Replace the frustration of searching your Mac with the pleasure of using contextually relevant links. Use Hook to copy robust links to information on your Mac or elsewhere (files, emails, tasks, PDFs, web pages, etc). Paste them anywhere. Hook automatically stores your links as bookmarks and optionally syncs them in iCloud.
Hook is a unique, powerful, user-friendly CogSci Apps® invention that will change your life.
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12 px”][/vc_column][vc_column bg_color=”#3a6ffe” width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Hook supplies the missing links.” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][agni_image img_url=”3888″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”6 px”][agni_button value=”Try it for free” url=”/download” style=”alt” choice=”white” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column width=”1/2″ padding_top=”30px” padding_bottom=”30px”][agni_image][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][agni_image img_url=”4982″ img_link=”3″][agni_image][agni_image][/vc_column][vc_column bg_color=”#ffffff” width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Hook’s Context-Sensitive Window” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Contextual computing : psychological flow” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Hook works with the selected item of the foreground app. You can copy a link to the item, bookmark it, share it, link it to something else, access linked items, and more. Hook keeps you in “the zone”.
[/vc_column_text][agni_image][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#d7dfe2″][vc_column bg_color=”#d7dfe2″ width=”1/2″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”30px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Universal ‘Copy Link’!” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text border_color=”#d7dfe2″]Instantly create and use links to all kinds of information: files, emails, tasks and much more! Paste links in your notes, task lists, or anywhere else where you will need them! Use them to instantly return to the information you need, wherever it is.
To copy a link to the current item in the foreground app, just invoke Hook’s contextual window (⌃H or with menu bar icon) and use the Copy Link command (⌘C).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space][agni_video video_type=”2″ self_url=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Gif-1-Universal-Copy-Link-v2-100-size.mp4″][vc_wp_text]
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[/vc_wp_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Bidirectional Links” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Instantly access linked items” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]After you’ve copied a link to an item, you can ‘hook it’ to another item. A ‘hook’ is a contextual two-way link. You can ‘hook’ an item to as many other items as you want. When you invoke Hook on an item, you see everything you have hooked onto it. Easily navigate back & forth between hooked items.
For instance, navigate between a draft and its outline, your todo list, and sources (PDFs, web pages, etc.)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#b7bcbf”][vc_column width=”1/2″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”30px”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Automatic Smart-Bookmarking” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Find anything you’ve linked” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Other bookmarking apps have 2 major limitations: they can only bookmark web pages; you need to remember to manually add the bookmark. We at CogSci Apps discovered the clearest signal of information relevance: that you copied a link to it!
So, Hook automatically bookmarks whatever you link. Not just web pages, but important items from all your favorite apps: emails, tasks, presentations, spreadsheets, etc. Type ⌘F in Hook for instant gratification. Learn more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Deep PDF Links” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Link to specific locations in PDFs—Adaptive and shareable!” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Select text in any fully linkable PDF app, use Hook’s “Copy Link” or “Copy Markdown Link”. Paste the link in your notes, todo list, doc-review comments, tasks lists, even in emails. Clicking on the link will (a) open the PDF, and (b) auto-scroll to that specific location in the file! You can even share these links with others: they can open the shared files on their Macs, like magic!
Hook delivers what researchers, lawyers & others have needed since the dawn of PDF! Learn more[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#d7dfe2″][vc_column bg_color=”#d7dfe2″ width=”1/2″ padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”30px”][vc_empty_space height=”68px”][agni_image][agni_image img_url=”176″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Why we invented Hook” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”From Cognitive Productivity author & cognitive scientist, Luc P. Beaudoin” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Every day, I work with numerous files, emails, web pages, and tasks across many apps and projects. Search-tools can help me find information the first time. But I also need to instantly retrieve prior information relevant to my current focus without searching again.
Because most work on a Mac revolves around webs of related resources, we at CogSci Apps invented Hook, which is loaded with completely original information-retrieval features.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#f5f7f6″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Get more out of your favorite apps” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”Know your bookmarks are private” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Hook stores your bookmarks on your Mac. You can sync your data across devices with iCloud or a folder of your choice. Either way, your data are not sent to our servers. Learn more.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Stay in the zone when writing” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Nobody wants to rummage around for documents when they’re on a roll. Stay focused on your writing by letting Hook recall your outline, reference material, notes, images, contact information and more right when you need it. Learn more.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Become a note-taking ninja” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Never wonder again about what a specific note is referring to. UseHook to New (⌘N) on any item (ebook, PDF, email, etc.) and Hook will instantly create a new note in the note-taking app of your choice, and Hook will: name the note, store it, tag it, bookmark it, and link it to the item. Invoke Hook on the original item and you will see a link to your note, and vice versa! Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Instantly access any type of project information” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Instead of trying to remember to save different files to specific folders and sub-folders, let Hook bring your most important work together. For instance, your todo list can contain links to specific files and emails to work on! Learn more.
