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Midnight Inbox
Midnight Inbox
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Midnight Inbox

Version 1.5.1

GTD to-do list and file manager.

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Midnight Inbox overview

Midnight Inbox helps you work smarter and with less stress, automating your inputs and organizing your tasks, files, and information so that you can always be in control. Collect emails, files, calendar and to-do items and notes automatically. Process all of your collected items into to-do items you can actually do when and where you are able. Organize those to-do items into projects you can track easily. Review your lists, projects, and collections to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Do everything on your lists with a Zen-like focus.

What’s new in version 1.5.1

Updated on Jul 14 2011

Version 1.5.:
  • Now compatible with OS X 10.7 Lion.

Information

License

Free

Size

9.7 MB

Downloads

20042

App requirements

  • Intel 32
  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later
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Aargl
Aargl
May 6 2014
1.5.1
0.0
May 6 2014
0.0
Version: 1.5.1
Current version is 1.6 (and actually the one you get with the Download link here ;-) ) while otherwise only available through MAS — not on the dev's site.
cubanpete
cubanpete
Mar 15 2013
1.5.1
0.5
Mar 15 2013
0.5
Version: 1.5.1
While it has a gorgeous interface it tended to crash on me several times on the first day on Mac OS X 10.82. Just creating and then deleting a note caused a crash. Today on the 2nd day a crash caused the fonts not to display properly. I was not able to fix this problem even by uninstalling and reinstalling the app over and over again. I checked if the font Hoefler-Text is available to the app. It is. Still no luck. I wish I could fix this. Finally I had to uninstall this promising app because it because unusable... Please see this screenshot I made to see how the font issue looks here. http://tinypic.com/r/65zoxz/6
Akrobat
Akrobat
Feb 11 2013
1.5.1
0.5
Feb 11 2013
0.5
Version: 1.5.1
Forget it. This is abandonware. Bought the new iOs version last year. The website states new compatible Mac version coming. It's said that for more than a year. This is garbage!!!
Lumac52
Lumac52
Jun 27 2012
1.5.1
0.0
Jun 27 2012
0.0
Version: 1.5.1
Version 1.6 has been released.
Cubitus
Cubitus
Feb 13 2012
1.5.1
2.0
Feb 13 2012
2.0
Version: 1.5.1
I've tried version 1.5.1 for some time now. I had tried Inbox when it first came out and did not find it matched my workflow at the time and I didn't check it again until version 1.5.1. My first impression was very good. This is an application that seems to implement GTD with a method to collect from various places, like emails, folders, event from calendars, etc. Which is a good way to force you to consider all your virtual inboxes. It then tries to help you assess each item and process it the GTD way by thinking about the "actionnability" of each item, etc. The problem is in the implementation. It's a good idea poorly implemented. For instance collecting emails is a great idea, but you have to be able to configure it in a way that you don't end up with all the emails that are tagged as spam and are in the spam folder. And calendar events are a good idea, but even though you want to display calendar events for your co-workers on your calendar application, you don't want to have to process them! And again this is not configurable. Another example of the poor implementation is the process dialog cannot be resized, which makes collected items with a long description unreadable (you have to put the cursor in the small portion of the text displayed and scroll with the arrows to be able to read the whole text, the window doesn't adjust to the size of the text and cannot be resized). The new web site and the displayed screenshots of version 2.0 made me very enthusiastic about this program and I wanted to invest myself into it. I thought that version 2 would certainly fix the interface shortcomings of this 1.5.1 version and smooth everything out. I bought the mobile version for iPhone with the hope it would be able to sync with version 1.5.1. It doesn't. Trying to reach the developer for help with the sync was the first sign of a problem : it took them forever to answer my bug report. And the answer was not satisfactory. They clearly didn't read my report and answered first about the iPad version (when my report