SimpleMind Desktop for Mac OSX is under construction. Currently the Release Candidate (V1.03) is available as PUBLIC BETA.
This includes the fully functional iPhoneLink. Starting on 10 March, customers will be able to pre-order a full version based on this RC. The official version is expected to be available around 15 March 2010.

The SimpleMind Desktop for OSX 10.6 Release Candidate is available for download NOW.
This RC will cause an error when running on OSX 10.5. An RC2 will be available March 10th.

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Features

SimpleMind for OSX is very similar to SimpleMind for the iPhone. Some additional features:

• Side bar offers reorderable list of Mind Maps
• SimpleMind for OSX is page oriented. Page Setup... allows changing the page size and orientation and assigning a default for new Mind Maps. The Mind Map editor show the page margins as dashed lines. You can manually drag Topics in the margin area, but the auto-layouter will not place Topics in the margin areas. To change margins, use the SimpleMind tab on the Page Setup panel.
• Add Cross Links (additional relations) between any two Topics.
• Rearrange Branch: re-layouts the branches for the selected Topic. To create a cross-link, press the mouse on the top left [+] marker and drag a line to the target Topic. To delete a cross-ink, select it and use the Delete command from toolbar or menu.
• Pressing Command when dragging a Topic, moves the entire branch, not just the selected Topic. The same happens if you click a Topic and keep the mouse down for some time. The delay is adjustable in the SimpleMind Preferences panel.
• Custom colors are available per Topic, either from the style palette or from the Color panel. Color customizations can be reset using the "Reset customization" command
• The used Font can be adjusted through Preferences. You may select a font for the Central Theme, Main Branch and Sub Branch. The font will be used in all styles & all maps. You can also change these fonts in the Mind Map Editor using menu Format | Change Font. Note: here too you change the font for all main/sub branches at once, not per individual node.
• An additional style Compact Gray Scale is available.
• Mail Mind Map allows attaching a PDF, PNG or SimpleMind document.
• Keyboard shorcuts for commonly used commands:
  • Add Child Branch = Command+Enter
  • Add Sibling Branch = Command+Backspace
  • Select Parent = Backspace
  • Zoom In = Command + +
  • Zoom Out = Command + -
  • Zoom Actual Size = Command + 0

Mind Map file management

• Mind Maps are stored in directory "[USERNAME]/Documents/SimpleMind/Mind Maps. This directory is named the Mind Map Store. File names are automatically assigned and cannot / should not be changed. There should be no need to manually dig into this Mind Map Store directory.
• To back up your Mind Maps, copy the entire contents of this Mind Map Store directory.
• In SimpleMind, Mind Maps are automatically saved when closing SimpleMind or when selecting a different Mind Map using the Side bar. The Save command allows manual saving.
• Freemind, Opml and SimpleMind Mind Maps from other computers can be imported using the Import command. Importing creates a new Mind Map in the Mind Map Store directory. This happens each time you (re-)import a Mind Map. Opening or Printing a Mind Map using Finder, has the same effect as Importing a Mind Map. Note: opening the same .opml or FreeMind twice will create two MindMaps in the Mind Map Store!
• Mind Maps can be Exported to PDF, TIFF, PNG, opml and FreeMind formats.

Feedback

We are very much interested in your experience. Please, do let us know you have downloaded and installed the public Release Candidate RC 1.03 and let us know what OS version you used.
Also, please, report any problems / shortcomings by email: simplemind@simpleapps.eu

Limitations / known problems

• The Release Candidate is fully functional but Time Limited and will expire 30 days after first run.
• There are currently no known bugs.
• User of SimpleMind OSX Beta 1: when loading Mind Maps created with Beta 1, the release candidate will slightly scale the topics. This is a one time conversion problem only. After saving once, the topics will stay in their position. This is a side-effect of compatibility with SimpleMind Touch for iPhone.
• Also, when opening a Mind Map created with SimpleMind for OSX on SimpleMind Touch (iPhone) the topics might be moved slightly. This will be solved once SimpleMind Touch version 1.2.0 is available.