Company: CogSci Apps Corp.Price: Free (Lite); $14.99 (Essentials); $19.99 (Pro)Rating:Hot: Scrivener’s cross-reference functionality;
create new note and link to it in one
step; great for anyone who publishes
text, image, and video content; shareable
links via DropboxNot: Some small bugs; some integrations
require scripting; a few (very few) apps
just can’t be integratedConnect Files to Each Other for
Cross-Referencing and Mnemonics
Review by Erik VlietinckHook
Hook is a file-association system for the Mac. Associating related
files across folders (and soon across different Macs on a network)
allows you to create cross-references or in-the-margin notes for
research, etc. Hook acts as a go-between, linking together docu-
ments created in different apps. Even if it’s not a document in the
traditional sense (e.g., an entry in a task manager, an email, or a
database record), Hook often is able to hook up the entry with
any file you define.
Hook lives in the menu, but has a keyboard shortcut to launch
its window as well. The window lets you choose between cre-
ating and auto-linking to a new document for any of about
15 predefined apps. It also allows you to copy a link—in HTML
or Markdown notation—from an existing document. Once
you’ve created a link or copied-and-pasted one into another
app’s document, you’ve established a link between them.
Then, the next time you launch Hook’s window, it will show
you the link in the bottom section. Double-clicking it will
launch the associated document, even if you’ve moved the file
to another folder.
The basics of Hook are easy enough to understand and use, but
sometimes you’ll run into things that seem illogical. For example,
linking a document to an Apple Mail message was impossible
on my system unless it had been sent or received, despite the
explanation on the support pages that seem to suggest an Apple
Mail message should accept a link even if you’re still writing it.
Some inconsistencies also popped up, but on the whole, Hook is
a godsend for remembering files you need to include with a file
you’re working on, or for cross-referencing. nREVIEWS › ›> PHOTOSHOP USER>^ OCTOBER 2019[ 118 ]