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Bookdog is the complete bookmarks manager for your Mac.
Bookdog manages the bookmarks you have in
Bookdog manages the bookmarks you have in
- Camino
- del.icio.us
- Google Bookmarks
- OmniWeb
- Opera
- Netscape
- Safari
- Shiira 2.0 or later
- Sorting to your specifications
- Keeping them sorted, by its built-in companion, Bookwatchdog
- Detecting duplicates, to your specifications
- Verifying bookmarks, fixing broken ones, advising on questionable ones
- Migrating bookmarks between
What's New
Version 5.3.21:
- The only change is that this version is signed with our Developer ID, so that it can be installed in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Users who already have BookMacster 5.3.20 installed and working may skip this update, even if they update to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. It is only needed if Bookdog is re-installed after OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.
Requirements
- Intel/PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
- To manage Firefox bookmarks, must be using Firefox 1.5 or later.
- To manage OmniWeb bookmarks, must be using OmniWeb 5.0 or later
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| Downloads:113,468 |
| Version Downloads:2,767 |
| Type:Internet : Internet Utilities |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:26 Jul 2012 |
| Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $22.95 |
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Bookdog is the complete bookmarks manager for your Mac.
Bookdog manages the bookmarks you have in
Bookdog manages the bookmarks you have in
- Camino
- del.icio.us
- Google Bookmarks
- OmniWeb
- Opera
- Netscape
- Safari
- Shiira 2.0 or later
- Sorting to your specifications
- Keeping them sorted, by its built-in companion, Bookwatchdog
- Detecting duplicates, to your specifications
- Verifying bookmarks, fixing broken ones, advising on questionable ones
- Migrating bookmarks between browsers
- Migrates attributes such as descriptions, keywords
- Converts Tags to Hierarchy and back
- Powerful searching
- All capabilities extend to bookmarks on other networked Macs.
- Can also create or read standalone or "backup" bookmarks files.
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Zo219 reviewed on 02 Aug 2012
Total bookmark fanatics can always use BookMacster--but this is a unique utility (unfortunately--there should be more bookmark managers for OS X.)
Yes, the interface is ... strange ... and there could be a few less clicks, a built in sync-saver instead of having to open a file ... but right now, this is the best. (Please do not *think* of buying URLManager Pro.)
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Sleav reviewed on 10 Jul 2012
Downloading and trying BookMacster, it seemed to work just fine. But I have to be honest here - seeing the BookMacster interface (a more lively and colorized implementation of the old BookDog interface) reminded me that this app is impossibly complex-looking and non-intuitive for such a simple task set.
Maybe this is ingratitude after years of loyalty, but I just didnt want to spend $20 merely to sort my bookmarks - all I really need from BookDog. So I downloaded a free quick n' dirty utility that does it - and that's when I realized....
I guess the fact that SheepDog has been so attached to what has to be one of the worst app icons in the Mac OS world, while its not a crime to love an awful icon (and we have to give them some slack, it's obviously an icon of a beloved pet) this is evidence that they just don't put much stock in making user interfaces that are intuitive, and - dare I say it? - delight the eye. BookDog's interface looks like a Gannt chart for complex project management software, when a simple set of checkboxes could do the same thing faster, easier and more attractively.
So, four stars for a great app that does sorting and a whole lot more (particularly, migrating bookmarks between various browser apps), but some points off for a needlessly counterintuitive interface.
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Xenophile reviewed on 06 Dec 2011
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BlackMacX reviewed on 21 Oct 2011
What for me sets Bookdog apart from it's competition (and why partially I keep using it) is it's ability to verify sites still exist, sorting of bookmarks and keeping things organized between various browsers (I know the way it does this mayn't be as well designed (supposedly) as BookMacster; but I find Bookdog's implementation works better and has never (let me repeat that), never ruined my bookmark structure) effortlessly.
If Sheep System's can take a single (though I doubt I'm the only one) customer's suggestion, do away with BookMacster, renew Bookdog and leave it that way. The foray into BookMacster was for a valid reason; but it (by user comments) isn't what users seem to want, whereas Bookdog is still going strong (due to user demand) well after it was officially shelved to be replaced by BookMacster.
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Thyx reviewed on 24 Jan 2011
Only thing missing is Chrome support. They want 20$ for an update including this... unlikely.
