I’m presenting testing the latest version of iThoughtsX for OSX. I’ve just upgraded to the new version on IOS and so I thought it a good time to do the same for the desktop product of this mindmapping software.
One of the first things I noticed about the IOS version was the disappearance (I think) of the wifi service that allowed transfer of files between device and desktop. If this really is the case then I think it unfortunate as it compels the user to probably use a cloud based solution. Now I have no objection to storing and synching files in dropbox (which works well, incidentally, with this software) but I do become nervous about including too much person information in my iThoughts file given the apparent lack of encryption with this product.
And so I’m ending up talking more about both iPhone version together with Mac desktop version because they really do work most efficiently as a team, but with the above situation noted, I’m finding myself workng (at this point in time) primarily on the desktop since I don’t want to set up cloud synching and it’s just not as convenient to keep temporarily moving a file to/from dropbox and then doing upload/downloads to the iPhone. Thank goodness those last features are included. Obviously that transfer has to happen at some point, but (for me) just not that frequently. This will probably change if and when I come into possession of an iPad at which time I’ll probably be primarily using iThoughts on that portable device.
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