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BookMacster is the master at managing your bookmarks, whether you just want those darned Safari bookmarks to be alphabetized, or if you want your bookmarks synced among 8 web browsers, or if you want to get at all of your bookmarks from one central repository, or any combination of these usage styles. You can keep multiple Macs’ bookmarks in sync by putting your document file in your Dropbox or equivalent cloud-synced folder.
Syncs to Safari in iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
Alphabetize (sort) bookmarks selectively
Verify to find broken bookmarks
Find and delete Duplicates
Consolidate folders
Tags, Descriptions, Shortcuts, Separators
Syncable Web Browsers and Services
Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Camino, iCab, Opera
Chromium, OmniWeb, Delicious, Diigo, Pinboard, Google Bookmarks
Direct Access to Bookmarks
For direct bookmarks access, you can access BookMacster’s Anywhere Menu via a global shortcut key, Dock Menu or Status Item (Menulet). BookMacster comes with browser extensions (add-ons) so that Firefox and Chrome users may activate BookMacster’s bookmarking widgets, two menu items in Firefox, a toolbar button in Chrome.
Comments received in the last several weeks
Love this product and am happy to spend my $$$ for it. Patti A.
I have never seen such prompt software support. Byron C.
so far, bookmacster is working great ! thank you so much! Ani S.
System Requirements
BookMacster requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later, and reasonably recent versions of whatever web browsers you want to work with. A version for Mac OS X 10.5 which works with Firefox 3.6 is available from the link below. It will work with the same MacZOT deal.
BookMacster product page at Sheep Systems
Developer Interview
MacZOT’s Mike Biskup interviews Sheep Systems’ Jerry Krinock.
Mike: Why in the world are you giving away 25 free licenses for BookMacster in today’s ThanksZOT!? Most of our developers give away just a few; like 10 is tops.
Jerry: Do the math, Mike. There are millions of Mac users out there. 99% of them use bookmarks, and almost all of them are muddling through. Many of them know it, and want to do something better. So we’re not talking about a niche here. Almost anyone could use some of what BookMacster does, and I’d like them to have it. 25 is like nothing.
Mike: How are all these people going to use BookMacster?
Jerry: We see three kinds of BookMacster users. The first group uses one browser. They just want to get in and be able to organize their bookmarks better than they can in the browser. Like Safari has no facility for alphabetizing folders, for heaven’s sake. The second group are what I call the Syncers. They use ?D in their browser to bookmark a site. It shows up in that browser, but they want to see it in their other browsers, on their other Mac, and in Safari on their iOS devices. The third group are the real Power Bookmarkers. They want full bookmarking features, no matter what browser they’re using. Firefox is the only locally-installed browser that supports tags, for example. The solution is to add bookmarks directly to BookMacster, and to visit them from BookMacster. These users have been pretty happy since we added BookMacster’s *Anywhere Menu* which is available with a global keyboard shortcut, within any app.
Mike: What about those bookmarks services in the cloud?
Jerry: There are quite a few to keep up with. BookMacster can currently sync with Delicious, Diigo, Pinboard and Google Bookmarks. It takes some time to write the code for each one, but with each one done, we’re getting faster. Every now and then we look at the horse race among these guys and see if any of the new services are breaking into that top tier.
Mike: Which of the three groups of BookMacster users do you see syncing with those services in the cloud?
Jerry: All of them. They typically like to do their bookmarking in the local app, then upload to the cloud, or vice versa, or both. Usually they do it manually, once a week or so. Alot of them discover some cloud service after becoming BookMacster users, and then are pleasantly surprised to find that, as usual, BookMacster has them covered with something they didn’t know they needed.
Mike: And supporting more web browsers?
Jerry: Same drill, with the horse race. We’ve had requests for Roccat support lately. Now I must admit that when I get an email from a user extolling the speed of the latest MeTooWoo browser, I’m the skeptic. How can Browser A be faster than Browser B when they’re both running on the same computer and in many cases using the same rendering engine? People do like novelty, you know. But last night I was shopping for music clips to put under our video for today, and I tried three times to listen to some clips on one site and, each time, Safari just kept loading and loading. So I pasted the URL into Roccat, and, as we say, Boom! The music started immediately. I need to try that again, with other browsers.
Mike: What’s the deal with iCloud and Safari bookmarks?
Jerry: For years, Apple had recommended a certain API for third-party developers to access Safari bookmarks. But it had been subject to some bit rot and had not seen any development for the past year or more. Then when iCloud came along, although officially it still works, it’s been subject to some serious bit rot, and developers which had been using it are left with apps exporting bookmarks that are not properly recognized and kind of hang around in the iCloud like orphan angels. Although at first we didn’t realize there was a problem, we quickly figured out a different method after iCloud went live, and so BookMacster exports to Safari are compatible with iCloud and show up on those iOS devices.
Mike: BookMacster has been a pretty low-key operation for the last couple years. Are you here to stay?
Jerry: Did I hear you say MacWorld? Sheep Systems is exhibiting in the OS X Zone at MacWorld | iWorld in San Francisco this year Booth 228. Hey, they gave us 100 free exhibits-only passes, which I think cost $75 USD at the door, and also three of the upgraded passes which are $125. Besides sending emails to customers who have supported us with good bug reports, we’re also thinking of giving them away in exchange for good ideas for new apps, or improvements to BookMacster.
Mike: The MacZOT blog could help spread the word on that.
Jerry: Great. I’ll let you know when we’ve worked out the details. Stay tuned to the MacZOT blog.
Mike: Why do you call yourself the Chief Engineer of Sheep Systems?
Jerry: It’s kind of an inside joke. [laughs]
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