Category Archives: Tags and folders

FoxTrot Professional Search

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Aleh Cherp

I had been trying FoxTrot Professional Search for several months before eventually deciding to buy the professional version. My initial motivation was to find a tool that could search inside Papers3 library, but I have discovered that the appeal of FoxTrot is … Continue reading →

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Ulysses can assign OS X tags and manage reference notes

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Aleh Cherp

Ulysses III has recently had  an important update. It now assigns and reads OS X tags. This brings the Ulysses’ value for academics to an entire new level. Ulysses III has already been great for taking project notes (e.g. on teaching or publications) because … Continue reading →

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An update on a previous entry: three things I would like to see in OmniFocus2

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Aleh Cherp

Since posting the three things I would like to see in OmniFocus,  I have learned that clipping from email is a bug which is going to be fixed fixed (issue 1) and that it is possible to adjust focus in Review, but it has … Continue reading →

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Tags or folders? Depends on the file.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Aleh Cherp

The  introduction of tags in the latest Mac OS has re-ignited the debate on tags vs. folders (e.g. in Mac Power Users episodes 172 and 167). For the last three years, I have consistently used folders for project files and tags for … Continue reading →

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Smooth transition from OpenMeta to Mavericks Tags

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Aleh Cherp

I was not the only one initially confused about OpenMeta and Mavericks tags. In the latest Macpowerusers,  David Sparks asks Brett Terpstra what is the difference. It turns out OpenMeta and Mavericks tags are the same thing. I  figured this … Continue reading →

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Renaming and moving files from within apps in Mavericks

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Aleh Cherp

I have previously written about Mountain Lion’s mini-revolution of renaming and moving files from within apps. Well, Mavericks went further. All you need to do now is to click on the file name at the top of the page and … Continue reading →

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Hazel, Mavericks tags and reference files workflow

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Aleh Cherp

My workflow for storing reference files includes three elements: 1. Tagging (most often by DefaultFolderX) reference files while saving them to the Downloads folder; and 2. [for scientific articles and other citable pdf documents ] renaming and automatic archiving by Papers2 (see … Continue reading →

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OS X Mavericks and OpenMeta tags

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Aleh Cherp

I have been checking Mavericks ability to handle OpenMeta tags which are essential for organizing academic reference files. I really hoped that the tags integrated in OS X would be compatible with my existing tagging system. At the moment I have … Continue reading →

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Searchable PDF annotations: Automating conversion to Skim notes

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Jeff Pooley

Many academics now read journal articles on screen, as PDF files. Holdouts—and they are everywhere—print out forest-sized stacks of paper that teeter on crowded desks. Freedom from clutter is just one advantage of digital reading. Another is searchability: a large … Continue reading →

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Goodbye MailTags … and see you soon (?)

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Aleh Cherp

I enthusiastically used MailTags starting almost from the day I got my first Mac and until the last Friday. The reason I gave up was that my Mail.app has been choking on MailTags for the last several months. Working with email … Continue reading →

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