Here at CogSci Apps, we believe that all apps should make it extremely easy for users to get (copy) and open hyperlinks to the data they present or manage. In other words, all apps that deal with resources should be truly linkable. A hyperlink specifies the name and address [URL] of a resource. We believe […]
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David Sparks (@MacSparky) and Stephen Hackett (@ismh) produced another entertaining and insightful episode of Mac Power Users (#549). They interviewed master Mac coder, Brett Terpstra (@ttscoff). In sum: three very productive people talked about software that supports their productivity and hobbies — including Hook! Episode 549: @ttscoff returns to the show to talk about the Touch
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Curio is a very versatile cognitive tool developed by Zengobi Inc. It enables you to aggregate a large variety of information in one place, so that you can load it into your ‘consciousness’ (or working memory). This blog post shows you how Curio and Hook can be used together to research and create productively. Overview
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When you call Copy Link on a linkable item in a given app, Hookmark returns a link consisting of the item’s name and an address (URL) to access that item. Hookmark will use the custom scheme for the app, shown in its Scripts preferences pane, or the default script (also shown in that pane). This
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The very essence of Hookmark is interoperability, its purpose being to help you access, connect and bookmark information from all your favorite apps and online sites. Hookmark’s key feature is Copy Link. It allows a uniform user gesture to create links to the information in your favorite apps. Hookmark supports AppleScript / JavaScript automation. That means
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There are several ways to backup Hookmark data and restore it on the same or different Macs. Some rules: Make sure that the Mac to which you are restoring Hookmark’s Application Support folder , i.e., ~/Library/Application Support/com.cogsciapps.hook uses a version of Hookmark that is the same or newer than the source Mac. Before backing up
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This page explains how Hookmark communicates (“integrates”) with other apps to link their items to each other and to other apps’ items. It also explains how you can customize these integrations. There is a list of examples below. How Hookmark works with your favorite apps When Hookmark is invoked in the context of an app
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There are two ways to sync Hookmark’s data: Through iCloud. By using a folder of your choice. Benefits of Hookmark link syncing CogSci Apps felt no need to reinvent the wheel. Instead of building a completely new syncing service, it lets you choose your own sync service and storage medium. After you configure and enable
This document first provides the background to Hookmark’s script editor. Then it describes the script editor itself. The Scripts tab contains scripts that control how Hookmark interacts with your favorite apps, linking them together. The Scripts tab is a Hookmark Pro feature. It is not shown in Standard mode of Hookmark. Many apps work with
With the “Hook to New Note” menu, you can simultaneously create, link, name and store a new file or object. Examples of objects are: tasks in OmniFocus or CulturedCode Things, and documents in Drafts or Bear. The Preferences > Notes tab is where you configure the behavior of the Hook to New menus. We refer
