In my opinion, GoodLinks is one of the best read-it-later apps out there. A clean, attractive reader view, highlighting, and highlight export. Here’s what I’m looking for in a read-it-later app.
I’ve tested UpNext, and I’m on the early access list for Readwise. UpNext and Readwise are both in beta and early access sign-up is available. Pocket, Reeder, Goodlinks, Matter, Readwise, and UpNext to name a few. There are several other read-it-later apps to choose from.
Since I don’t have much hope for either of those things happening, I’ve been on the hunt for a replacement. I also wrote an Open Letter to the Developer asking that they either fix the app or sell it. I recently wrote about my disappointment with Instapaper, my long-time read-it-later app. And searching with Alfred or HoudahSpot I can find absolutely any file I’m looking for. I can access these files with any text editor on any platform. All my digital data is now in a shallow folder structure in Finder as individual files. The decision I made was to go back to individual files. I’ve said it enough that it sounds cliché to me, but HoudahSpot really is steroids for Spotlight on macOS. And where Spotlight falls short, HoudahSpot steps in and fills the gaps. Researching HoudahSpot lead me to this blog post by Brett Terpstra.įor those of us who have shifted from folder hierarchies to search as our primary method of “filing,” Spotlight has become a way of life. HoudahSpot was mentioned a few times as a Finder search app alternative to Spotlight. The subject of finding files/search came up. Several people use Devonthink or EagleFiler while others use a folder structure in Finder. What I gleaned from the comments was that more people favored storing data in individual files. To get a better idea of how people store their digital data I started a thread titled “Conflicted! Data storage – Individual files or proprietary database format?” in the MPU forums. And, use I know Bear and Ulysses have export options. I’ve never been comfortable with this method because of the lock-in. More recently I have been keeping it in apps like Bear, Ulysses, or Apple Notes. I used to keep it in plain text markdown files. Changes made to your library images will then be reflected in Apple Photos without modifying the original files.I’ve been rethinking how I store my digital data.
Import a track log file from disk or connected GPS logger, geocode images in Process mode, switch to Output mode and click Notify Photos Library from the toolbar. That’s because your Photos library now appears on the sidebar in Load mode (slowly in many cases), so you can drag and drop one or more images from the media browser for processing. (Pro tip: You can now import even more metadata from Apple libraries and write them to EXIF/XMP, which comes in handy for migrating to newer software.) The previous version of HoudahGeo required geocoding images prior to importing into Photos, but thankfully that is no longer the case. With the release of version 6.0, HoudahGeo finally plays nice with Apple Photos, while continuing to support aging applications iPhoto, Aperture, and Adobe Lightroom Classic as well.
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The whole process was quick and easy, but by this point the lack of a companion iOS app for capturing track logs (or even a full mobile edition of HoudahGeo) really feels like a lost opportunity.
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HoudahGeo 6 extracts more metadata from Apple libraries, so iPhoto and Aperture users can easily migrate to newer software.Īfter importing the geotagged DSLR files into Apple Photos, everything fell right into place in sequential order alongside other images taken during the same hike with an iPhone 11 Pro Max and iPhone 7 Plus. (If you don’t want to modify camera originals, there’s an option to make copies instead.) IDG
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After confirming the current camera time (an important step for automatic geocoding), the software matched existing timestamps in the JPEG files against our track log and we were able to quickly add new EXIF metadata to the original files. When the hike was over, the resulting GPX file was AirDropped to an iMac, then imported into HoudahGeo 6 alongside images from a Canon Rebel T3i DSLR.
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