@those wo are complaining about the ugly icon: you are aware you're free to change icons to whatever your heart desires, aren't you?
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http://www.sullysrants.com/2010/02/safari-bookmark-sorter-app-free/
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I also like how I can verify bookmarks and find and fix/eliminate broken links.
As for migrating between browsers, where Bookdog excels over Xmarks is that it mirgrates descriptions and keywords while converting Tags to Hierarchy and back. Unless I missed it, Xmarks doesn't do that.
I have no relationship to the developer, but I've been using shareware since 1985, and this is about the best $22+ I've ever spent on a program. I constantly use it and it never lets me down.
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I've been using shareware (and freeware) for a long time myself. Anyone will tell you, free beats not free any day of the week. I constantly use Xmarks and it too has never let me down.
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For those of us who want to not only to sync, but also to: fix broken links (the one thing of merit in your eyes), keep our keywords and descriptions in sync (for many Firefox users who use keywords to organize thousands of bookmarks, this is no small feature; I spend a log of time tagging!), to always have our bookmarks sorted the way *we* want (Watchdog), and with the ability to have way, WAY more flexibility in the criterion of how the bookmarks are sorted, Bookdog far outshines Xmarks.
Also, from my usage, it's so much faster and easier to syc my bookmarks locally on my machine, and not have to upload a new set every single time I make changes, which I find a real pain in the rear. (Plus, again, I just can't do the bookmark manipulation *in* Xmarks that I can while I'm in Bookdog.)
So, different strokes for different folks. Again, I hear and appreciate that you don't see the value. I do, and Bookdog has saved me hours and hours of time. Also, I'm only taking time to reply because your statement "the only feauture I see that Bookdog has over Xmarks is that it can eliminate broken links" you seemed to be saying that in fact, that is the *only* actual feature Bookdog has over Xmarks, when in fact, that's the only one *you* see any value in at all. Big difference!
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You speak of syncing like it is a manual process...when for both Xmarks and Bookdog it is largely automatic. If I need to delete a dead link, or reorganize some of the links, I simply do so and then hit "Syncronize Now" in my menubar. That simple. There is no labor involved in "manipulating" the bookmarks in Xmarks - since it is done within Safari to begin with - so it sounds like it is much less work than you do for Bookdog. You don't even need a live Internet connection to do it, since both will sync up when that Internet connection is reestablished.
Bookdog just isn't offering anything in the way of features that could justify it's price ($22!). However if you are ok with that, then that's fine for you. So as you said...different strokes for different folks.
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Thank goodness we can all choose in the free market to value software as we see fit! Since you see zero value, you don't have to buy it! Since it's a great value to me, I'm more than happy to pay $22, as have thousands of other happy users. You opinion that it's not worth $22 isn't an absolute, or definitive, as you keep seeming to imply, but simply that, your opinion. And again, I respect that.
I hope that our back and forth will prompt people to look into Bookdog, (and yes, FREE Xmarks), for themselves. Both are great products, in my experience, and one is definitely worth paying for, in my experience, but not in yours. Not much more to say than that.
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Thanks for your kind words. I think it's important to be able to share views and to not lose sight of each other, so to speak, even when we may strongly disagree.
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Steven Goodheart reviewed on 17 Apr 2010
I've used this program for several years now, and it has never failed me or messed up my bookmarks, though it's powerful enough to cause problems if you don't get the syncs going in the right direction or don't understand what a "bi-lateral" sync does and the like.
Recently, I made a real bonehead mistake on a sync, (my fault - I put the settings wrong) and ended up with thousands of duplicates in Safari. Rather than try to sort it out, I used time machine to get back the Safari folder from earlier in the day.
If you have problems, contact the developer. The personal support has always been fantastic.
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This utility needs a new interface.
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Though it seems to work to sync with the other browsers.
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Jerry Krinock, developer
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THREE PEOPLE REPORTED SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DOWNLOAD OF BOOKDOG 3.9.1, SO IT IS TEMPORARILY PULLED WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON!!! DOWNLOAD LINK NOW GIVES 3.8. SORRY - CHECK BACK LATER.
I could not keed it running after upgrade: crashed in few seconds
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This ancient history was fixed in a couple hours.
Sincerely,
Jerry Krinock
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