SimpleMind Desktop for Mac OSX
SimpleApps Editions
SimpleMind Desktop for Mac as available from SimpleApps on this web-site, comes in two editions:
- SimpleMind Mac - identical to SimpleMind App Store full version.
- SimpleMind Mac Trial - identical to SimpleMind Mac, except that it expires 30 days after the first run.
The SimpleApps editions run on Mac OSX 10.5.8, any 10.6 version and 10.7.
The SimpleApps editions are updated more frequently than the AppStore editions and bug-fixes are available more early.
AppStore Editions
SimpleMind Desktop for Mac is available from the AppStore in two editions:
- SimpleMind Free - the free version with basic but powerful Mind Mapping features.
- SimpleMind - the full version offering additional features to improve your productivity.
Both AppStore editions require Mac OSX 10.6.7 or 10.7
Feature Matrix
| Feature | SimpleMind Free | SimpleMind SimpleMind Mac SimpleMind Mac Trial |
| Mind Map Editor | ||
| Click or drag Node Well to Add Topics. | ● | ● |
| Move Topics including Child Topics. | ● | ● |
| Reconnect Topics using drag and drop - restructure Mind Maps aided by topic auto-layout. | ● | ● |
| Full Undo / Redo - making editing and experimenting easy. | ● | ● |
| Copy / Cut / Paste Topics - move or duplicate topics between Mind Maps. | ● | ● |
| Copy as Image - copies the Map as .png to the Clipboard. | ●**2) | |
| Copy as Outline - copies the Map as outline text to the Clipboard. | ● | |
| Create Cross-Links with Node Well - connect any two Topics. | ● | |
| Note (large text) support. | ● | |
| Assign Stock Icons to Topics. | ● | |
| Hyperlink Topics to Mind Maps - for easy navigation between (sub) Maps. | ● | |
| Hyperlink Topics to Documents or Web-pages - open documents or sites from the Mind Map | ● | |
| Re-layout Child Topics. | ● | |
| Collapse/Expand Topics - to maintain overview in large Mind Maps. | ● | |
| Multiple Mind Maps on one page. | ● | |
| Visual Appearance | ||
| Apply build-in Visual Styles for maximum Presentation Impact. | ● | ● |
| Style Colors can be applied per Level or Branch. | ● | ● |
| Pick Color from Style Palette or use Custom Colors. | ● | ● |
| Select Fonts per level. | ● | ● |
| Create your own Custom Visual Styles - customize colors, lines and borders. | ● | |
| Export Custom Styles to SimpleMind Touch. | ● | |
| Manage Mind Maps. | ||
| Organize Mind Maps in Folders. | ● | |
| Search in Mind Maps on Title or Topics. | ● | |
| Navigation History - access recently opened Mind Maps. | ● | |
| Share Your Ideas | ||
| Email Mind Map - attach Map, PDF, PNG, Outline Text. | ● | |
| Exchange Mind Maps with SimpleMind Touch. | **1) | ● |
| Exchange Mind Maps with SimpleMind desktop for Windows (file based). | ● | ● |
| Export as PNG, PDF, Text, Opml, Freemind. | ● | |
| Import Opml and FreeMind documents. | ● | |
**1) Exchanging Mind Maps between SimpleMind Free with SimpleMind Touch is only partialy available.
SimpleMind Touch can save (send) Mind Maps to SimpleMind Free, but Importing (opening) Mind Maps from SimpleMind Free on SimpleMind Touch is not supported.
**2) Copy as Image is not available on Mac OSX 10.5.8