S NEW
New Features
• Independence of Omni frameworks
• Renewed preference interface
• Use standard source list tables on Leopard
• Support a color label column to allow sorting by color label
• It is now possible to share using bonjour between different BibDesk processes on the same computer
• Sharing is now accepted even when you chose not to save the password in your KeyChain
• Add biblatex-type multiple citation style for copy and drag
• BibDesk now updates using Sparkle, thanks Andy Matuschak
• New group UI
• Improvements to file views and quicklook previewer
• Improvements to web group. Add history, URL auto-completion, proxy icon, show loading errors, remember size, support drag & drop
• You can now hide the count bubbles for the group, this can improve performance if you have many smart groups
• Revamp group source list into mode standard group list style, in particular for Leopard
• New auto-generation format specifier for 'words' of a field, useful for first page
• Allow editing files and URLs in the side pane when a single item is selected
• New row mode for file views
• Warn when importing items with duplicate cite keys
• Move changing the group field to main menu and group table contextual menu
• Display duplicate cite keys in red
• Use Medline XML for PubMed import, which includes diacritics
Bugs Fixed
• Avoid an exception when clicking in a publication detail window just outside the fields
• Size status bars according to the HIG
• Workaround in web scraper for regressions in Google Scholar
• Fix back reference in regex find & replace
• Fix find & replace in non-field properties
• Avoid a crash when a BibDesk process used for sharing terminates
• Improve efficiency for UI updating when there are many smart groups
• Improve the key view loop in the main window
• Show keyboard focus ring on some custom buttons
• Improvements and fixes to sharing, you can now share between different processes on the same computer
• Connecting to shared groups now succeeds also if you don't accept the key chain service
• Fix a crasher that sometimes occurred when making modifications while doing a quick search
• Fix shared group updating when more than one document is open
• Allow using BibTeX Type in cite key and auto-file format
• Fix removal of selected shared group
• Avoid a crash when a shared group is removed
• Preserve modified and added dates in shared items
• Fix copying of groups in scripting
• Simplify choosing a search group server
• Avoid a crasher that may happen when closing a document directly after a save
• Display error when the web group fails to load
• Try to update linked files when a file is renamed on disk
• Improve edit validations in publication editor
• Rework various background queues
• More reliable parsing of year field from RIS
• Update duplicate cite key warning when the duplicate cite key changes
• Fix text color in highlighted cells on Tiger
• Default fields are not taken into account for publication equivalence test, so minimal bibtex will be equivalent
• Fix text layout after zooming in preview
• Perform full Entrez search asynchronously, so it won't block when the server is inaccessible
• Fix status bar icon shown when an item needs to be filed
• Make sure the web group tries to parse plain text as a last resort
• Collapse whitespace in simple bibtex fields
• Fix ACMDL web group parser
• Fixes for ISI WoS search parser, use Times-Cited and fix date parsing
• Ignore unknown nontex fields in RIS export to avoid exporting invalid RIS
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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| BibDesk User Reviews (14 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jun 19 2009 |
JOACHIMR After using Endnote (when it was still a Mac product) and then Bookend and trying Sente, this is my absolute fav app, especially since it allowed me to toss Word. I use it for organize (very effortlessly) all my research and even my drafts in a Lyx - BibDesk combination. Perfect integration (as BibDesk basically edits the BibTeX file you need for Lyx). I strongly suggest for all folks who are frustrated with MS Word to give these two apps a try. Tons of other users are willing and able to support you and there's tons of information available on various user groups. I only wish that it would not have to index the content of PDFs each time you want to search (only one time until you close the app).
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 | Jun 19 2009 |
HOFMAN BibDesk does index the contents of attached files (such as PDFs) only once. In fact, it even caches the index between launches. Note that indexing a large number of attached files can take a while, and for that matter BibDesk can even divide the long indexing process over several launch sessions. Probably what you think is a re-indexing is in fact a continuation of the indexing process, or an integrity check that BibDesk always does automatically when it loads a cached index.
(Version 1.3.21) | |
| Jun 19 2009 |
MPEZ Using Bibdesk + Textmate + Latex for my science thesis. A little bit of a learning curve if you are new to these tools, but well worth it - so much more robust than the other options. The new features of Bibdesk such as being able to import references from webpages are welcome. A great product, just give it a little time.
(Version 1.3.21) | |
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| Jul 24 2008 |
MARK EVERITT For some who use this it may be worth looking into CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/ It allows you to upload pdf files, and if you navigate to a journal's website you can automatically get all the details for the paper and it will assemble the bibtex for you. It's neat because I can get hold of my papers wherever I am and searching in it is nice too. Before CiteULike I used JabRef a lot.
(Version 1.3.18) | |
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| Jul 24 2008 |
RAE I was very happy to see a free app that dose the job as reference manage, however,it crashes easily. Just then I tried to use this app again to see if it had improved, but it crashed the moment I started. Thinking back, I still remember the frustration of needing to attach files by hand which bugs me when I have lots of PDFs. The worst thing is that when it crashes, I lost all the data I entered. T_T Another minor issue: there is no scroll left or right when browsing a webpage. If you have lots of articles and need to work with papers for a long time, Sente is better. Otherwise, this app should work as well.
(Version 1.3.18) | |
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| May 21 2008 |
FXT it took me awhile to warm up to bibdesk, but at this point i couldn't operate efficiently without it. a "must have" if you're into refereed journal literature. | |
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| May 5 2008 |
RCN Perhaps the best designed Mac application there is. It's a shame that more people aren't aware of BibDesk and end up buying one of the competitors instead. BibDesk makes managing large collections of pdfs easy, and you don't need to know anything about bibtex to use it. In fact, one of the best things about BibDesk is how well it integrates with Skim, the pdf reader/annotation app. Manage your database with BibDesk, double click on a pdf to open it with Skim, do all your highlighting and note taking, and when you go back to BibDesk your highlights and notes are waiting there as searchable text! In fact, it is simple to search across the entire text of a large library - searching both the text of the pdfs and your own notes. The screenshot (maybe it is time for a new one?) really doesn't begin to show you how well this program is designed or all of the features (including integration with a number of online databases). If you're looking for anything near the bibliography/note taking realm, I strongly suggest you give BibDesk a try.
(Version 1.3.16) | |
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| Jan 12 2008 |
LUGAL BibDesk is absolutely wonderful software, far better than any other BibTex manager I've ever used. I've been using BibDesk heavily for a few years (writing my dissertation), and the only problem that I've ever had was fixed by the developers on the same day that I reported it. It's a deep program, with lots of features that I don't use, so it might seem a little overwhelming to the uninitiated, but it's so good that anyone who needs to manage a large bibliography--even if they don't use BibTex--really should try it out.
(Version 1.3.13) | |
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| Oct 7 2006 |
OSOS10 A great program. Makes the annoying tasks of organizing references, referring to them from an article, linking them to the corresponding pdf files and urls a pleasure. Thanks ....
(Version 1.2.9) | |
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| Sep 30 2006 |
KLAGRECA Am I the only one, or do "real" groups for organizing references a better idea than "virtual" groups? (I'm talking about where all of the references reside in "All Publications" and groups contain only pointers to the reference.) Otherwise, great program. When considering price, Bibdesk is better than Endnote by a long shot.
(Version 1.2.9) | |
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| Jun 28 2006 |
DFK An excellent program -- powerful and flexible. The export options are particularly nice. Thanks to all who contributed!
(Version 1.2.7) | |
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