clearly stated the iPhone version). Another long delay after I replied I was talking about the iPhone version and they replied that it didn't work sometimes for the iPhone version but that version 2 should fix that. Fine I can wait a little, but I need syncing with my iPhone. Then the wait starts. After a while you try to contact them to know when to hope for 2.0. No answer. You start to look around, you find the Facebook page where they announced version 2.0 more than a year ago, you ask your question there. No answer in weeks. You post a question on the comment section of their web site and it's in "approbation by a moderator" for weeks and then it disappears without any answer. So after still some time you start looking around and find these reviews on Macupdate and you realize that you're not alone. This is nothing new. This company has a history of procrastination. I won't invest my time into vaporware. I think this could be a great implementation of the GTD system, but really get your act together Midnight Beep!
Mindplay
Mindplay
Oct 8 2011
1.5.1
0.5
Oct 8 2011
0.5
Version: 1.5.1
Update: in a previous comment I stated that Midnight Inbox 2.0 would be out together with Duke Nukem Forever. I was wrong. It's been some time since Duke Nukem Forever was released.
Espiridion
Espiridion
Jul 14 2011
1.5.1
3.5
Jul 14 2011
3.5
Version: 1.5.1
I finally did a quick test of Inbox, getting 27 tasks done with 4 tasks programmed for tomorrow. It's not easy or intuitive, but the Help is adequate. There's a reference to a document called Inbox Introduction under the Help menu, but there's no such document. Probably another outdated item, like the one about registering the product. Unlike Mindplay erroneously stated, this version of Inbox is free. There are different ways to work with actions and projects. Unfortunately the software is still not 100% reliable. For example, I had 3 similar tasks that used the context @macintosh. I was able to select the context for the first 2 with a left-click of my mouse and selecting the context from a drop down menu. This did not work for the third item. IIRC I was able to select the context with a right-click and choosing from the Set context menu. A couple of times I had to quit the application and launch it again in order to make changes. It has certainly improved since the last time I tried it, the interface is clean and modern, and it's easy to view pending tasks by context or by project. For a free application it is good. It has timer features plus the ability to preview and launch documents and URLs. I still prefer Thinking Rock as a GTD application, and there are plenty of free or cheap task management applications. Inbox is not something that I will use on a regular basis. The free Task Coach is rapidly evolving, and I love to use JIRA for some of my project management needs, but I'm more accustomed to those programs. For some people Inbox will be a better fit.
Mindplay
Mindplay
Feb 23 2011
1.5.0
0.5
Feb 23 2011
0.5
Version: 1.5.0
From a company developing a GTD application is plain unacceptable a level of procrastination and unattendability like this. I liked the idea once it came out, and it was promising... Now they are developing multi-color applications, which are clearly not mac-like anymore, promising again to be on the market soon...
Espiridion
Espiridion
Feb 22 2011
1.4.4
3.5
Feb 22 2011
3.5
Version: 1.4.4
Version 1.5 is out and it is free. I can't comment on its quality. Version 2 is coming out.
Frankv
Frankv
Jan 10 2011
1.4.4
2.0
Jan 10 2011
2.0
Version: 1.4.4
Promises, promises.
Kernelpanic
Kernelpanic
Mar 14 2010
1.4.4
0.0
Mar 14 2010
0.0
Version: 1.4.4
hehe. one GTD app I haven't tried yet is the one with itunes interface :)
Bumbleb
Bumbleb
Mar 9 2010
1.4.4
1.5
Mar 9 2010
1.5
Version: 1.4.4
In my opinion the reaqson people are switching between all these GTD apps is because... shocker... the GTD system is... Flawed. It only works for robots. I realised that after looking deep into myself and reading up on David Allens past in a cult, as a minister there. Hw knows how to preach and brainwash and create a cult. Look at GTD - it is a cult!
Ctkmnd
Ctkmnd
Feb 9 2010
1.4.3
0.0
Feb 9 2010
0.0
Version: 1.4.3
Is this still being developed? There's nothing on the homepage since June last year...
Ratti
Ratti
Aug 21 2009
1.4.2
4.0
Aug 21 2009
4.0
Version: 1.4.2
