Image rights: Super Useful Ltd.This is a variation
on the Notes app,
but instead of text
notes or audio
notes, it’s designed with
photographs in mind. That
means it’s best on your iPhone;
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portable your device, the more
convenient Magpie becomes.
Magpie describes itself as
a digital scrapbook, “theMagpie
Take notes with your camera
$0.99/month or $7.99 outright From Super Useful Ltd, getmagpie.app
Made for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Needs iOS 11.0 or laterMagpie makes it easy to organize
and add context to anything you
can photograph.MAGPIE
Very easy to use
Easy to share
No tagging
No customization
SOLIDbeautiful lovechild of Apple
Photos and Notes”, although
we think it’s closer to Pinterest
as a notes app for visual
content. It’s ideal for those of
us who tend to use the Photos
app as an ongoing collection
of interesting things, only to
wonder what on earth those
things are and where they
came from. With Magpie, when
you see something you want
to remember or share, simply
snap it. Unlike the Photos app,
you can then add some context
so it’ll still make sense later:
your comments, perhaps, or
the URL for a product, or the
map location.
You can get images into the
app in several ways. The camera
is the most convenient, of
course, and as you’d expect you
can import from Photos. On
iPad you can also drag and drop
from Safari, which is handy forsaving things from online
shops or social media.
It’s simple to set up and to
use: just create a list and add as
many items to it as you like.
You can add multiple images to
each individual item, which is
handy if you want to record
multiple views of a tourist
attraction or item of fashion.
You can also share your lists
with others, either for them to
view in their own app, or by
posting to a social network.
It works well, but the info
you can store is limited. Each
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link, location, and a free–text
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a few items, but if you start
recording lots of things the
lack of tagging or categorization
is likely to be an issue. It’d be
nice to be able to group your
lists in the sidebar too, rather
than just reorder them.
Perhaps that’ll be addressed
in the future. For now, Magpie
is a useful app, and there’s
a one-week free trial so you
can try it before signing up.
THE BOTTOM LINE. A simple
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context to your photos.
CARRIE MARSHALLIt’d be good
to have custom
fields or
categories.62 SEP 2019 maclife.com