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July 29, 2006

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Kip, your digital filing cabinet

Posted Jul. 29, ’06, 8:57 PM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Software

kip Lately, I’ve been filing nearly all my data into Yojimbo. It’s been working great, so much so that I feel like I want to put every one of my documents in it. kip takes it a step further and I’m liking the improvements that it builds in.

Kip is described as iPhoto for PDFs. You add your PDFs to kip and it allows you to add tags, notes, change the creation date, and even author. It also synchronizes your data to .Mac for easy access. Because it stores the files straight into the file system and doesn’t use a database, they’re accessible in the Finder, albeit without all that cool metadata.

Inside kip, it reminds you of how much space is left on your iDisk, lets you browse tagged documents (with some neat hover effects), and even take a close look at the thumbnail listings by showing a small magnified portion as you move the pointer around (it has to be seen to be truly appreciated). The current version (1.0.1) is free, but the next version will not be, so check it out now.


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