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Yojimbo for Mac

Data organizer.

$30.00
In English
3.4
Based on 53 user rates

Yojimbo overview

Yojimbo empowers Mac users to manage, effortlessly and securely, the onslaught of information encountered every day at work and at home, even across multiple computers. Yojimbo stores different data types: text notes, passwords, Web bookmarks, product serial numbers, PDFs, and Web archives.

Data input into Yojimbo follows familiar Mac user interface gestures such as copy-and-paste, drag-and-drop, a Quick Input Panel, or PDF Services from the Print menu. Searching and retrieval are instantaneous, using either Yojimbo's built-in search, or the Spotlight search system in OS X.

What’s new in version 4.6.1

Important Notices
  • Yojimbo 4.6.3 requires macOS 10.13.6 or later. It will not run on any older version of macOS.
Additions
  • This update does not add any new features. (It doesn't take any away, either.)
Changes
  • Updated the application icon for a more conformant appearance on macOS 11.0 and later.
Fixes
  • Fixed crash which would occur after having activated the "Sync" preferences pane, and then switching away from it before the data size calculation was complete (which could happen for very large data stores).
  • Made a change so that Yojimbo notifies you if errors occur during syncing; and if syncing was turned on but your iCloud account is unavailable, the notification will so indicate.
  • Fixed bug which would interfere with iPad syncing under certain network conditions.
  • Corrected cosmetics in some of the toolbar items to use the correct popup-menu arrow indicator and fix clipped images when running on macOS 13.
  • Returned scanning to some semblance of working order. (Any previous mention of TWAIN compatibility is obsolete; a connected scanner visible in the system's "Printers & Scanners" preference pane should work.)
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Yojimbo for Mac

$30.00
In English
Version 4.6.1

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3.4

(111 Reviews of Yojimbo)

