Good to hear you say that, i am very confortable in it now. Thanks for the heads up about large files on Byword too and BBEdit’s capacity. I had forgotten about that one.
I used to use BBEdit, not for coding, years ago. What tweaks do you have? I have to say I don’t think I will use it again but out of interest, it never occurred to me to think of it for Markdown.
BBEdit would not be my first choice for Markdown, but it is such a workhorse that I need it to edit large document files.
By tweaks I mean using a nice, proportionally spaced, font and setting the vertical line spacing and margins to what a word processor might use. And creatively assigning colors to try to show formatting like bold, italic, web links, and bulleted list indentation that Byword does such a nice job on. And, using BBEdit’s ability to change settings for Markdown files apart from the settings I use for monospaced html, css, and other text files.
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I love your comparison chart. You sure are organized!
I enjoy Setapp and think it is worth it. I’m inclined to check out apps so it keeps me sane. Also, it is fun to do so. In particular I love “Clean My Mac” and “Houdah” which can find ANYTHING.
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Thanks, I might give it a try again one day on that basis. I did like the app I remember though I was a very low power user.
Nice! I would look into Bitwarden if you are trying to save more since they only ask for $10 annually.
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ok I wasn’t replying specifically to you, but we are on the same page as far as that goes. my untouchable subs are 1Password and TextExpander. TE cannot be replaced by an app across all devices so it will always be safe I guess.
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My apologies, I thought you were responding to me. 
Well I did say “you” and it was your thread so my fault… I should have said “y’all” 
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Besides Apple One, I only have a paid Evernote subscription, which has become my primary tool thanks to the Google Calendar integration. Everything else I can function well using free versions of apps. I do have a paid M365 subscription for a small business I run for our church. I recently charted out the services I use to accomplish various functions. Sure looks like a mess when you take an in-depth look.
Now that is a cool diagram! What do the "x"s mean?
Which mind mapping software are you using?
Thanks! The “X” is just the app’s default presentation of the option to delete the connection.
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iThoughts. I have the iOS (iPhone and iPad) and MacOS versions.
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This thread and @Bmosbacker’s Apple Notes sync being back to normal…so tempted to try Apple Notes again from Evernote. 
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Thanks. I like what you were able to do with it and I’ll have to give it another try (I’ve been using Xmind recently).
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I also use iThoughts. Although I like MindNode better, that is, its design, iThoughts has more features and is more powerful.
As to design and features, iThoughts and MindNode remind me of the differences between OmniFocus and Things 3. iThoughts has more features, but it’s not as pretty as MindNode. OmniFocus has more features, but it’s not as pretty as Things 3.
By using iThoughts, I also avoid another subscription.
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I’ve been trying to eliminate my subscriptions as well. I’ve gotten rid of at least a half dozen in the last year. I’m down to these critical few that I don’t think I’ll be canceling.
Apple One - no brainer with my entire family on it
Fastmail - I pay this every 3 years, worth every penny.
Banktivity - Yearly Payment and not one I’ll ever cut out.
Feedbin - I’ve tried to run iCloud on Reeder & NetNewsWire to eliminate this subscription, but Feedbin is so fast that’s it’s worth the yearly fee. Plus, I love that the developer keeps innovating with Feedbin and adding features.
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I totally get not wanting to have to include Dropbox. It feels vestigial to me, too. (But I am also trying out a SuperNote, which prefers Dropbox as well. Alas!)
And I could not agree more on the compile thing. I had finally wrapped my head around the first version of compile and they went and made it more complicated.
Sadly, since I work in the humanities, almost everything runs through Word, so most of my Scrivener drafts go to Word as they head into print.
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@iPersuade posted a really helpful video on how to compile to Word that has helped me a lot. I’d encourage you to check it out:
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I have to be honest with you @TudorEynon, I’m back to using the Byword editor for almost all of my editing of standalone Markdown documents. I only use BBEdit as a Markdown editor with the too-large-for-Byword files that roll up each year’s worth of my Daily Notes.
If developer @metzgereduard of NotePlan fame offered a version of his Markdown editing software for standalone documents, I would be all over that!
(I suppose another way would be if NotePlan were allowed to open Markdown documents in place without having to include them in the NotePlan library. Like Obsidian, NotePlan wants to work with files in its own folder.)
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