Fantastical syncs with many calendar services, and I sync it with iCloud since I use Calendar/iCloud as my default calendar. I always wanted to have an easy access to my then iCal (and now Calendar) from Mac’s menu bar, and I have been using Fantastical since I found it last year. (This can be because of my settings in Scrivener.) I still use Microsoft Word to edit and format papers since I find exported doc(x) files from Scrivener tend to look a little different from Scrivener’s texts. The app also has a full-screen composition mode and by customizing the settings, you can have a WriteRoom-like interface. I write sections (or parts of them) in different texts for a paper, and then combine them later. I write notes from readings and organize them using built-in folders. Eventually, Scrivener has become my essay writing app as well. I could easily add web links, pdf, and other files into its project file, and the app really helped me organize my study materials. I have been using Scrivener since 2007, and it started as my note-taking app.
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I would not use this app on Mac to finish writing a paper, but it is a handy app on both Mac and iOS to start getting my ideas out of my head. Its plain text format on iOS helps me focus on writing down ideas, and having a similar interface on Mac encourages me to focus on writing. I like the simplicity but I wanted to change fonts and sizes, so I eventually switched to WriteRoom. I tried several writing apps including Byword and Daedalus Touch, but I did not like using MarkDown at all, so I started using PlainText.
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For the past few weeks, however, I have been using WriteRoom on both iPad and Mac, and I may end up buying its license at the end this time.
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I kept trying its trial version on Mac once in a while but I never felt its minimalist interface pleasant enough to purchase the app. I like its relatively consistent gesture functionality, and the integration of Readability provides a pleasant reading experience. Maybe because the iPad version is newer than the iPhone’s, it is missing some functions, but I’m expecting that the future updates will bring more usability. I was using Viena on my Mac, but my iPhone, iPad, and Mac have their own versions of Reeder app. Unless you are subscribing to RSS feeds from news websites, you will not receive too many feeds every day, and each feed tends to have more valuable information.
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I have never tried pdf-specific apps, but compared to note-taking apps like UPAD, Notability and Penultimate, GoodReader is definitely useful and functional for reading and annotating pdf files.Īlthough Twitter is a better source for instant information updates, I find it a little difficult to filter the abundance of information that the accounts that I follow keep tweeting. Whenever I add new files on Dropbox or annotate pdfs on GoodReader, I tap a sync button and both sides of the folders are up to date. I put journal articles and other pdf-ed readings in folders on Dropbox first, and sync the folders through automatic synchronization. I have had GoodReader on my iPhone to access files on Dropbox easily, but the combination of Dropbox and GoodReader is must-have. I wish I could make link folders into the Dropbox folder (and I know we can do it somehow), but I’m waiting for Dropbox to support it officially. Dropbox also functions as a temporary backup for these files, although I take regular backups of my hard drive on an external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. In Dropbox, I have folders for research, reading, notes, and recipes, and open them on GoodReader. I used Dropbox occasionally to upload some PowerPoint files, presentation notes, and maps on my iPhone, but I have been relying on it a lot these days since I use my iPad a lot.
Since then, I have tried a bunch of iPad apps and here are my essential Mac and iPad apps that, I think, are useful for (graduate) students. I still take notes from my readings and write papers on my Mac, but a thing or two have changed since I purchased my first iPad as a reward for finishing my MA major research paper. I’ve been pdf-ing a lot of journal articles to read on my Mac for a few years, and Adobe Acrobat was the main app to annotate the articles. During my MA program, I gradually switched to Moleskine’s large plain notebook to jot down notes. I started taking lecture notes on my old 12.1″ PowerBook G4 when I started the second year of my undergraduate program and kept doing so until I finished my undergrad. With the exception of one year when I needed to use IBM’s ThinkPad in order to use only Windows-compatible software, I have been using Mac since I was a kid.
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