The first thing I notice is that MacJournal seems wider, physically wider. I found that MacJournal 4 always seemed constrained like I was bumping my shoulders against the door frame. I would often go over to notebook to do journaling and the going back and forth was kind of schizophrenic. There is something more natural about journaling in MacJournal 5. Having been using Mac's since 1986, my Mac +, just diving in has been a trait long habituated. Now I was able to discover more features easily and can see the increased power and ease of use of this application update. I can see that MacJournal 5 will be my primary journaling application while Notebook will perform its business as a task organizer. In all aspects as the Macintosh platform has become more complex, one is better served by reading the how to PDFs. I purchased some new apps last month like 1Password and Bento but I've not been able to make efficient use of them because I don't want to stop my forward progress with the apps using my by gosh and by golly approach to learning the applications. This is going to have to stop. I must bow down to the Gods of Bells and Whistles so I can make a more effective approach to using the programs.