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Jon wrote:By contacting us and explaining what the problem is. We've tweaked the import filters several times since 8 was released to deal with cases we didn't anticipate...

Which is the recommended conversion method? EndNote/Refer via xml or text?

Hi - I'm converting from Endnote 8 and having some problems with the import process. Exporting in XML generally works better, but there seem to be some errors in mapping Endnote fields.

I'm seeing problems, too -- with EndNote 7. For example, the Call Number field isn't being properly mapped in ...

Not with the current Spotlight as I understand it -- it indexes individual files, not monolithic databases. I've heard this might change in the future, though.

Do you think it would be possible to follow the example of an application such as the MacOS X Address Book, which has a monolithic ...

I'd like to see support in Bookends for looking up references in SFX / OpenURL.

I'd also like to see Spotlight support.

It is starting to look like an OS X app -- sort of. Shouldn't the gear symbol be more to the left? Why can't I rearrange the columns by dragging?

Why are there all those shared libraries in the Bookends folder? Most OS X apps I know of consist of a single file. And Bookends isn't exactly quick to ...

The List View, yes. Actually, today we decided that there was enough new things (features, interface, database engine, and bug fixes) that we're going to call it 8.1.

We plan on doing a *short* public beta when we think it's stable enough, which shouldn't be too long. For intrepid users only ...

I'm not sure I remember exactly now. I think I used a larger (15 MB or so) cache, and was able to open the database by setting Reference View as the default in Preferences. Then I selected All references (made them hits), exported to a Bookends file, and then imported that file to a fresh database ...

Jon wrote:I considered that as well (a combobox). But as you'll see when 8.0.5 is out, that wouldn't go well with the new look.

8.0.5 will have a new look?

matthias wrote:I was always under the impression that only ccc can do that, but that ccc is not yet working with tiger. Actually this is one of the main reasons why I have not yet switched to Tiger.

Matthias, you're silly -- or just cheap. SuperDuper! is more flexible than CCC, and works perfectly under Tiger!

Jon wrote:For those of you following at home, we were able to recover all of the references in spr's database.

Care to share what went wrong with the database?

Your guess is as good as mine. My guess is it will be relatively easy by the time it is needed (a year from now).

I wonder, and the issue isn't just that Bookends is a Carbon app, but also that it is a product of the RealBasic development environmment. Here is what Jobs said:

"The future of Mac ...

Sorry, I disagree about the utility of Spotlight for Bookends.

Clearly it currently makes no sense for large monolithic files. However, Spotlight 2 will have the ability to search them.

Can you see that if this were possible, it would be nice to have Bookends databases turn up in global ...

Frankly, even if we could get to a specific record in a database via Spotlight, it buys very little. The only scenario in which I think it would make any sense is if you had many Bookends databases (because Bookends does not allow you to search more than one concurrently). Other than that, a ...

Spotlight would be terrible for this sort of thing. Say you want to find a reference containing the word 'Shakespeare'. You'd use Spotlight...after 60 seconds it would have found dozens of articles on your computer containing this word, including a Bookends database. You'd launch the Bookends ...