Apps that received only a handful of votes have skewed weighted averages, of course, so I also counted the raw number of votes each app received. When it came time to evaluate the results, I calculated the weighted average for each app, assigning a weight of 1 (Avoid it) through 5 (Can’t live without it) for the five choices - the best weighted average possible is thus 5. A few commenters even said that they use more than one of these apps simultaneously, since different apps have different strengths. On average, responders rated nearly four apps each, meaning that some people have used a lot of the apps in the list at one time or another. The other thing that became clear is that these apps, although they’re nominally in the same category, actually vary quite widely. That resulted in accepting a few apps that were more outliners than information managers. Had to set some limits and thus kept it focused on Mac apps that felt as though they could be an alternative for the primary features of Circus Ponies NoteBook. Even more apps than that were suggested, but I realized early on that “personal information manager” was a term that some people took to mean “task manager.” Others suggested Web apps, general databases, text editors, and even the Finder, and while all of these might work well for taking, finding, and organizing notes and other information, we The survey garnered responses from over 600 people, and suggestions for 16 apps on top of the 20 we started with, including some I’d never even heard of before. Our call for ratings of Mac personal information management apps last week was a huge success (see “ Vote for Your Favorite Mac Personal Information Manager,” 11 January 2016). Your Favorite Mac Personal Information Managers #1623: How to turn off YouTube's PiP, use AirPlay to Mac, and securely erase Mac drives.#1624: Important OS security updates, rescuing QuickTake 150 photos, AirTag alerts while traveling. ![]() #1625: Apple's "Far Out" event, the future of FileMaker, free NMUG membership, Quick Note and tags in Notes, Plex suffers data breach. ![]()
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