SOHO Notes updated to version 6

Had problems with 6.0x:
StartupItems/processes disappeared?!

did a manual copy of DBs as suggested, and upgraded to latest 6.2 version.
Did uninstall - install new version.

Startupprocess is running etc. BUT i can´t read ANY DB, cause it says: ...WRONG PASSWORD... ???

This is with may manual RESTORE of DB file AND with the fresh installed EMPTY one!

What thr h... is going on here?
TIA!!!

I wonder why they have no support telephone number, and what they'd do if people found out how to reach them by phone?

just my two bits worth ... like others i'm really disappointed with this product. when it starts up it flashes 'opening the database' .... forever ... (oddly it doesn't freeze or switch to the spinning beachball, and i can examine the existing notes) finally i have to force quit - nothing is saved, so everything stands as it was during my first session. i can't even revert to the earlier version, which did work. i've emailed chronos 'support' but i've heard nothing from them. i had high hopes of SOHO notes: excellent clipping services, use of web kit, hierarchical and smart folders. i fell into the trap of paying for an upgrade, and i feel i've been taken for a ride. you think they'll get back to me?

As a mere humble user, I bailed on SOHO notes because it is so slow. What I want from a notes application at bare minimum is quick access to stuff like my frequent flyer numbers or the hours of my branch library. If you store anything important in SOHO notes you want to set it to backup fairly frequently, but the automatic backup feature launches *when you launch the application* and you can't use the app at all while it's running. So if I want that library schedule, and start up SOHO notes to get it, I have to wait not only for the app to launch but also for the backup to finish, and that can be as long as 2 or 3 minutes. I switched to Mori, which has the sense to do all that stuff when you quit the application. Beyond that, SOHO notes was otherwise slow in various small ways.

I just completed a comparative review of DEVONThink, KIT, SOHO Notes 6, and Yojimbo. My conclusions might not match yours, but for what it is worth: http://maclawstudents.com/blog/product-reviews/devonthink-kit-soho-notes-yojimbo/

I paid for the upgrade to 6.0, which promptly wrecked my database by randomly duplicating notes. The only avenue for Support was to e-mail, which I did, and received a reply a day or so later with a suggested "fix" that didn't. I was also told that there was going to be an }updated," 6.0.1, which has now been released. However, while it supposedly doesn't duplicate files any longer, it does nothing about those files that it previously duplicated. But it's okay, since Chronos Support says "Sorry for the inconvenience." I'm so impressed; can you tell?

Another thing you might want to notice is that while Notes supposedly synchs to your iPod, the contents of sub-folders are not synched. Does Chronos tell you about this? Nope.

I started using their product when it was Stickybrain 3. It looks like I'm going to either Yojimbo or Circus Ponies' product. I don't need a lot of functionality. I do need reliability, and a company that values its customer relationships. Chronos offers neither, in my experience.

Do not see any smart folder...?

Hi again,

Just want to be fair: today I receive a response from Chronos about localization. They would like to "... localize SOHO Notes into other languages such as French and German" but at this time, they "... do not know if and when this will happen".

So we'll wait ;)

Journlr is great, and free. The developer is extremely responsive in the forums for that app too.

I now use a free program called SlipBox, which is the least flashiest but most effective for me.

Every Chronos upgrade costs $25!. Too much for every upgrade