FDQN4FH I've used Yep since for 5 months. I currently have 866 PDFs, running on a fully loaded first gen MacBook Pro. Yep is quite a Mac-friendly app. However, IMHO is not feature-complete enough to manage large numbers of PDF files. It's very tag based, and yet does not provide enough tools to manipulate and search through those tags. Sorely missing are ways to exclude tags during searches. The interface, while Mac-like, also has deficiencies. There is a Yahoo Groups based discussion forum. I have sent feature suggestions since I started getting excited about this. Unfortunately while there have been some new releases, name changes, and some feature additions, there is no indication as to whether these feature requests are being considered, or on their way, or an expected time frame. It's cool to have a PDF management system, but frustrating not to know whether it's a good idea to keep using it in expectation that required functionality will be added, and when. It's cool that the developers have chosen not to use a funky file system, and to write the PDF tags to the individual files (or copies), so that the user can move away from the system as required. While I'm sure they are nice people, and have a nice website, the silence is deafening. I'd recommend trying this software out cautiously. Unlike other users, I haven't lost any data through normal use. Personally, I'd wait for Leopard to show up before considering paying for Yep 1.2 when it's released. There's NO indication that Apple will add tags to the Finder, but one can only hope. Such tags would IMHO duplicate much of Yep's functionality. (Version 1.1.2) |