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Gary30
Gary30
Nov 24 2020
4.6
5.0
Nov 24 2020
5.0
Version: 4.6
This used to be a $30 app. Now it's really, like, a $10 app sometimes featured up with a trunk full of junk. But most fo the junk has been subsumed by Apple or other vendors who do it better. I am on 4.1.3, always look at updates, but haven't seen anything compelling in years and years.
davidteplow
davidteplow
Jun 30 2020
4.5
4.0
Jun 30 2020
4.0
Version: 4.5
No reviews here since 2014, except one in 2018. Strange. At any rate, I had Yojimbo v1, which I thought was useful, but not as useful as many other apps. I've since used Eagle Filer, KeepIt, Evernote, OneNote (which I've refused to use because it's built by Microsh*t), SimpleNotes, Apple Notes. I've now returned to Yojimbo v.4.5, which is a simple, very intuitive note keeper that is straightforward to use and can import notes from many other note-keeping apps (e.g., my 1165 notes from KeepIt).
Nick-Collingridge
Nick-Collingridge
Feb 11 2018
4.1.1
4.0
Feb 11 2018
4.0
Version: 4.1.1
I use Yojimbo and as far as it goes find it excellent. It never crashes, and the syncing to the iPad version works well. However it is rather limited. Three things in particular that are shortcomings that limit my use of it are as follows:
1. There are templates for passwords and serial numbers, but not for credit cards, and I can't see that there is any way of adding templates for anything like this that you might want to store in the app.
2. Although you can encrypt text notes and images, you don't seem to be able to encrypt any items using templates (the encrypt option in the contextual menu is greyed out). This is a pretty significant shortcoming.
3. Finally, the absence of an iPhone app is frustrating, and furthermore you can only apparently sync to one iPad. If you want to add another iPad for syncing you have to delete the existing one.
These limitations are a shame because otherwise this is a decent product. I live in hope that a v5 will come along which fixes these shortcomings.
chikega
chikega
Oct 20 2014
4.0.3
5.0
Oct 20 2014
5.0
Version: 4.0.3
It works as described.
IslandApe
IslandApe
May 22 2014
4.0.3
0.5
May 22 2014
0.5
Version: 4.0.3
Can't believe they still sell this. Not sure what on earth people think makes this worth $30 bucks considering the free and paid alternatives which are far better and developed far more actively and empathetically.
zlazkow
zlazkow
Mar 8 2023
4.6.1
5.0
Mar 8 2023
5.0
Version: 4.6.1
davidteplow
davidteplow
Jun 30 2020
4.0
Jun 30 2020
4.0
Version: null
Nick-Collingridge
Nick-Collingridge
Feb 11 2018
4.0
Feb 11 2018
4.0
Version: null
jeff-44
jeff-44
Feb 20 2016
3.5
Feb 20 2016
3.5
Version: null
chikega
chikega
Oct 20 2014
5.0
Oct 20 2014
5.0
Version: null
JohnV2458
JohnV2458
May 22 2014
1.0
May 22 2014
1.0
Version: null
IslandApe
IslandApe
May 22 2014
0.5
May 22 2014
0.5
Version: null
Rickdees
Rickdees
Nov 10 2013
0.5
Nov 10 2013
0.5
Version: null
Blloyd
Blloyd
Oct 3 2013
5.0
Oct 3 2013
5.0
Version: null
Cocoanut
Cocoanut
Aug 29 2013
2.0
Aug 29 2013
2.0
Version: null
flash1296gmailcom8977
flash1296gmailcom8977
Aug 20 2013
4.0
Aug 20 2013
4.0
Version: null
misterjspencer
misterjspencer
Aug 16 2013
1.0
Aug 16 2013
1.0
Version: null
Rlevent
Rlevent
Aug 16 2013
1.0
Aug 16 2013
1.0
Version: null
xgerrit
xgerrit
Aug 15 2013
1.0
Aug 15 2013
1.0
Version: null
russelladam
russelladam
Aug 15 2013
1.0
Aug 15 2013
1.0
Version: null
Fish51
Fish51
Jun 4 2013
4.5
Jun 4 2013
4.5
Version: null
OliverTerrier
OliverTerrier
Feb 25 2013
1.0
Feb 25 2013
1.0
Version: null
Macmend-com
Macmend-com
Feb 20 2013
2.0
Feb 20 2013
2.0
Version: null
Penguirl
Penguirl
Jan 29 2013
3.0
Jan 29 2013
3.0
Version: null
arnaud-
arnaud-
Sep 8 2011
5.0
Sep 8 2011
5.0
Version: null
Iulia-Imperatrix
Iulia-Imperatrix
Jun 30 2011
1.5
Jun 30 2011
1.5
Version: null
jpjrv
jpjrv
Mar 15 2011
5.0
Mar 15 2011
5.0
Version: null
Wuffi
Wuffi
Jan 11 2011
2.5
Jan 11 2011
2.5
Version: null
Sgginc
Sgginc
Jan 10 2011
3.5
Jan 10 2011
3.5
Version: null
Gary30
Gary30
Oct 17 2010
5.0
Oct 17 2010
5.0
Version: null
Ctshop
Ctshop
Oct 7 2010
5.0
Oct 7 2010
5.0
Version: null
Lorin-Rivers
Lorin-Rivers
Jun 3 2010
5.0
Jun 3 2010
5.0
Version: null
Toadling
Toadling
Nov 10 2009
5.0
Nov 10 2009
5.0
Version: null
Xplicit
Xplicit
Oct 15 2009
4.0
Oct 15 2009
4.0
Version: null
Ialexmac1
Ialexmac1
Sep 28 2009
5.0
Sep 28 2009
5.0
Version: null
Machealer
Machealer
Sep 2 2009
2.0
Sep 2 2009
2.0
Version: null
Iamdorian
Iamdorian
Mar 23 2009
3.0
Mar 23 2009
3.0
Version: null
davidwb
davidwb
May 2 2008
4.0
May 2 2008
4.0
Version: null
anonymous-swordtail-5389
Dec 6 2007
4.0
Version: null
thec13
thec13
Nov 29 2007
3.0
Nov 29 2007
3.0
Version: null
Fonix
Fonix
Oct 26 2007
5.0
Oct 26 2007
5.0
Version: null
Elegraphy
Elegraphy
Feb 25 2007
5.0
Feb 25 2007
5.0
Version: null
Jonlink
Jonlink
Feb 20 2007
4.0
Feb 20 2007
4.0
Version: null
zx
zx
Feb 20 2007
1.0
Feb 20 2007
1.0
Version: null
N-Silva
N-Silva
Nov 10 2006
4.8
Nov 10 2006
4.8
Version: null