Image rights: Agile TortoiseWhen we reviewed Drafts last year we said it
was a good note-taking and writing app that
lacked the best features from its iOS sibling.
Those features have now been added,
alongside improvements including Touch Bar
support and the ability to post to Medium.
Drafts is all about getting your ideas down
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that end it sits in your menu bar ready for
action. You can use its icon to create a new
draft ready for you to type, or to create one
including the contents of the clipboard, and
you can add your note hands–free thanks to
the built–in dictation support. The app also
syncs with its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
equivalents so you can create and view your
notes on the move.
Your drafts can be set up as Markdown,
Javascript, plain text, Taskpaper and more,
and you can embed details including the
location where you created your draft and
the location where you’ve updated it. It’s
easy to reorder text, and professional writers
will appreciate the subtle word and character
count in the lower right–hand corner, as well
as the extensive customization options thatDrafts 17
Drafts was already good. Now it’s great
Free (IAPs) From Agile Tortoise, getdrafts.com
Needs macOS 10.13 or laterDRAFTS 17
Actions are amazing
Extensive
customization
iOS/watchOS
companions
A little intimidating
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formats. Some of these options are limited to
Pro subscribers, so for example you can’t
override the system light/dark mode setting
or use multiple workspaces if you’re not a
paying customer.
Where Drafts gets really clever is in
Actions, the feature we missed in last year’s
release. Actions connect your Drafts to other
apps and system features, so for example you
can append your draft to an Evernote journal
or a Google Doc, email it or send it to Twitter,
change everything into Title Case or post it to
WordPress. Pro users can manage these
Actions, make their own Actions, or add
more from the online directory which
includes Actions for tasks such as posting to
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to the Reminders app, and hundreds more.
Actions mean no two people’s Drafts apps
will be alike, and that you can tailor the app
to do exactly what you want to do. If your
Mac has a Touch Bar you can also access your
Actions from there.
Last year we said that Drafts was an
excellent notes app. This year, it’s superb.
THE BOTTOM LINE. The new Drafts is an
incredibly powerful, customizable, and
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powerhouse. CARRIE MARSHALLThe addition of Actions (in
the right sidebar) turns
Drafts into a powerhouse.Drafts is a great environment with useful tools for all
kinds of writing, from articles to code.
Reviews
46 APR 2020 maclife.com