I am a bit late, because version 1.4.2 is out for some time now. My previous comment was about the beta of 1.4. Now, after using it for quite some time, I can say it is working solid form me. While the was buggy in every corner, the developer made an, knowing the past of this app, astonishing progress. I also have worked with TheHitList and like the tab feature where you can add notes or pictures to an item. On the other hand I Iike the automatisms of Inbox and the organization. In my opinion nor Inbox neither TheHitList is the better progamme, because they work in too different ways to make an objective statement. It depends on you, what works best. Everybody searching for an application that helps organizing to make stuff up, should try Inbox. Of cause there are also other apps lto try, like ThinkingRock...
Ang
Ang
Jun 16 2009
1.4
2.0
Jun 16 2009
2.0
Version: 1.4
The hit list is by far better
Ratti
Ratti
Mar 16 2009
1.4b2v742
4.0
Mar 16 2009
4.0
Version: 1.4b2v742
It would be a nice program if it worked. The new beta version still does not really work.
F451
F451
Sep 1 2007
1.2.2
0.0
Sep 1 2007
0.0
Version: 1.2.2
If you have been following Midnight's blog you will learn that Version 2 is being developed. It looks pretty exciting. http://www.midnightbeep.com/blog/
Shockerspaz
Shockerspaz
Jun 11 2007
1.2
2.0
Jun 11 2007
2.0
Version: 1.2
the app has promise, my gripe is there seem to be some bugs in the workflow that render this app completely useless. For instance, if you have it collect iCal events it does so from metadata and uses the time stamp on the metadata file for reference. The flaw there is that the date reflects any change to that file (like say Entourage parsing of it) and then every event there get "collected" into Inbox (you suddenly have hundreds of events from the last 3 years!). second there seems to be a loop in to-do processing and syncing. When you choose to have items in your Inbox sync with iCal those same items get "collected" as new to-do's. Then they sync with iCal and get "collected" again! You can see how very soon productivity is out the door and all your doing is trying to keep up with the hundreds of redundant events and to-do's Inbox has collected, anything you may actually have to do is buried the mess! Further more it seems that there is some issue with deleting collected items in Inbox and then trying to empty the apps trash. 4 out of 5 times that crashes the app.
Georgedonnelly
Georgedonnelly
Jun 8 2007
1.2
0.0
Jun 8 2007
0.0
Version: 1.2
Don't give these people your email address. I made this mistake and now they send me spam regularly. Their emails provide no way to unsubscribe. I manually requested unsubscription once already, but they did not respect my requests and continue to spam me. I never buy from spammers and recommend you do not either.
Dennisb1
Dennisb1
May 4 2007
1.1.5
5.0
May 4 2007
5.0
Version: 1.1.5
This is much improved since it's first release.
cubanpete
cubanpete
Mar 15 2013
0.5
Mar 15 2013
0.5
Version: null
Akrobat
Akrobat
Feb 11 2013
0.5
Feb 11 2013
0.5
Version: null
Mindplay
Mindplay
Mar 17 2012
0.5
Mar 17 2012
0.5
Version: null
Cubitus
Cubitus
Feb 13 2012
2.0
Feb 13 2012
2.0
Version: null
Espiridion
Espiridion
Jul 14 2011
3.5
Jul 14 2011
3.5
Version: null
Chadcn
Chadcn
Jul 14 2011
0.5
Jul 14 2011
0.5
Version: null
Frankv
Frankv
Jan 10 2011
2.0
Jan 10 2011
2.0
Version: null
Nelman
Nelman
Dec 22 2010
3.0
Dec 22 2010
3.0
Version: null
Knyght
Knyght
Dec 13 2010
0.5
Dec 13 2010
0.5
Version: null
Ratti
Ratti
Aug 21 2009
4.0
Aug 21 2009
4.0
Version: null
Ang
Ang
Jun 16 2009
2.0
Jun 16 2009
2.0
Version: null
Shockerspaz
Shockerspaz
Jun 11 2007
2.0
Jun 11 2007
2.0
Version: null
Actuel
Actuel
Apr 17 2007
4.0
Apr 17 2007
4.0
Version: null
Chrisxxx
Chrisxxx
Apr 10 2007
1.0
Apr 10 2007
1.0
Version: null
anonymous-swordtail-5389
Apr 9 2007
2.0
Version: null
Dennisb1
Dennisb1
Apr 8 2007
5.0
Apr 8 2007
5.0
Version: null
Libcrypt
Libcrypt
Mar 10 2007
2.0
Mar 10 2007
2.0
Version: null
Theallseer
Theallseer
Jan 16 2007
2.0
Jan 16 2007
2.0
Version: null
Ahc
Ahc
Dec 11 2006
2.0
Dec 11 2006
2.0
Version: null
Arslua
Arslua
Dec 10 2006
4.0
Dec 10 2006
4.0
Version: null
Frequency
Frequency
Dec 8 2006
2.0
Dec 8 2006
2.0
Version: null
Amnesic
Amnesic
Dec 7 2006
4.0
Dec 7 2006
4.0
Version: null
Oliver-T-Canine
Oliver-T-Canine
Dec 6 2006
1.0
Dec 6 2006
1.0
Version: null
brsma
brsma
Nov 15 2006
1.8
Nov 15 2006
1.8
Version: null
Wzrdjr
Wzrdjr
Oct 29 2006
3.8
Oct 29 2006
3.8
Version: null
Bumbleb
Bumbleb
Oct 9 2006
1.5
Oct 9 2006
1.5
Version: null
Mark97
Mark97
Sep 6 2006
3.0
Sep 6 2006
3.0
Version: null
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