Bookends 4+

The best solution for Apple’s ecosystem

Bookends has its wrinkles, especially for conference papers if you work in or with engineering, and I still sorely miss the always-reliable formatting from the days when I could manage all of my references in BibTeX. But a smooth piece of software that syncs across all devices is priceless. I’m learning to work within its wrinkles, with an EZProxy connection, I can pull in articles from anywhere, and it’s instantly become my preferred PDF reader for anything serious. Go ahead and take the plunge: yes, it’s a small company, but the product is really nice.

no sync

I bought it for mac and iOS to read and cite my papers in both platforms. But most attachments are not synced in iPad from my Mac. Really disappointing...
Update: after reading carefully the instructions on the website, syncing was successfully set up. But the whole process is complex and it took me a while to understand it and set it up. It will be nice to be more simple and straight forward.

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Update: Cloud Sync of attachments requires all attachments on Mac to be placed to the special folder in iCloud Drive which should be created by macOS. But this initial setup should be done just once and everything else should just work after the first sync.

Note: for those who are reading this message, we have a forum on our web site and a support email link in the Bookends About section. These are the preferred ways of reporting bugs or sending feature requests. The “Cloud Sync” section in our docs has detailed instructions on how to sync both libraries, if something isn’t clear please tell us and we will try to make the explanation clearer. https://www.sonnysoftware.com/bookendsontap/cloudsync/

Onlusten 50 references are allowed. Useless software.

Only 50 references are allowed. It is impossible to make the in app purchase. Another example of a company that makers useless software.

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We don’t process transactions, everything is done by Apple, so you should contact them directly if you're having a problem. You might also google “Why can’t I get in-app purchases?”. There are some suggestions from users having the same problem with other apps. For examples, check to make sure that in-app purchases isn't turned off on your iOS device. Or try to sign out of your iTunes account and then try to purchase.