#Cardhop mac app update#
#Cardhop mac app series#

Unfortunately, much as I like Cardhop for standard contact lookups and editing on the Mac, I never use it to initiate communications with contacts, nor do I use it at all on the iPhone. Flexibits remains steadfast in its belief in CardhopвЂ™s contact-first approach-find a contact and then choose how you want to communicate with them. The basics remain the same in Cardhop 2.0-notably, it still lives in the menu bar on the Mac. IвЂ™ve written about Cardhop for both macOS and iOS (see вЂњ Cardhop Puts Contacts Front and Center,вЂќ 18 October 2017, and вЂњ Cardhop Rethinks How You Use Contacts in iOS,вЂќ 4 April 2019). The company has now released Cardhop 2.0 for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Apple now gives us Calendar and Contacts, and those who want more power, flexibility, and better interfaces can instead choose BusyMacвЂ™s Busењњal and Busењњontacts or-my current favorites- Fantastical and Cardhop from Flexibits. ThatвЂ™s why we had combined packages like Now Up-to-Date & Contact, Claris Organizer, and Palm Desktop in the past. Many events involve people, and if youвЂ™re going to have a phone call with someone or meet at their office, itвЂ™s handy to have their contact information associated with the event. smart displays, iOS 12.5.5 and Catalina security update, iPhone 13 problem with Apple Watch unlockingД¬ardhop 2.0 Bundled with Fantastical in Flexibits PremiumД¬alendars and contacts go together like macaroni and cheese. #1581: New Safari 15 features, Center Stage vs.

#Cardhop mac app series#

#1582: iOS 15.0.1 and iPadOS 15.0.1, Apple Watch Series 7 dates, cautionary tale about backups, using Live Text and Safari extensions.

#1583: Ten years without Steve Jobs, iOS 15.0.2, Exif and Visual Lookup in Photos, iPadOS 15 multitasking, easier 2FA codes.

#1584: New MacBook Pros, new AirPods and HomePod mini colors, Monterey release date, notification grouping tip, Find My story.

#Cardhop mac app update#

#1585: macOS 12 Monterey and iOS 15.1 released, 1Password secure password sharing, choosing the right chart in Numbers, Apple device updates in Software Update.The appвЂ™s notes field is a great start, but a way to enter structured data about phone calls and emails to form a paper trail of communication would make it a real winner in my book. Personally, I would love to see the addition of more CRM-focused information that could sync to my iOS devices. If you do a lot with contacts at your Mac, it is well worth the cost of admission, which is reduced to $14.99 for launch. Slack and Skype are already islands all their own. Mail pulls from my contacts database as well as their own internal history, and Messages works in a similar fashion. While I do keep a fairly robust contacts database, I almost always start a new conversation with someone within the app IвЂ™m going to use for that interaction.

It builds upon natural language input in a new way that I find clever. The input field can turn вЂњemail Jason SnellвЂќ into a draft to the man with a spider in his iMac.

The app can also serve as a launchpad for contacting someone. The natural language input field at the top of the menu bar app can handle search, creating contacts, editing record information and more. It boasts the same easy-to-use, text-driven intelligence that its calendar-based sibling does. Flexibits, the makers of Fantastical, have a new Mac app out for dealing with contacts.