Over the past several months I’ve been a part of a small beta testing group for MindManager 8 for Mac, the new mindmapping program from Mindjet made especially for the Mac. MindManager 8 for Mac was made available to the public today.
Because I signed a Non Disclosure Agreement, I could not blog about the program until today.
As someone who has been using the beta version for months now, let me simply say it’s an excellent mindmapping program for the Mac!
Though I use MindManager 8 for Windows at work, I’ve been using MindManager 8 for Mac at home – as I’m an avid Mac user. I work on PCs, but I love Macs!
Below are some of the MindManager 8 for Mac features:
- Integrates with native Mac productivity software, like iCal, Address Book, and iWork, and Microsoft® productivity software for easy assignment of project tasks and reference of documents. Import from Microsoft Word, and Apple® Pages®. Export to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Apple iWork Pages, Keynote®, OPML, text outline, HTML, JPG, PNG or TIFF formats. Additionally, iChat integration allows users to send a map to someone during a chat for real-time collaboration and information sharing.
- Sharing capabilities enable users to create maps in MindManager 8 for Mac and open for editing in MindManager 8 for Windows and Mindjet’s Web-based collaboration platform Mindjet Catalyst. Users can also publish maps in social media networks and export maps in a portable, interactive PDF or Flash format using Mindjet Player.
- Simplifies task and event management with new iCal integration that makes it easy to keep track of ‘To Do’ lists and multiple calendars – one for home, another for school, a third for work, and so on.
- Standard Apple gesture support on the Multi-Touch Trackpad and Magic Mouse is available. These are actions like “pinch and expand” to zoom in on the map and “three finger roll” for scrolling through the map.
- A built-in browser, which can be initiated from within maps so users can view Web pages and PDF documents without leaving MindManager 8 for Mac.
MindManager 8 for Mac is available in four languages: English, German, French and Japanese and can be purchased through Mindjet.com for the upgrade price of $129 or as a new license for $249. Customers who currently own MindManager 6 or 7 for Mac who purchase an upgrade before February 28, 2010 can do so for the special price of $99.
To purchase MindManager 8 for Mac or download trial, click here.
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FreeMind 0.9 FTW.
I recently moved from a PC to a Mac. On the PC, I’d used several versions of MindManager. I liked it. At the time, it was the most revolutionary mind mapping solution out there. That was back in 2005.
Over the last 18 months, I’ve discovered FreeMind, and even though I had a $200+ package that I’d paid for installed on my Thinkpad, I still preferred FreeMind.
To me, MindJet was very limiting in some ways… It was as if they didn’t have a cohesive design or architecture around how to extend it. Each version of MindManager seemed like another way to get a hundred buck from me or so. The features were merely look and feel “improvements”, and not really something that was that functional for me. For me to say this about MindJet is something, if you sit back and realize that I’m comparing it to an OpenSource program, with many chefs in the kitchen.
When I switched to FreeMind, I immediately realized more functionality (in the direction that I wanted it to go), keyboard accessible menus, and remappable keys, etc.
Switching over to a Mac, I just downloaded the newest version of FreeMind and *bam*, it was installed. If you haven’t tried FreeMind, even if you have paid for MindJet in the past, it’s worth your while to see if this program is for you.
Sometimes, the best things in life are free. For my usage habits, anyway, and I use FreeMind at least 10 times a day.
Thanks for the reply Mike. The great thing about mindmapping is that there are several desktop and web-based mindmapping programs. Some free and some at a cost. Ultimately, everyone has to choose what’s best for them. I’ve included several desktop and web-based mindmapping programs on my blog page. I encourage everyone to click on the links and see which program works best for them. For all the mindmapping programs that cost, a trial can be downloaded and reviewed before paying anything. If a free version works for you, great. As long as a person is leveraging the power of mindmapping to help them be more productive and creative that’s all that really matters. —Chance
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I am a long-time user of MindManager for Windows who switched to the Mac a couple of years ago. I was part of the MM8 Mac beta program too. While I like many of the improvements, I am bewildered by the absence in the Mac version of the essential ability to export a branch to its own but linked map. Dead easy on MM for Windows (right-click, export to new map), but completely absent on MM for Mac, leading to mind-bogglingly complex maneuvers which you really can’t do on the fly during a complex mindmapping brain-storming session with a group. Any ideas why they omitted this feature in their specifications?
Hello Jessica:
Unfortunately, I am not sure why they omitted this feature. I do know just based on the different operating systems (OS X for the Mac vs. Windows) that there are cases where you have to do different things to get the same result. In this sense there are advantages and disadvantages associated with each version. Sorry this has proved to be difficult for you. I hope MindManager 8 for Mac is giving you other benefits that offset this problem you’re having. —Chance