![]() ![]() Your items can be in multiple Groups at the same time, and Groups can be inside folders as well. And then for the anal amongst us, you can create folders for your items and sub folders, and sub sub folders and…Īnother organizational tool in Together is Groups. The tags aren’t hierarchical so don’t get too excited about it. Of course Together supports search (which is the way I find nearly everything) and tags for those meta-data nerds amongst us. Together automatically knows what kind of files you’ve imported so you don’t have to do that categorization. Right below that, you’ll see your items already pre-categorized as Notes, Documents, Images, Sounds, Movies, Bookmarks and Web Pages. Down the left pane you’ll see your Library with sections for All Items, Inbox, Last Import, Favorites and Trash. The Together interface has a clean and simple style. Together 3 is on the newest implementation of iCloud and it’s working much much better. As you know, Apple has struggled with the stability of iCloud syncing, and that has affected the ratings of many many apps in the Mac App Store. If you go to the Mac App Store and read the comments about previous versions of Together, you’d run away and think I’m nuts for recommending it. Note that this means if you use iCloud syncing, the files you store in Together will count against your iCloud storage allowance. Together stores its libraries in an iCloud database. I mentioned that you can see your files in the Finder, but you won’t see them in iCloud Drive on your Mac or iOS device. ![]() It’s a very interesting implementation of iCloud syncing. iCloud syncing is only possible on Mac App Store apps, so if you do want to sync between devices, you’ll want that version. Together 3 syncs through iCloud and since Apple has fixed most of the iCloud syncing problems, it’s pretty stable now. I used the Evernote import tool and learned that it’s good to export/import a few notebooks at a time until you’re sure it’s running smoothly. He’s also got a page dedicated to Evernote users that walks you through how to use it and some of the differences between the two applications to help you get comfortable. You might be wondering, “How do I get my Evernote database into Together?” Luckily the developer, Steve Harris, has created an Evernote import tool. ![]() Here’s another feature you might like – Together allows you to password protect individual notes, and uses AES-128 for your encryption pleasure. At any time you can right click on an item and choose “Show in Finder”. That’s going to be a common theme throughout this review – you have choice in Together, you can use it the way it makes sense to you. You can even choose to leave your files right where they are and have them referenced for access from within Together. Together doesn’t store these files in a blob inside an impenetrable database like Evernote, instead it stores these files in a normal file structure in the Finder. Together can store notes, documents like PDFs, images, sound files, movies, bookmarks and web archives. Ok, NOW we can talk about what Together actually does. You can’t test out the syncing between devices with the trial version though. Luckily you can also get a non-Mac App Store version directly from Reinvented software so you can download a free trial to see if you like it enough to make the one-time investment. If you’ve been on the free tier that might sound like a lot of money, and maybe more limited tools like Apple Notes could fit your needs. So for the same price of $70 you can have Together forever, or Evernote Premium for one year. Together 3 is available for $60 in the Mac App Store, and you’ll pay an additional $10 for the iPad/iPhone universal app. But before we go through the features, let’s talk price, since that’s what has most people upset with about Evernote. Together doesn’t work exactly like Evernote, so we’ll go through the features and you can decide if it meets your needs. It’s called Together from Reinvented Software. If you really like the functionality you get from Evernote but the fee changes and/or restrictions are more than you can bear, I might have an alternative for you. If you’re happy with Evernote even with these changes, then this article isn’t for you. I’m sure there are people for whom the price increase is still worth it, and for whom the restrictions are just fine. They changed the free tier so it only works on two devices, and both of the paid plans had price increases of more than 30%. If you’re an avid Evernote user, I’m sure you’ve read the many posts about this, including Evernote’s announcement. Just recently the makers of the beloved Evernote changed their pricing plans dramatically. ![]()
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