I had some sync issues that the developer was able to solve over the course of a few days. I use it to store academic literature (2600 items) and it is a great app. I am glad I haven’t yet had to abandon it.
Tagging on to the end of an old thread… I am giving Keep It a try but am frustrated by one item greatly—and this could just be user error—I can’t figure out a way to save a webpage or even a pdf of a webpage that is beyond an account firewall, i.e. WSJ or New York Times. When it try’s to save the web archive or pdf it simple gets stuck at the login page for the website/account and I get the header with an invitation to login.
Am I trying to do something that just can’t be done or am I missing some procedure or workaround of some sort??
Thanks…
I think once you are behind a login, the best thing to do is File » Save As… and save it as a .webarchive, or File » Print and save as a PDF, and then import that into Keep It.
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Be interested to hear how folks are getting on… I’ve tried Bear, and Keep It - & think I’m going to return to Evernote - for ease of getting stuff into it - email, PDFs for example.
Here’s today’s dilemma. Writing up some notes from a conference talk. There are links in it & a pdf I’ve read which I’d like to keep in the note. No obvious way to do this. Drag & drop just links to the folder it’s currently in (downloads). Look at the support pages. Download the script. Run the script. Pdf saves in a different note to the one I’m working in. In Evernote I’d just drag the file into the note & it’s all together.
The disadvantage of Evernote is that it’s not easily transferable - I’m a doctor & I have to upload my learning records to an online system - a single text file - easy. Evernote notebook, not so much fun!
Am I missing something? An easy place to find help, for e.g.? An obvious simple solution to the PDF problem?
I used Keep It for about a week and loved it. That was mostly on the iPad. When I was back to mostly working on the Mac, I noticed the Mac was freezing up once or twice a day. Even the clock stopped keeping time. I had to cycle the power to resume using it.
This problem started when I started using Keep It. It stopped when I stopped using Keep It. The developer did not respond to several support emails, on this and one or two other relatively minor unrelated issues.
Now I’m using Bear and loving it for many reasons, but I fear I may be up against the limit of its ability to, as you say, get stuff in. I fear that DevonThink may draw me back in with its gravitational pull.
@tatters have you tried exporting Evernote to HTML? That seems like a universal document format that would futureproof and make documents multi-platform compatible. Or how about just cutting and pasting? (Should I call you “Doctor @tatters”?)
Now that you mention it, I had the same experience with the developer.
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Just because I tried Keep It again after a software update, the previous sync issues have seemed to be fixed now.
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That is too bad. I have always found him very responsive and helpful.
As far as I can tell, I have always responded to @tjluoma’s messages: last I received for Keep It was a feature request on Oct 30, 2018, but we also exchanged further messages about my other app, Feeder in 2019. I can only see one message from @MitchWagner on Oct 18, 2019, and I responded to that the same day.
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Just as an FYI Steve, I sent you two emails via the support address ; one at the end of Nov 2019 and then again in early December. Neither received a response.
I’ve moved on so not relevant anymore…
Hi Danny, if you asked about videos or How-tos, I responded on the same day mentioning the ScreenCastsOnline video tutorial they made, and Keep It’s Help files. Maybe it got marked as junk.
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I will add here that I typically spend at least half my time answering questions and solving people’s problems — it’s my number one priority every day, because it’s what shapes the app. I usually respond with one working day. It could take longer if the app has been featured somewhere and my inbox is melting, but it will be ASAP.
Provided people request support via the apps or the links on my web site, they will not get marked as junk on my end, and I use Amazon SES for outgoing mail to minimise how much of that gets marked as junk at the customer end, but people should always check. I also answer tweets and App Store reviews that need answering. I investigate and fix everything reported to me as soon as I possibly can, and put out bug fix releases every one or two weeks on average.
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HI, Steve! I did receive a prompt response to my first support request, Oct. 17. It wasn’t the same day, it was the next, but I won’t quibble about that. It was prompt and thorough and I appreciate it.
I followed up with queries on Oct. 20 and 23d, about oddities in Markdown formatting. Then I sent another on 10/31 when I noticed my Mac froze up occasionally when using Keep It but never when Keep It was NOT running. I received no response to any of those, and I stopped using Keep It at that point.
Months later, as of this month, I discovered a misconfiguration in my email server, and that some of my email was not going to intended recipients. Perhaps that was the problem here.
I may well give Keep It another try; I haven’t found an app that’s as good at what it does and I’m interested in possibly integrating it with DevonThink.
Hello Mitch, I don’t think I ever received them. I still have all junk mail back to July 9, 2019 and there’s nothing there from you that I can find.
I’ve always gotten a quick reply back about any issues I’ve sent to Steve. 
I haven’t found any apps that work as well as Keep It does with every type of data I throw at them. I store everything from archived web links to pdfs to little snippets of notes to task management projects, etc… It’s been a wonderful app. 
I believe you. Email probably got swallowed up by the Internet, as email sometimes does.
Hi Steve.
I think Keep It is a great app, my biggest issue was that I found the iCloud sync to be unreliable, which I don’t think is your fault.
I’m fully willing to believe that my emails to you did not make it to you for some reason. We’ve had random problems with it at work where all of a sudden we just can’t email some people for some reason, and not all providers will “bounce” undeliverable mail because of spam.
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Hmmm…
So I was user of Together years back and drifted away. Had NO idea that it morphed into KeepIt.
Anyone have knowledge on the following:
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Is there a way to keep some of the data local on an iOS device (accessible when not online to access iCloud for example) and older larger volumes of data on cloud or, ideally, home computer on shared location? All of the information might be 60 gigs. Data that matters to sync while traveling, maybe 10 gigs. Is this an ‘All or nothing’ solution where you sync w/iCloud or you do not sync?’
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Is iCloud ‘the only’ syncing option? I see references to no dropbox option. My archive would be gigs in size so not feasible for any cloud solution. Second, we avoid storing sensitive data on any cloud, regardless of the encryption claims. So the need would be to sync w/a personal webdav or NAS.
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Would there be a problem changing the default location of the stored data? Prefer to just point to another location. Otherwise could use a simlink.
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Not a fan of any subscription fees, let along SEPARATE subscription fees based on platform (that is for Reinvented Software to read, let’s not reinvent ways to fleece customers.)
Not sure about that. MacStories did several articles about Keep It as Federico Viticci was using it for awhile, but I think he’s moved away from it now.
iCloud only, as far as I know, and there have been lots of reports of people having issues with it.
Don’t think that’s possible either.
Even if iCloud syncing worked flawlessly, separate subscriptions for Mac and iOS would definitely be a hindrance to me using it regularly.
There are lots of other companies doing one subscription for Mac and iOS now, and I can’t really see any reason why Keep-It can’t do the same, especially since they aren’t providing anything server side (as it all goes through iCloud anyway).
I don’t understand the opposition to the split pricing subscription (or app pricing) model. Nor do I see it as ‘fleecing’ the customer by doing it this way. I see it just the opposite-If Reinvented has calculated that their macOS app is worth a $20/year subscription and their iOS app is worth $10/year, then what difference is it if they charge $30 for all 3 or keep the $20/$10 split? The difference is that the user that only wants the iOS app or the macOS app is the one that gets ‘fleeced’.
As an example, NotePlan launched this week as a $60 for all platforms subscription. I don’t need the macOS app, and had the subscriptions been priced e.g. $40/$20, I would probably pay $20 for the iPadOS app. I’m out when asked to pay $60 as that’s just not a good value for me.