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PersonalBrain is not as useful for mapping workflows as some other mindmapping software, and I really have a hard time comparing it to other mindmapping programs because it's in it's own class.
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Hopefully they will finish the version 4 manual soon. The learning curve would have been even faster if there were a really good manual for version 4 (there's a manual for version 3 and a "transition guide" for version 4). The developers are putting a lot of attention to the needs and concerns of Mac users, so this area will only get better. It's a very small price to pay for functionality which, for me, has replaced several other apps. The biggest drawback to PB lies in some of the un-Mac-like aspects of the interface. The beauty of not controlling the layout is that you don't have to maintain the layout-PersonalBrain takes care of it elegantly. In the fully expanded view you can move things around a bit in case an area is extremely dense with thoughts, but I am finding that the more I use PersonalBrain and refine how I establish relationships, the less I need to do this.
Whenever you activate a thought, the entire display shifts around so you can see as much of the structure as you want in relationship to that thought. Now I am continually delighted and relieved not to have to deal with this sort of thing.
At first I didn't like having 100% control over how the information was displayed on the screen.
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In cases where full control of the visual presentation of information is key, I use other apps to create documents which are then stored inside my Brain. Though it's possible to mimic conventional, two-dimensional mind maps, this is not what PersonalBrain is designed for. Establishing and changing relationships among thoughts is easy and fast. It actually allows me to organize thoughts and files the way I think rather than the way the operating system thinks. However, after a few initial puzzles, I quickly found myself breezing through reorganizations of large clusters of thoughts, establishing relationships with things far separated in the network (hierarchy doesn't really apply), moving files into and out of my Brain, gathering quantities of data (links, files, images) from the internet and keeping it all manageable, viewable, and most importantly, findable with very little effort. I didn't expect this because the app is still relatively new to the Mac and there are some very un-Mac things about it. The learning curve was surprisingly fast.
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At first I found it a bit awkward, but as I used it it quickly grew on me-so much so that I upgraded to the Pro edition (at first I thought I'd just stay with the free edition.). For years I have tried every personal information manager, and mind mapping, and file management tool I could find. This program has completely captivated me in a way that very few others have. In short, PersonalBrain is a well thought out information manager with a unique and very powerful user interface. Copies can be stored internally or externally, and are fully searchable. But you can associate RTF documents with your PersonalBrain items, and quickly open those in your favorite word processor. Right now it is really only useful for jotting simple notes, not composing long text. I do wish PersonalBrain had a more robust note editor. I also like the fact that I can run PersonalBrain on my PC at work and on my MacBook at home, sharing some of the same databases via Dropbox.
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Essentially, the application allows you to drill down to any level of detail in your information and still see the bigger picture, and it does so far more effectively than any other piece of software I've used. To adequately describe PersonalBrain would take more space than I have here, and there is no need to, because the developer provides wonderful videos and screencasts. PersonalBrain is an excellent application, but has a few faults.