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Ghostnote for Mac

Adds notes to almost anything on your Mac.

$9.99
In English
Version 2.1.4
2.1
Based on 6 user rates

Ghostnote overview

GhostNote adds contextual notes to almost anything on your Mac. Add notes and to-do's to folders, applications, open documents, even websites. Think about it as post-it-notes for your OS.

Add notes to:

  • Applications
  • Documents
  • Folders
  • Websites

Furthermore add notes on document level access to:

  • Apple Products
    • iPhoto
    • Keynote
    • Numbers
    • Pages
    • Xcode
    • iTunes
    • Preview
    • Terminal
    • Safari
    • QuickTime
    • TextEdit
    • System Preferences
  • Microsoft Office
    • Word
    • Excel
    • Powerpoint
  • Adobe Suite
    • Photoshop CC
    • Illustrator CC
    • Indesign CC
    • AfterEffects CC
    • Premiere CC
    • Lightroom CC
    • Flash CC
    • Acrobat CC
  • Others
    • Sketch
    • Textmate
    • Colloquy
    • Atom
    • Github for Mac
    • IntelliJ
    • AppCode
    • Airmail
  • URL access in the following browsers
    • Safari
    • Chrome

What’s new in version 2.1.4

Version 2.1.4:
  • Improved Notes Browser
  • Increased speed
  • Write your own document detections scripts with our improved script editor
  • Mojave Support
  • Colored themes including black and white
  • Import notes from pre 2.0 versions
  • Toggable formatting
  • Import notes from older versions

Ghostnote for Mac

$9.99
In English
Version 2.1.4

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2.1

(7 Reviews of Ghostnote)

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  • User Ratings

Funjoy
Funjoy
Jan 6 2020
2.1.4
0.0
Jan 6 2020
0.0
Version: 2.1.4
Note: as of 6 Jan 2020, the latest version is 2.2.3 (this site says it's 2.1.4)
Tachy0n
Tachy0n
May 30 2019
2.1.4
0.0
May 30 2019
0.0
Version: 2.1.4
I understand this is not an expensive program compared with other apps, but there is no upgrade price. You have to repurchase it. When apps move to the App Store this makes sense as Apple does not support upgrades, but it would have been a nice gesture to the original supporters.
Rochade
Rochade
Apr 5 2019
2.1.0
2.5
Apr 5 2019
2.5
Version: 2.1.0
Well, the idea is nice but it seems AppleScript doesn't work as intended. I have this script that returns the URL in the front most window of Brave Browser: tell application id "com.brave.Browser" return the URL of the active tab of the front window end tell The result is a proper URL (tested in script editor), but in Ghostnote it won't show up. What I also don't like is that there is no info about the developer, nor any contact info AND only support via discuss. Not very professional. Another thing that really annoys me is: whenever I have Safari open and switch an app, the debugger window comes up all the time with the title "Ghostnote2 - JSContext". 5 stars for the idea, half star for the implementation, gives 2.5 stars - which actually is better than the overall rating here ;-)
Filou53
Filou53
Feb 11 2019
2.1.0
0.0
Feb 11 2019
0.0
Version: 2.1.0
Unfortunately for me, Apple Mail is not currently included in software for which you can add a note. A recent alternative might be Hook (https://hookproductivity.com)?
DIGITALYCHEE
DIGITALYCHEE
Jan 17 2019
2.1.0
4.0
Jan 17 2019
4.0
Version: 2.1.0
Not bad in the recent update ;-D
Celebritarian
Celebritarian
Feb 24 2022
2.1.4
4.0
Feb 24 2022
4.0
Version: 2.1.4
Rochade
Rochade
Apr 5 2019
2.5
Apr 5 2019
2.5
Version: null
DIGITALYCHEE
DIGITALYCHEE
Jan 17 2019
4.0
Jan 17 2019
4.0
Version: null
YHC
YHC
Nov 22 2018
0.5
Nov 22 2018
0.5
Version: null
anonymous-alpaca-6500
anonymous-alpaca-6500
Nov 21 2018
0.5
Nov 21 2018
0.5
Version: null
chascakid
chascakid
Nov 20 2018
1.0
Nov 20 2018
1.0
Version: null