Hook connects a raft of great apps on macOS such as DEVONthink, Merlin Project, OmniFocus, RStudio, Craft, Sublime Text, OmniOutliner Pro, Curio, nvUltra, Marked2, TextMate, Scrivener, Tinderbox, Bookends, GoodTask, Nisus Writer, PDFPen Pro, Skim, Obsidian, BibDesk, Sketch, OmniGraffle, EagleFiler, Keep It (by Reinvented Software), Things, HoudahSpot, Trickster, LibreOffice, MaiMate, Airmail, Apple Mail,TaskPaper, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, BBEdit, and many more 😊. Hook links your research and development! Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Enjoy Hook’s adaptive links to files too” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]macOS file:// links are hard to get; they break when you move the file; and you can’t share them☹️. Hook file links are much better. Select a file in Finder (or open it), invoke Hook (⌃H) and Copy Link (⌘C). You’ll get a hook://file/ link. You can move or rename the file without breaking the link. It’s like a Finder alias; but it’s (a) a link; (b) more versatile; and (c) shareable. 😊 Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Be nicer to your network: share Hook links” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]It’s a hassle to receive an email asking you to edit a file, only to have to dig around the Finder, iCloud, Dropbox, or a Git folder to find the file. With one Hook command (⌘C), you can instantly create a shareable link that your recipients can click which reveals the specified file on their Mac! You can even send them a link that opens a PDF they have on their Mac and automatically scrolls to the specific location in that PDF!
Share links to emails too! While an email is open or selected (in Apple Mail, etc.), invoke Hook, and Copy Link (⌘C) creates a link to that email; send it to others, and when they click that link, Hook opens the email on their Mac.
As long as the recipient has the shared file or email, and the free version of Hook: it’s like magic, and they’ll love you for respecting their time. Who knows, maybe they’ll return the favor? Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Get more out of your other bookmarking software too” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Hook Pro can automatically bookmark to Instapaper, GoodLinks and Pinboard. You don’t have to remember to add bookmarks to them. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Instantly get Markdown links — to nearly anything” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]If you use Markdown, you’ll love Hook. Hook lets you instantly create Markdown links to the current file, web page, and more, that you can paste anywhere. Even create “.hook” files which are like aliases and webloc files, but instead contain a plaintext URL or markdown link to anything (x-devonthink-item://, OmniFocus://, whatever you want!) Learn more.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Enjoy interoperability” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%233e3c36″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]We at CogSci Apps are seasoned devs with roots in UNIX who champion interoperability and have built Hook for eternal use. Hook obeys standard macOS rules (no hacks no haxies) and applicable standards. Hook is plaintext friendly. Pro users can inspect and edit integration scripts. You can export/import Hook data. Hook has an automation API so you can access all your links and execute core functions. Learn more.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#3a6ffe”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”48px”][agni_video video_type=”2″ self_url=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Hook-Home-Page-v1.3.mp4″ self_poster=”5070″][vc_column_text]
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[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#d7dfe2″ padding_top=”30px” padding_bottom=”30px” el_id=”testimonials” el_class=”testimonials”][vc_column width=”5/6″ offset=”vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8 vc_col-sm-offset-1 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_custom_heading text=”People Are Talking About Hook” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%233e3c36″][vc_column_text]”How have I not heard about @HookProductvT before today?! Incredible Mac App that lets you make bidirectional links between any files on your system (or web pages). Basically Roam for OS. Totally a missing piece I’ve been looking for. Highly recommend.” Conor White-Sullivan: Founder Roam Research.“Hook connects parts of my workflow that I’ve long-believed would never be connectable.” Brett Terpstra: Coder (Marked 2, nvALT, SearchLinks, nvUltra, etc.), author, web developer.
“I’m a big fan of links and Hook allows me to link the things I couldn’t easily link before.” Benny Kjær Nielsen. MailMate developer.
Hook is loved ❤️ by authors, researchers, developers, lawyers, Mac app enthusiasts, and others who value their time and cognitive productivity.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_color=”#3a6ffe”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][agni_button value=”Buy Hook Productivity for Mac” url=”/download” style=”alt” radius=”100″ choice=”white” size=”lg” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
